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Patrice LEVANG is a Researcher and Agro-economist at the IRD Center of Montpellier, France. His work focuses on socio-economic dynamics in tropical forest regions, particularly in Indonesia. Key research areas include forest resource management, decentralization impacts on local governance, and livelihood strategies of indigenous communities like the Punan and Dayak in East Kalimantan.
He contributes to multidisciplinary studies led by CIFOR in the Malinau Research Forest, emphasizing historical and diachronic methodologies to analyze policy adaptations and market integration effects. Recent activities include tracking forest exploitation's socio-economic contributions and monitoring illegal logging dynamics in Indonesian districts.
His notable publication in Anthropologie et sociétés (2005) examines decentralization's role in forest management conflicts. Collaborative projects with institutions like Université Laval and involvement in public debates (e.g., the film Idris, Indonesian Forest) highlight his commitment to bridging academic research with public discourse.
