Grace Y Wong

Biographic Data

ID205618
NAMEGrace Y Wong
GIVEN NAMESGrace Y
FAMILY NAMEWong
SIGNATUREWONG G Y
AFFILIATIONSStockholm Resilience Centre
ORCID0000-0003-2924-2188
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS36
TOTAL CITATIONS141
AUTHOR COUNT36
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7

  • Representations of ‘the local’ in British colonial and contemporary business media (1850s–2010s)

    Open AccessFelicity Goldsmith, Grace Y Wong et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2026

    Printed business media, such as daily newspapers and periodicals, historically played a central role in public understanding of the colonial enterprise. They informed and shaped the view of entrepreneurial activities, often with the effect of legitimising the colonial project. We explore representations of ‘the local’ within business media, how these have changed (or not) over time, and the mechanisms that facilitate the stickiness of representat…

  • People–nature relations and community perception on conservation

    Open AccessAlimata Sidibé, Wai Phyoe Maung et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2026

  • Seeing Through the Canopy

    Open AccessAlizée Ville, F Kengoum et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Politics2026

    Timber-consuming countries are increasingly holding transnational businesses accountable for environmental change, sparking calls for enhanced transparency in global supply chains. Applied to the timber supply chain, this study examines by whom, for whom, and to what end the issue of transparency is framed in forest governance policies of the Congo Basin. Focusing on case studies from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, we explore the …

  • Rural lives and perceived well-being in commercializing landscapes of northern Laos

    Open AccessWai Phyoe Maung, Yoth Vanhnasin et al.ARTICLEWellbeing Space and Society2025

    Foreign agricultural investments help farmers earn more, but not everyone benefits equally. Many farmers struggle with losing access to land and forests. • Social pressures alongside government land use policies are also driving rapid land transformations. • Money and land are perceived as the most important well-being components. • Farmers without land rights feel frustrated by unfair policies, and fair land rights improve happiness and well-bei…

  • Forest land deals, resistance, and legitimisation – a comparative analysis of discourse coalitions and silent actors in Cameroon and Malaysia

    Open AccessMaria Brockhaus, Ayami Kan et al.ARTICLEThird World Quarterly2025References: 42

  • Follow the money

    Open AccessNiak Sian Koh, Niina Pietarinen et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2025References: 4

  • Radical incrementalism

    Open AccessNiak Sian Koh, Grace Y Wong et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Politics2025References: 34

    The Nam Theun 2 dam is an influential case of applying safeguards to mitigate social and environmental impacts from hydropower, being used as a model for large dams globally. However, these safeguards have produced mixed results. We examine the role of safeguards in hydropower, and how stakeholders have discussed its use. Based on a literature review and stakeholder interviews, we conduct a discourse analysis of narratives used to frame hydropowe…

  • Data and information in a political forest

    Open AccessMaria Brockhaus, Veronique De Sy et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2024References: 17

  • What is the Problem of Gender Inequality Represented to be in Inter-National Development Policy in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessMawa Karambiri, Alizée Ville et al.ARTICLEForum for Development Studies2024Cited by: 2References: 9

    This article contributes to critical policy analysis scholarship from a post-structuralism perspective.Employing the 'What's the problem represented to be' (WPR) framework, a Foucault-influenced post-structural approach, we investigate what is the problem of Gender Inequality (GI) represented to be in development in Burkina Faso.Based on systematic analysis of selected (inter)national development policy documents and in-depth stakeholder intervie…

  • The political economy of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

    Open AccessPaula Andrea Sánchez García, Grace Y WongARTICLEJournal of Political Ecology2024

    The Colombian Amazon has experienced rapid forest loss in the past decades due to growing colonization, infrastructure development, and commercial agriculture expansion. While much of the analyses of deforestation in the Amazon have been in Brazil, there is a need to extend to Colombia where forest and land use exploitation are driven by post-conflict social and political dynamics. This research contributes to this knowledge gap by unpacking the …

  • Environmental justice and human well-being bundles in protected areas

    Open AccessAhmad Dhiaulhaq, Catherine M Hepp et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2023Cited by: 3References: 6

  • Asian Drinking Cultures in New Zealand

    Open AccessJeffery Adams, Grace Y Wong et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2022

    Alcohol use causes harm across most populations. However, comparatively little research and policy attention has been paid to drinking cultures among Asian people. A scoping review was undertaken to identify drinking patterns, alcohol-related harm, drinking culture among Asian youth, young adults, and adults living in New Zealand. A search of literature identified 39 relevant outputs. The findings indicated that Asian people enjoy a comparative h…

  • The making of resource frontier spaces in the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia

    Open AccessGrace Y Wong, Minda Holm et al.ARTICLEWorld Development Perspectives2022Cited by: 5References: 42

    Forest frontiers are rapidly changing to sites of commodity agriculture throughout the tropics, with far-reaching transformations in landscapes and livelihoods. Many of the dynamics that drive frontier commodification are well-rehearsed since colonial times. Policies to deregulate markets, privatize or formalize land tenure and open borders to trade have stimulated resource exploitation. The accompanying territorial interventions such as new encl…

