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2. THE NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF VIOLENCE IN THE PARAENSE AMAZON IN THE NON-FICTION BOOK THE MASSACRE: Eldorado do Carajás.
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SILVA DA COSTA, ALDA CRISTINA and DIAS, ERICA
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NONFICTION reading materials ,MILITARY police ,PROPERTY rights ,VIOLENCE ,IMPUNITY - Abstract
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- 2024
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3. Bajo la superficie: violencia y política minera brasileña.
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Carolina Alfinito, Ana and Sarmet, Gabriela
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POLICY analysis ,VIOLENCE ,MINERALS ,LOGIC - Abstract
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4. Making Claims Modestly: The Norms and Discourse Driving Land Conflicts in Rural Indonesia
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Berenschot, Ward, Dhiaulhaq, Ahmad, Saraswati, Nisrina, Facal, Gabriel, editor, Lafaye de Micheaux, Elsa, editor, and Norén-Nilsson, Astrid, editor
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- 2024
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5. Indigeneity, land and labour in Paraguay
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Antonio A. R. Ioris
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Land conflicts ,Agribusiness ,Paĩ Tavyterã ,Guarani-Kaiowa ,Indigenous peoples ,Agricultural frontier ,Social sciences (General) ,H1-99 ,Sociology (General) ,HM401-1281 - Abstract
Abstract This article is focused on the politics of indigeneity, which is an increasingly important concept and a central area of dispute in a globalised world. Indigeneity encapsulates the friction between ethnicity and class identities, which cannot be understood without a full consideration of differences and relationships between landowners, other economic sectors, non-indigenous workers and indigenous people. The text specifically deals with the circumstances of Paraguay, whose process of nation building is directly related to longitudinal attacks on its indigenous peoples and the unresolved problems of land, labour and rights. The case study investigates the long-term tendencies of Paraguayan society, in particular, the ongoing expansion of agribusiness and land grabbing in the northeast of the country that tragically affect the Paĩ Tavyterã indigenous people. The discussion is based on qualitative, engaged research over several years, which considered the indigenous population as co-investigators and active socio-political players. The conclusion is that, despite the fact that Paraguay is a major exporter of primary commodities, the prevailing geographical force is the accumulation of multiple forms of social, ecological and even economic degradation. Against those perverse trends, the important reaction of the Paĩ Tavyterã, as well as of other indigenous peoples, and their struggle to recover their land and socio-ecological relations greatly complicate national politics and challenge the hegemony of export-oriented agribusiness.
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- 2024
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6. Conflicts and litigation between odnodvortsy and landowners of the Oryol province at the end of the XVIII - first half of the XIX centuries
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N. F. Zhirov
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litigation ,land conflicts ,single-palaces ,landowners ,livensky district ,oryol province ,History (General) ,D1-2009 - Abstract
Introduction. In the presented work, the author made an attempt to analyze the materials of court proceedings between odnodvortsy and landowners of the Livensky district of the Oryol province during the period under study as an example of the struggle of the corporate organization of a odnodvortsy community against large landowners. An important feature of this phenomenon was not only the related position of the odnodvortsy community, but the interrelation of individual clans within rural society and their defense of common interests before patrimonial owners and landowners from the general class of former service people. Materials and methods. This work is the result of a study of legal and judicial materials dating back to the last quarter of the 18th – first half of the 19th centuries. The main sources for this study were court proceedings in the Livensky district and Yeletsk district courts. The main methodology is based on the use of general historical approaches in the study of the social model of behavior of the odnodvortsy social group in defending private and general corporate interests. Results. The materials of the trials between the odnodvortsy and landowners of the region under study provided very important and valuable information about the mentality of the odnodvortsy and their attitude towards large landowners who came from the general stratum of the service population of the Central Black Earth Region in the 17th century. Odnodvortsy initiated litigation with their neighboring landowners in cases where the latter came from the service population and once had common or adjacent properties with the ancestors of odnodvortsy. Land conflicts began to arise en masse only in the first half of the XIX century, which indicated the future depletion of the fund of free agricultural land. Conclusion. The study of land conflicts between odnodvortsy and landowners of the Livensky district of the Oryol province helped to reveal the mental attitudes of these class groups and determine the general social aspirations of the local population in resolving pressing issues. The majority of odnodvortsy felt common roots with local small landowners, who historically went back to the class of the service population of the 17th century. Thus, in most cases it was a showdown within the former one class group of the population, which over time significantly stratified, both in property terms and in the field of social status.
