Gerard Persoon
Professor emeritus Environment and Development
- Name
- Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3451
- persoonga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Prof. Gerard Persoon held the IIAS chair for Environment and Development in particular in relation to indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia. He has a background in anthropology and environmental science and is a member of the Dutch governmental Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) and other organizations in the field of environment and development.
More information about Gerard Persoon
News
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Book 'Forty years of Leiden Environmental Science' available -
New faces in the ‘Hall of Fame’ of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology -
Symposium Human - Wildlife conflicts in Africa 2016 -
Managing water is managing the future -
Research in conflict zones requires courage and caution
Publications
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Jimpitan in Wonosobo, Central Java: an indigenous institution in the context of sustainable socio-economic development in Indonesia -
From respected hermits to ordinary citizens: The conversion of the Baduy, ethnicity, and politics of religion in Indonesia (1977 - 2019) -
Human-lion conflict around Nairobi national park -
Can tigers survive in human-dominated landscapes? -
The Mermaid and the Lion King - Essays in honour of Hans H. de Iongh. -
The World of Water -
Fisheries in the Waza Logone Floodplain. An Analysis of the Status of the Fisheries Sector and Mitigation of Conflicts within the Sector in North Cameroon -
The impact of climate variability on the ecology of a lion (Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758) population and lion livestock conflicts in the Amboseli ecosystem – Kenya -
Economic value of non-timber forest products among Paser Indigenous People of East Kalimantan -
The Agta of the Northern Sierra Madre. Livelihood strategies and resilience among Philippine hunter-gatherers -
Savannah Landscapes for the future -
Crossing boundaries
Blogs
Research
His research focus is on human-environment interaction in various types of environments but mainly of forest-dwelling peoples in Indonesia and the Philippines. He has been involved in numerous research and training projects in the Southeast Asian region and he has also been involved in nature conservation projects. He has published on development processes among indigenous peoples, co-management and conservation of natural resources, and issues related to island societies.
PhD research projects supervised
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the role of indigenous peoples in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management in Indonesia
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the Philippines and Taiwan
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the exploitation of non-timber forest products
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the management of marine and inland fisheries
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the modernization of pastoralism
Professor emeritus Environment and Development
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Culturele Antropologie/ Ontw. Sociologie
- Persoon G.A. (23 October 2017), Indigenous Peoples: Local Impacts of International Rights. Valedictory Lecture Leiden University. Institute Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden. [lecture].
- Van Weerd M., Taggueg J., Kok R.J., Masipiquena M., Balbas M. & Persoon G. (2013), International course on water and water management in the Philippines 2013. Cabagan and Leiden. [lecture].
- Van Weerd M., Aquino D.M., Masipiqueña M.D. & Persoon G.A. (2011), International course on water and water management in the Philippines 2011. Leiden. [lecture].
- Persoon G.A. (17 May 2010). Inheemse volken in Zuidoost Azië: tussen cultuur en ontwikkeling. Leiden. [inaugural address].
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