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This special issue examines resistance to "green extraction" in the Global South—how climate mitigation projects paradoxically drive new forms of exploitation, violence, and authoritarianism in resource-rich regions. Adopting a political ecology framework, we interrogate how the commodification of nature for climate solutions precipitates the securitisation of resources and the violent marginalisation of environmental defenders and social movements. While focusing on Southeast Asia, we welcome comparative analyses linking to other regions.

The issue is co-managed by the Dala Institute as part of the "Guardians Under Pressure" initiative supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada.

This special issue, linked to the EXPLORE programs and led by Guest Editors from RECOFTC (The Center for People and Forests), aims to explore innovative governance frameworks and practices in the region. It seeks contributions that analyze community-based natural resource management, participatory action research, gender and inclusivity, environmental justice, ecological dynamics, and the political, institutional, and socio-economic dimensions of how forest and land use governance processes are contested and negotiated in Southeast Asia.

For any questions regarding these announcements, please contact the editorial office at forest_society@unhas.ac.id.