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- 2023
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7. Indigeneity, land and labour in Paraguay.
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Ioris, Antonio A. R.
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INDIGENOUS peoples of South America ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,INDIGENOUS ethnic identity ,NATION building ,REAL property acquisition ,ECONOMIC sectors - Abstract
This article is focused on the politics of indigeneity, which is an increasingly important concept and a central area of dispute in a globalised world. Indigeneity encapsulates the friction between ethnicity and class identities, which cannot be understood without a full consideration of differences and relationships between landowners, other economic sectors, non-indigenous workers and indigenous people. The text specifically deals with the circumstances of Paraguay, whose process of nation building is directly related to longitudinal attacks on its indigenous peoples and the unresolved problems of land, labour and rights. The case study investigates the long-term tendencies of Paraguayan society, in particular, the ongoing expansion of agribusiness and land grabbing in the northeast of the country that tragically affect the Paĩ Tavyterã indigenous people. The discussion is based on qualitative, engaged research over several years, which considered the indigenous population as co-investigators and active socio-political players. The conclusion is that, despite the fact that Paraguay is a major exporter of primary commodities, the prevailing geographical force is the accumulation of multiple forms of social, ecological and even economic degradation. Against those perverse trends, the important reaction of the Paĩ Tavyterã, as well as of other indigenous peoples, and their struggle to recover their land and socio-ecological relations greatly complicate national politics and challenge the hegemony of export-oriented agribusiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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8. OVER TWO DECADES OF EXISTENCE OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL IN ZAMBIA: Review of Progress and Challenges.
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Mushinge, Anthony, Lungu, Jimmy, Munshifwa, Ephraim K., Chileshe, Roy A., Jain, Niraj, and Chomba, Richard
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LAND management , *SOCIAL media , *AWARENESS , *DATA analysis - Abstract
Context and Background: The specialised land court in Zambia is known as the Lands Tribunal, and it was created in 1996 through the 1995 Lands Act. The Tribunal was established with the objective of achieving speedy, low cost, flexible and efficient means of settling conflicts over land. Inspite of being existence for 27 years, little has been done on the progress and challenges of the Lands Tribunal in resolving conflicts over land in the country. Goal and Objectives: This paper aims at establishing the progress made by the Lands Tribunal in resolving conflicts over land and investigating the challenges faced by the Lands Tribunal in resolving conflicts over land. Methodology: The study incorporated the use of both primary and secondary data collected between January and October 2023. Secondary data were obtained through documents which include peer-reviewed journal articles, theses, books, media, Zambian land laws, and technical reports. Secondary data was supplemented by primary data obtained from three purposively selected institutions: Lands Tribunal, Law Association of Zambia, and Zambia Land Alliance (Kitwe office). The data collection method used with the key informants was in-depth face-to-face interviews. Office management at each institution chose the key informant based on their expertise and experience on the subject. Results: In order to strengthen the Tribunal's operations, the Lands Tribunal Act of 2010 was enacted, enhancing the Tribunal's operations by granting it more authority and responsibilities (that is, expanding jurisdiction). Research findings showed that between 2014 and 2023, the Lands Tribunal handled 3318 cases. According to research findings, if the Tribunal was operating efficiently and effectively, it could have handled more than 3,318 cases between 2014 and 2022 considering the numerous problems facing the general courts which adversely affect the general public to resolve their land conflicts. However, the Tribunal could not handle more cases because of various challenges which include inadequate funding, Inadequate staff, poor conditions of service for members of the Tribunal, inadequate transport, delay in the delivery of judgments, low public awareness of the Lands Tribunal, centralised operations of the Lands Tribunal, and forum shopping [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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9. Curbing land corruption: an african prerequisite for free trade.
