Join Laksono Trisnantoro (Universitas Gadjah Mada) and Retna Hanani (University of Amsterdam) for a discussion of Indonesia's healthcare system and what lessons can be drawn from public management of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia is triggering equally rapid environmental, economic and social transformations. As the size of plantations is doubling nearly every decade, rural Southeast Asia is facing considerable challenges: not only do countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia face an uphill struggle to protect remaining forests, but they are also confronted with widespread land conflicts, appalling labour conditions and a rapidly changing rural economies.