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Capacity Building Program for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Myanmar
To highlight the importance of Indigenous Knowledge with regards to Natural Resource Management and Empower Indigenous People and grassroots for sustainable development by making people aware of their...
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Indigenous Knowledge & Natural Commons in Myanmar
During the 3rd International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD 2013) entitled“Beyond Borders: Building a Regional Commons in Southeast Asia”which took place on 21-23 August...
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After COP 19 in Warsaw
The UN climate conference in Warsaw was the COP with the lowest expectations ever. What were the issues discussed and decisions taken?More…
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The Salween Dams and the problems of resource governance in Myanmar’s’ ethnic...
At least since the “energy-protests” of May 2012, Myanmar’s strategy of exporting energy to its neighboring countries came under heavy criticism by its own population. Yet while the contested Myitsone...
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Journalism Under a New Democracy
To enable local journalists from Myanmar to study media landscapes and media practices abroad, in November 2013 ten journalists went on an exposure trip to Germany.More…
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Right Livelihood Conference 2014
In March 2014 a conference was held to show the outcome of the capacity building program on Participatory and Indigenous Natural Resource Management.More…
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Journalism and the shaping of democracy
The TAZ, the German Federal Foreign Office and HBF coorganised a workshop for 9 Myanmar journalists in Berlin 2014. Myanmar Times covered the trip.More…
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A Collaboration for a Trans-Boundary Free Flowing River
The Salween-Thanlwin-Nu Studies Group (STN) organized a conference on “State of Knowledge: Environmental Change, Livelihoods and Development” in Nov. 2014.More…
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Exploring Germany’s Journalism and Elections
A Myanmar journalist who participated in a workshop co-organised by hbs in autumn 2014 in Berlin writes about her experience.More…
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Divesting ASEAN: Making Fossil Fuels History
February 13 and 14 marked the Global Divestment Day. The movement calls to take money away from fossil fuel companies. hbs supported accompanying events across the region.More…
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ASEAN Economic Integration and Sustainable Urbanisation
Southeast Asian cities will play a critical role in the unfolding of the ASEAN Economic Community, which is to be launched at the end of 2015. A discussion of the inter-linkages among economic growth,...
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Environmental Protection in the Post-2015 ASEAN Economic Community
Although ASEAN’s efforts to balance economic growth and environmental sustainability are growing, they are often overshadowed by the group’s economic integration agenda.More…
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The Political Economy of the ASEAN Regionalisation Process
The tension between the imperatives of “market sovereignty” and the entrenched principle of “state sovereignty” of authoritarian oligarchies will define the open-ended tendencies and outcomes of the...
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Movement of People in the ASEAN Region: Nomenclature and Concepts
In times of increased ASEAN economic integration the official rhetoric around migration is one of free labour markets, opportunities and exchange. However, there are indications that ASEAN's migration...
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Refugees and Maritime Movement in Southeast Asia 2015
Refugees in Southeast Asia live in legal limbo and are subject to harassment, arrest, and detention. Especially Rohingya refugees are in indefinite detention and have been forgotten by the...
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Coal Atlas 2015
The Heinrich Böll Foundation and Friends of the Earth International have published the first English edition of the Coal Atlas 2015 in Brussels.More…
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Civil society under pressure
Shrinking – closing – no space: Governments across all continents villainize civil society actors. Where does their sense of threat emanate from?More…
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Malaysia’s Civil Society in the lights of the Bersih movement
In August 2015 the Bersih 4 rally drew thousands of protesters to the streets who demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak. Where draws the movement its supporters from and how is it in...
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“I am first a Buddhist, second a feminist”
In an interview, Ven. Dhammananda Bhikkhunī, the first fully ordained Thai Theravada Buddhist nun, speaks about the struggle for female ordination in Thailand and expresses her hopes for progress.More…
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Changing Political Tides
The LGBT Movement in Thailand has struggled over the past two decades in applying a holistic human-rights-based approach as a strategy to achieve its goals. This article analyzes the fledgling...
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