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Randriamalala, Mirella and Rafitoson, Ketakandriana
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FREE trade , *LAND management , *CORRUPTION , *ECONOMIC development , *SUSTAINABLE development - Abstract
Context and background: The existence, survival and continuity of a number of income-generating activities (farming, mining, etc.) depend on land, making it an important lever for a country's development. However, if land is not properly managed and governed, this can leave the door wide open to various forms of embezzlement, including corruption. Corruption is well known to have a deleterious effect on its victims, and when it affects land tenure and access to land, it can affect more than just a country's economy. It can at the first time undermines a country's ability to trade properly with its neighbors, and hindering the continent's ability to fully harness the benefits of free trade agreements as well. Goal and objectives: In the context of Africa's commitment to promoting industrial development through the development of agriculture and food security, it is vital to talk about issues that could hinder these developments, and more specifically the reaching of the Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area implementation. In this instance, the aim is to talk about land corruption. Readers will be led to reflect into the critical role of addressing and eradicating land corruption as a fundamental prerequisite for the successful implementation of free trade initiatives in Africa, but also to facilitate sustainable economic growth and harmonious regional integration. Methodology: This paper offers a broad panorama of negative impacts of land corruption in Africa, and will be based on the experience and lessons of anti-corruption strategies deployed on the land sector in Madagascar. Through an in-depth analysis of the existing challenges, far-reaching consequences, and potential solutions, this work elucidates the paramount importance of curbing land corruption to foster sustainable economic growth, regional integration across the continent and African Continental Free Trade Area’s swift and sustainable implementation. Results: How does corruption affect the land tenure system? What impact does it have? Why and how is it incompatible with the objectives of the African continental free trade area? What can be done to tackle it, based on experience from Madagascar and extended to the African context? This paper gives inputs to those burning questions [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. How climate change induced land conflicts and food insecurity in Africa A case of herdsmen-farmers crisis in Nigeria.
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Egbule, Philip Onyekachukwu and Okonta, Ewere Clinton
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CLIMATE change , *FOOD security , *FARMERS' attitudes , *HERDERS - Abstract
Context and Background: In Nigeria, due to the herdsmen-farmers crisis occasioned by climate change and land conflicts, food production has been hampered. The study explores the intricate relationship between climate change, land disputes, and food insecurity in Nigeria, focusing on the escalating crisis between herdsmen and farmers. Against the backdrop of increasing violence and multiplying land conflicts, exacerbated by climate-induced challenges such as floods, droughts, desertification, soil degradation, and water scarcity, this research delves into the profound impact of climate change on the nation's agricultural sector and land use patterns. The study emphasizes the urgent need to address these issues, recognizing climate change as a significant driver of the herdsmen-farmers crisis in Nigeria. Goal and Objectives: The primary goal of the study is to investigate the extent to which climate change contributes to land disputes and food insecurity in Nigeria, using the herdsmenfarmers crisis as a case study. Methodology: The research adopts a comprehensive approach, utilizing data from relevant articles, images, and news stories to analyze the complexities of the herdsmen-farmers crisis in Nigeria. It employs a case study methodology to investigate the impact of climate change on land disputes and food insecurity. Results: The findings underscore the critical role of climate change in exacerbating land conflicts and food insecurity in Nigeria. The study highlights the adverse effects of climate change, such as rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and extreme weather events, on agricultural practices and resource competition. The research proposes workable strategies for resolving land conflicts, emphasizing the enhancement of climate resilience through sustainable land and resource management, inclusive decision-making, and strengthened governance. Furthermore, it suggests the implementation of early warning systems, fostering dialogue, cooperation, and providing alternative livelihood opportunities as crucial steps toward mitigating conflicts and promoting long-term peace and stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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11. Indigenous Peoples and Land-Based Disputes: Paraguay and the Paĩ Tavyterã.
