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Recent Posts
- Vote For Me: democratic scholarship
- New York and London
- Foreign Farmland Acquisition – Controlling ‘Land Grabs’
- Land Grabs aren’t all that bad?
- Summer 2010
- Losing Land and Livelihoods
- Sardinia
- Elite Education
- Social Movements, Land Tenure, and Power-to-Rights-Approach
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What Comes Next
It has been almost five months again since I updated my blog. Time simply flies, or in other words I don’t really put so much effort into maintaining this site. Not really sure who still reads this, what kind of information any of my visitors is looking for, well, and more importantly, what kind of [...] -
Land Grabbing
I’m about to start with my Honour’s research thesis to complete my studies in Utrecht. I chose the topic ‘land grabbing – opportunities and threats to less economically developed countries and regulatory measures and policies for effective control’. One of the lingering effects of the food price crisis of 2007–08 on the world food system is the [...] -
Freedom?
More choice does not mean more freedom. The ability to choose wisely without regret is what makes one free and truely content. And is not real freedom a mere feeling of being able to do what one likes without feeling guilty that another choice might have been better. ?! On another note, I have only two [...] -
Climate Change, Policies, and Forest Dwellers. Work in Sri Lanka
So much has happened in the last two months and yet I’m having a really hard time writing something here. My work with UNDP has been very interesting, and it’s becoming more of a routine now, which doesn’t make it less interesting though. I’m currently mainly concentrating on finishing my research paper that will act as [...] -
Pflicht
Für die PflichtWird garDas MenschseinZumTiersein, undDas TierseinDes MenschseinsZumKriegsein. -
daily work
UNDP – GEF – SGP – NSC – OP4 – RAF – SLED – PTF – CFE – NEP – CPS – CBA to CC – UNFCCC – COP15 – NAPA – INC – NGO – SWOT – SFM … welcome to my daily work. -
Shanghai
Shanghai, home to more than 20 million people, is an exhilarating, fascinating, huge and high metropolis. Skyscrapers everywhere, a magnetic levitated train that goes as fast as 431 km/h (it was fast, yea!), and 40% of green areas by 2010, Shanghai also boasts with an exciting melange of East and West, tradition and hypermodernity, in [...] -
Vietnam and China
My Southeast Asian journey is almost over. Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay was amazingly beautiful. There are almost 2000 limestone hills and rocks that build small islands with weird shapes, surrounded by green water, inhabited by tourists and local fishermen. Cruising around the bay, going kayaking, seeing a nice cave but mostly just relaxing on the [...] -
Vietnam
Millions of motorbikes. Stools so small you really wonder if they were made for infants. No traffic rules whatsoever (Malaysia was a heaven of logic compared to this). Old French buildings. A few new tall buildings. People chilling outside. Very friendly people. Vietnam is great! I’ve been to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Hanoi so far, [...] -
Bangkok and Cambodia
Some Photos of Bangkok and Cambodia: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=91120&id=503192582&l=9772cc7e6f