The traditional farming system in Bali, known as subak, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. The subak represents water sharing practices in rice cultivation that has existed for over a thousand years. Increasing tourism development on the island, however, has threatened the existence of the subak system. Farmers face challenges in the form of land use change, reallocation of water rights, land taxation, and aging. Inscribing the subak as a World Heritage Site aimed to protect against these threats, but tourism impacts exacerbate challenges in UNESCO designated areas. This is due to a lack of mechanisms for incorporating farmer interests into management plans. This presentation describes engagement with subak farming families at the heart of the UNESCO site. Through a multigenerational photovoices initiative involving eight farming families over a period of two years, this presentation highlights key themes from local farmer perspectives. Overarching themes include: development and land use change; gender and labor; visitor management; and, generational inheritance of cultural practices. Methods of engaging local voices such as this assist in exploring pathways for developing targeted policies that better respond to local farming family concerns.About the SpeakerWiwik Dharmiasih's research focuses on Political Geography, Conflict Transformation, and Community-based Natural Resources Management. She has also worked on climate change adaptation initiatives involving local perspectives of change and supported disaster risk reduction efforts, with a special focus on issues related to water equity, youth, and women. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Hawaii. She also lectures in the Department of International Relations, Universitas Udayana and is a research associate at Dala Institute in Bali, Indonesia. She actively engages with World Heritage Watch, a network focused on protecti