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Ioris, Antonio Augusto Rossotto
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INDIGENOUS peoples of South America ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,INDIGENOUS children ,RESOURCE exploitation - Abstract
This article discusses some of the long-term tendencies of the Paraguayan political economy, focusing, in particular, on impacts on indigenous peoples and, because of the ongoing agribusiness expansion in the northeast of the country, on the Paĩ Tavyterã nation. This analysis is warranted because of the growing recognition of the importance of land-related disputes affecting indigenous peoples, particularly in countries such as Paraguay that rely heavily on agribusiness exports and on the exploitation of natural resources. It is based on more than six years of research dedicated to the land struggles of the Paĩ Tavyterã (and members of the same ethnic group in Brazil, called Guarani-Kaiowa). Instead of a comparative study, this is a relational storytelling text that draws insights from various actors, communities and situations that were obtained through a qualitative and participative methodology, involving indigenous communities as co-participants and co-investigators in the study. Empirical results demonstrate that, despite the fact that Paraguay is a major exporter of agribusiness commodities the accumulation of multiple forms of subtraction is a prevailing geographical force. The reaction of indigenous peoples is in the form of anti-subtraction. The main implication of this research is that the process of decolonisation is, first and foremost, an anti-subtraction movement that aims to revert the deficit caused by the systemic subtraction of socio-economic and socio-ecological opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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12. Land Resource Conflict Resolution Model (Agrarian) Based on Local Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Jambi Province
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Rahmi, Elita, Ulma, Riri Oktari, Pratiwi, Cholillah Suci, Fitria, Fitria, Striełkowski, Wadim, Editor-in-Chief, Black, Jessica M., Series Editor, Butterfield, Stephen A., Series Editor, Chang, Chi-Cheng, Series Editor, Cheng, Jiuqing, Series Editor, Dumanig, Francisco Perlas, Series Editor, Al-Mabuk, Radhi, Series Editor, Scheper-Hughes, Nancy, Series Editor, Urban, Mathias, Series Editor, Webb, Stephen, Series Editor, Nurmandi, Achmad, editor, Purnomo, Eko Priyo, editor, Decman, Mitja, editor, Jovita, Hazel D., editor, Hung, Ching-Fu, editor, Ibrahim, Ibrahim, editor, Zainudin, Arif, editor, and Mutiarin, Dyah, editor
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- 2023
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13. Land Use Planning as a Necessity
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Vyas, Vivek, Ginzky, Harald, Series Editor, Anderson, Jerry, Advisory Editor, Bodle, Ralph, Advisory Editor, Boer, Ben, Advisory Editor, Chiziane, Eduardo, Advisory Editor, Castillo, Victor, Advisory Editor, Desrousseaux, Maylis, Advisory Editor, Du, Qun, Advisory Editor, Erlewein, Alexander, Advisory Editor, Hannam, Ian, Advisory Editor, Kibugi, Robert, Advisory Editor, Leuzinger, Marcia, Advisory Editor, Martin, Paul, Advisory Editor, Mastrojeni, Grammenos, Advisory Editor, Morato Leite, José, Advisory Editor, Nelly, Kamunde, Advisory Editor, Rees, William, Advisory Editor, Richardson, Jesse, Advisory Editor, Ruppel, Oliver, Advisory Editor, Vanheusden, Bernard, Advisory Editor, Wegerdt, Patrick, Advisory Editor, Windfuhr, Michael, Advisory Editor, and Desai, Bharat H., editor
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- 2023
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14. OVER TWO DECADES OF EXISTENCE OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL IN ZAMBIA: Review of Progress and Challenges
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Anthony Mushinge, Jimmy Lungu, Ephraim Kabunda Munshifwa, Roy Alexander Chileshe, Niraj Jain, and Richard Chomba
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Land conflicts ,lands tribunal ,specialised land court ,Mathematical geography. Cartography ,GA1-1776 ,Land use ,HD101-1395.5 - Abstract
