About Juliet's Work
Dr. Juliet Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. She is a political ecologist focused on conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use. She studies transnational land investments (primarily Chinese rubber plantations in Laos), the promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems, and the rise of private sector sustainable governance initiatives worldwide.