Environment

seaweed women

Indonesian women sustain seaweed traditions in a changing climate

As climate change continues to shape the world around us, demand for seaweed, as a biofuel and a sustainable alternative for fertilizers, plastics and even food systems, will continue to grow. From Lombok east to Sumba, many seaweed farming and processing operations are scaling up production, and increasing income and job stability for women in particular.

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Sea space, conflict and state building in Sulawesi

In Indonesia, a boom in demand for seaweed from largely China-based industry has transformed seaweed farmers’ relationships with the sea and each other, creating new imperatives to assert “ownership” of sea space and have those claims backed up by grassroots state officials.

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