Context and Background: The specialised land court in Zambia is known as the Lands Tribunal, and it was created in 1996 through the 1995 Lands Act. The Tribunal was established with the objective of achieving speedy, low cost, flexible and efficient means of settling conflicts over land. Inspite of being existence for 27 years, little has been done on the progress and challenges of the Lands Tribunal in resolving conflicts over land in the country. Goal and Objectives: This paper aims at establishing the progress made by the Lands Tribunal in resolving conflicts over land and investigating the challenges faced by the Lands Tribunal in resolving conflicts over land. Methodology: The study incorporated the use of both primary and secondary data collected between January and October 2023. Secondary data were obtained through documents which include peer-reviewed journal articles, theses, books, media, Zambian land laws, and technical reports. Secondary data was supplemented by primary data obtained from three purposively selected institutions: Lands Tribunal, Law Association of Zambia, and Zambia Land Alliance (Kitwe office). The data collection method used with the key informants was in-depth face-to-face interviews. Office management at each institution chose the key informant based on their expertise and experience on the subject. Results: In order to strengthen the Tribunal’s operations, the Lands Tribunal Act of 2010 was enacted, enhancing the Tribunal’s operations by granting it more authority and responsibilities (that is, expanding jurisdiction). Research findings showed that between 2014 and 2023, the Lands Tribunal handled 3318 cases. According to research findings, if the Tribunal was operating efficiently and effectively, it could have handled more than 3,318 cases between 2014 and 2022 considering the numerous problems facing the general courts which adversely affect the general public to resolve their land conflicts. However, the Tribunal could not handle more cases because of various challenges which include inadequate funding, Inadequate staff, poor conditions of service for members of the Tribunal, inadequate transport, delay in the delivery of judgments, low public awareness of the Lands Tribunal, centralised operations of the Lands Tribunal, and forum shopping.
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- 2024
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15. Socio-economic geography and the land rights of indigenous peoples in Paraguay
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Ioris, Antonio A. R.
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- 2024
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16. Land warriors for hire: the changing nature of land conflicts in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Owoeye, Taiwo
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This study interrogates the changing nature of land conflicts in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria. Empirical data for the study was generated using qualitative methods. The study indicates that in urban areas of the city, land touts operate as
Omo-Onile , meaning a group that claims the ancestral right to land. In the rural edges of Lagos, land touts operate asAjagungbale , implying a group of land warriors for hire. The paper identifies three factors for the distinction between land conflict actors in rural and urban Lagos. These are the existence of a large expanse of land in rural areas, the nature of local authority in these areas, and the existence of ungoverned spaces in the rural areas. However, a new Property Protection Law by the Lagos state government was recently enacted to reduce the activities of these land touts and improve land governance in Lagos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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17. Analysing the effectiveness of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil's Free, Prior and Informed Consent policy to respect customary land rights.
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Afrizal, Elfitra, and Zuldesni
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PROPERTY rights ,OIL palm ,MERGERS & acquisitions ,REAL property acquisition ,BUSINESS enterprises ,INFORMED consent (Medical law) ,LAND use planning ,LAND tenure - Abstract
This article assesses the effectiveness of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) policy in respecting customary land rights in Indonesia using a policy implementation framework. The questions addressed are what is the practice of FPIC by oil palm companies? What is the performance of the companies in implementing the FPIC? Data from companies' documents and a survey of oil palm companies in West and Central Kalimantan show that while RSPO members are practicing the FPIC policy, their FPIC performance is inadequate, because of the absence of external monitoring of land acquisition and company reliance on inadequate Indonesian environmental law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. DESIGUALDADES EM RONDÔNIA: EXPULSÕES, ASSASSINATOS E A CRIMINALIZAÇÃO NOS CONFLITOS POR TERRA.
