{"id":36,"date":"2020-12-08T07:25:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T07:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:42:18","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to the project exploring international relations and political geographies <em>otherwise<\/em> in the Maya Forest (2019-2028)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The research project &#8220;Political Forests &#8211; the Maya Forest&#8221; begun in 2020. It was focused on exploring nature conservation politics and international relations in borderlands. Funded by the Finnish Kone Foundation and conducted in the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), the project was focused on understanding how transboundary conservation shapes international relations in borderlands now subject to ecological concern. These are so-called <em>political forests<\/em>, and one of them, the Maya Forest in Mesoamerica, was the main case study of this research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the moment, the research continues with its principal researcher&#8217;s project (2023-2028), which expands to diplomacies and geopolitics otherwise, including such issues as Indigenous geopolitics, science diplomacy, small state agencies and borderlands. Transboundarities, different spatial dimensions and developments in power relations are at the core of this research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this website, you will find key information about the project in its different stages, publications and divulgation endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NEWS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documentary Film &#8220;Sakbe &#8211; Roads of Life in the Maya Forest&#8221; available on Youtube-Channel @SakbeMayaForest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A documentary film &#8220;Sakbe &#8211; Roads of Life in the Maya Forest&#8221; by Kerttu Matinpuro and Hanna Laako (2025) is now available on Youtube Channel @SakbeMayaForest in three language versions: Subtitles in English, Spanish and Finnish. The links are provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A documentary film addresses biocultural diversity. The Maya Forest, located in the Peninsula of Yucatan, is at the crossroads between megaprojects and nature conservation. How does the future look like for such borderlands in transition, especially for local people? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documentary film has been produced as part of the research project \u201cPolitical Forests &#8211; the Maya Forest\u201d, funded by the Kone Foundation. It is non-commercial and non-profit production, created for educational and science communication purposes only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to &#8220;Sakbe &#8211; Roads of Life in the Maya Forest&#8221; with English subtitles:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sakbe - Roads of Life in the Maya Forest\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KgDFiB7_91A?feature=oembed&#038;controls=1&#038;hd=1&#038;autohide=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>La pel\u00edcula documental &#8220;Sakbe &#8211; Caminos de la Vida en la Selva Maya&#8221; con subt\u00edtulos en espa\u00f1ol:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sakbe - Caminos de la Vida en la Selva Maya\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBWZ12Ehk_c?feature=oembed&#038;controls=1&#038;hd=1&#038;autohide=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dokumenttielokuva &#8220;Sakbe &#8211; El\u00e4m\u00e4npolkuja Mayojen mets\u00e4ss\u00e4&#8221; suomenkielisill\u00e4 tekstityksill\u00e4:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sakbe - El\u00e4m\u00e4npolkuja Mayojen mets\u00e4ss\u00e4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_P2yALsKW8?feature=oembed&#038;controls=1&#038;hd=1&#038;autohide=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Maya Forest Waterlands &#8211; short film on the book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A film by Kerttu Matinpuro interviewing Hanna Laako and Edith Kauffer about their forthcoming book <em>The Maya Forest Waterlands: Shared Conservation, Entangled Politics and Fluid Borders<\/em> (Routledge). The film is in English with Spanish subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Maya Forest Waterlands: Shared Conservation, Entangled Politics and Fluid Borders (Esp)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5PmfahUYqQk?feature=oembed&#038;controls=1&#038;hd=1&#038;autohide=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The film with Finnish subtitles below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Maya Forest Waterlands: Shared Conservation, Entangled Politics and Fluid Borders (FI)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sthsDuWHx4M?feature=oembed&#038;controls=1&#038;hd=1&#038;autohide=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Versus Online Popular Science Publication 30.05.2022:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.versuslehti.fi\/tiededebatti\/the-guardians-of-the-maya-forest\/\">The Guardians of the Maya Forest<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/05\/KUVA_Jaguar_TrapCamera_NEM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Jaguar in trap camera\" class=\"wp-image-559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/05\/KUVA_Jaguar_TrapCamera_NEM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/05\/KUVA_Jaguar_TrapCamera_NEM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/05\/KUVA_Jaguar_TrapCamera_NEM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/05\/KUVA_Jaguar_TrapCamera_NEM-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/05\/KUVA_Jaguar_TrapCamera_NEM.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jaguar in trap camera (NEM)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lessons from transboundary nature conservation. Researchers from three continents discuss the extensions and the limits of the nature states: Hanna Laako et al. on the Maya Forest, Emily Wakild on Conservation as Coming Together, Ari Lehtinen the &#8220;Embryos of the Fennoscandian Greenbelt&#8221;, and Elisa Castro from Natura Mexicana about the transboundary ecosystem connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UEF Interview by Sari Eskelinen 04.03.2022:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/article\/transboundary-conservation-politics-in-the-spotlight-of-an-international-relations-scholar\">Transboundary conservation politics in the spotlight of an International Relations scholar<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/10\/DSC5387-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"The interviewee\" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/10\/DSC5387-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/10\/DSC5387-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/10\/DSC5387-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2022\/10\/DSC5387.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hanna Laako (Varpu Heiskanen)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During her years in Mexico, Senior Researcher <strong>Hanna Laako<\/strong> took a large leap in the multidisciplinary research of global politics. Empirical and fieldwork-based research is slowly gaining relevance in International Relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kone Foundation Different Routes-series article 10.12.2021:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/koneensaatio.fi\/en\/tarinat-ja-julkaisut\/different-routes-in-kalimantan-and-meso-america-nature-needs-protection\/?fbclid=IwAR2hpZbYz0v8sEW-kXC9x42bZmic6SYTrXl2HfXkPWDlB8dsrwi0wZhbjzg\">In Kalimantan and Mesoamerica, nature needs protection without leaving people behind<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2021\/12\/Rajaseudut_2_v02-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2021\/12\/Rajaseudut_2_v02-1.png 800w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2021\/12\/Rajaseudut_2_v02-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2021\/12\/Rajaseudut_2_v02-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2021\/12\/Rajaseudut_2_v02-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2021\/12\/Rajaseudut_2_v02-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Illustration by Pauliina M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere far away, biodiversity is dwindling and rainforests are being cut down. Nature conservation is a hot topic of conversation, but people who live in the midst of environmental disputes are often overlooked in such debates. Science journalist Mikko Pelttari asked researchers of sparsely populated border regions how we could better understand areas with the most to protect and the most to lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>Principal Researcher<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/hanna.laako\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/themayaforest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2023\/11\/DSC5417.jpg\" alt=\"Hanna Laako.\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Hanna Laako<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">Senior researcher<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">Hanna Laako is the principal researcher of this lab. She holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations, and a Title of Docent in Social and Public Policy. Her areas of expertise also include Social Anthropology, Political Geography and Borderlands. She has lived and worked in Southern Mexican Borderlands for more than 10 years.\r\n\r\nCurrently she is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). 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