  • What is the ‘problem’ of gender inequality represented to be in the Swedish forest sector

    Open AccessAlizée Ville, Grace Y Wong et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2022Cited by: 1References: 18

    Gender equality in natural resource management is a matter of sustainability and democracy for Sweden’s government, however the country’s forest remains a highly gender-segregated sector. We examine how gender inequality is problematized within Swedish forest and rural policy documents using the What’s the problem represented to be? (WPR) approach. We build on previous efforts to investigate gender inequality in the forest sector by expanding the…

  • When the whole is less than the sum of all parts – Tracking global-level impacts of national sustainability initiatives

    Open AccessAndrea S Downing, Grace Y Wong et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2021Cited by: 4References: 24

    The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are described as integrated and indivisible, where sustainability challenges must be addressed across sectors and scales to achieve global-level sustainability. However, SDG monitoring mostly focuses on tracking progress at national-levels, for each goal individually. This approach ignores local and cross-border impacts of national policies and assumes that global-level progress is the sum …

  • The forest frontier in the Global South

    Open AccessMaria Brockhaus, Monica Di Gregorio et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2021Cited by: 4References: 89

    Halting forest loss and achieving sustainable development in an equitable manner require state, non-state actors, and entire societies in the Global North and South to tackle deeply established patterns of inequality and power relations embedded in forest frontiers. Forest and climate governance in the Global South can provide an avenue for the transformational change needed—yet, does it? We analyse the politics and power in four cases of mitigat…

  • Learning from Lived Experience

    Frances Simmons, Grace Y Wong et al.ARTICLEUniversity of New South Wales Law…2021Cited by: 2

    Since the criminalisation of forced marriage in Australia in 2013, the number of cases reported to Australian authorities has risen sharply. This article draws on a qualitative study with eight survivors of forced marriage in Australia to explore survivors understanding of the legal concepts of forced marriage and family violence; experiences of coercion and control in the lead up to, and within, a forced marriage; the obstacles survivors encount…

  • Prophets and profits in Indonesia's social forestry partnership schemes

    Open AccessMuhammad Alif K Sahide, Micah R Fisher et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2020Cited by: 6References: 16

  • The politics of swidden

    Open AccessT T Pham, Thuy Pham Thu et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 4References: 24

  • Social forestry in Southeast Asia

    Open AccessGrace Y Wong, M Moeliono et al.ARTICLEGeoforum2020Cited by: 16References: 12

    Southeast Asia has long promoted social forestry (SF) in conservation areas, fallow forests, tree plantations, areas in timber concessions and locally managed agro-forest systems, with the engagement of diverse actors and objectives. SF has evolved from early aims of empowerment and devolution of rights advocated by global reform movements, and is now reframed in the market ideal as a win–win–win endeavor for sustainable forest management, climat…

  • Local Agency in Development, Market, and Forest Conservation Interventions in Lao PDR’s Northern Uplands

    Open AccessRobert Coles, Robert Cole et al.ARTICLESoutheast Asian studies2019

    Themes of inclusion, empowerment, and participation are recurrent in development discourse and interventions, implying enablement of agency on the part of communities and individuals to inform and influence how policies that affect them are enacted. This article aims to contribute to debates on participation in rural development and environmental conservation, by applying a structure-agency lens to examine experiences of marginal farm households …

  • Local lens for SDG implementation

    Open AccessAmanda Jiménez-Aceituno, Glen D Peterson et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2019Cited by: 8References: 12

    The Anthropocene presents a set of interlinked sustainability challenges for humanity. The United Nations 2030 Agenda has identified 17 specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a way to confront these challenges. However, local initiatives have long been addressing issues connected to these goals in a myriad of diverse and innovative ways. We present a new approach to assess how local initiatives contribute to achieving the SDGs. We analy…

  • The colour of maize

    Open AccessK H, Maarit Helena Kallio et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2019Cited by: 7References: 27

    The rapid expansion of hybrid maize in the uplands of northern Laos is viewed by the government as meeting policy aims related to green economic development. Yet, growing evidence of negative consequences of maize expansion are emerging. Based on farmers’ perceptions, we study: (1) farmers’ reasons for adopting and abandoning maize, and; (2) implications of commercial maize expansion on local livelihood security and inclusiveness (food supply, in…

  • Working With Asian Language Interpreters in Qualitative Research

    Open AccessGrace Y Wong, Grace Wong et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2019References: 26

    Health researchers employ health interpreters for research interviews with linguistically diverse speakers. Few studies compare inconsistencies between different interpretations of the same interview data. We compared interpreted with independently reinterpreted English language transcripts from five in-home family interviews conducted in five different Asian languages. Differences included augmented, summarized, and/or omitted information. Resea…

  • Development and equity

    Open AccessCynthia Maharani, Cynthia D Maharani et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2018Cited by: 7References: 24

    Market-driven development is transforming swidden landscapes and having different impacts along intersections of gender, age and class. In Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak communities practicing swidden agriculture are making choices on maintaining traditional land use systems, and engaging in rubber, oil palm and conservation (REDD+) in their livelihood strategies. Although REDD+ has been heralded as an alternative to oil palm as a…