Environmental Resources Use and Challenges in Contemporary Southeast Asia: Tropical Ecosystems in Transition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789811342653)

Mario Lopez is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto University. He received his PhD from the Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu University in 2012. His research interests are on humans, mobility, ageing and sustainability in Southeast Asia. He has published widely on these areas and is also a co-developer of the Humanosphere Potentiality Index, a database developed to address current global potentiality with a focus on tropical countries. In addition, Mario is involved in a Visual Documentary Project in collaboration with the Japan Foundation Asian Centre to stimulate discussion and develop dialogues for new research on Southeast Asian communities.
Jafar Suryomenggolo is an Assistant Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan. He graduated from the University of Indonesia with a degree in Law in 2000 and earned his PhD in Southeast Asian Studies in 2010 fromKyoto University. Jafar's research interests are on working class politics and political changes in contemporary Southeast Asia. He is an author and editor of several articles, book reviews, book chapters and books in these areas.