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Cabral de Vasconcellos, Patrícia Mara and das Chagas, Afonso Maria
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HUMAN rights ,MURDER - Abstract
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- 2023
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19. Towards transnational agrarian conflicts? Global NGOs, transnational agrobusiness and local struggles for land on Sumatra.
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Brad, Alina and Hein, Jonas
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CONFLICT management , *POLITICAL ecology , *OIL palm , *NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations , *NEGOTIATION - Abstract
The article explores the spatial dimension of the contested renegotiation of society-nature relations in the context of the oil palm boom in Indonesia. Drawing on qualitative research as well as on concepts of political ecology, materialist state theory and literature on the transnationalization and internationalisation of the state, it argues that conflicts in the context of the oil palm boom cannot merely be conceptualised as local negotiation processes for access to land, but are increasingly transnational in character. Particularly, transnational actors such as oil palm companies and environmental protection organisations as well as transnational regulatory systems such as private sustainability and carbon standards are increasingly relevant in structuring local conflicts. To illustrate how these transnational mechanisms of contestation and conflict resolution operate, the article's empirical focus lies on conflicts over land in the Indonesian province of Jambi on the island of Sumatra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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20. Identity-Making at Gunpoint
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Ibrahima Poudiougou and Giovanni Zanoletti
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Mali ,land conflicts ,pastoralism ,political identities ,militias ,Jihadism ,Social Sciences - Abstract
On 25 June 2016, a violent clash broke out between the villages of Mougna and Kossouma (Djenné, Mali), leaving 20 dead and 40 injured. While no “Jihadists” were directly involved, this was part of a process of outbreaks of armed land conflicts that spiralled in the wake of the 2012 rebellion. The sudden emergence of violence in rural, pastoral areas ties in with a more general disempowerment of the “bush” institutions throughout the State formation process. This article analyses how violence becomes public policy by leveraging ethnic and religious repertoires, including “Jihadism”, in land conflicts.
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- 2022
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21. Land-Rights Commodification: Communal Land Control and Rural Conflict in Bolivia
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Cottyn, Hanne, Curry-Machado, Jonathan, book editor, Stubbs, Jean, book editor, Clarence-Smith, William Gervase, book editor, and Vos, Jelmer, book editor
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- 2024
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22. Honduras: Land Struggles
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Norton, Roger D. and Norton, Roger D.
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- 2022
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23. Local brokerage and international leverage: NGOs and land conflicts in Indonesia.
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Berenschot, Ward, Dhiaulhaq, Ahmad, and Deviane, Aurelia
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NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,COMMUNITIES ,OIL palm ,ACTIVISM - Abstract
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has generated a large and growing number of conflicts between rural communities and palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. Employing a detailed documentation of 150 such conflicts in four Indonesian provinces, this paper assesses and evaluates how local, national and international NGOs help communities address their grievances. We find that rights‐based activism characterises only a small portion of NGOs working on land conflicts, as a more common strategy revolves around political brokerage. NGOs generally fail to achieve significant impact, with the partial exception of (those connected with) international NGOs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. Contesting Extraction: Challenges for Coalition Building between Agrarian and Anti-mining Movements
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Louisa Prause
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Social movements ,land conflicts ,mining conflicts ,extractive investments ,civil society ,resistance ,Political science ,Economic growth, development, planning ,HD72-88 - Abstract
In the context of a global expansion of the extractive frontier, building broad protest coalitions is key for emancipatory and non-extractive future transformations of the countryside. Yet even though movements in both the agrarian and the mining sector struggle against the enclosure of land and the loss of livelihoods in rural areas, inter-sectoral coalitions remain scarce. This chapter therefore aims to identify challenges to inter-sectoral coalition building between movements struggling against extractive projects in the agrarian and the mining sector. Based on a case study of Senegal it shows that mutually exclusive identities, missing ‘bridge builders’, and different policy spaces constitute key challenges for the building of coalitions. Furthermore, extraction plays out differently in the agrarian and in the mining sector. Different regulations and economic histories as well as distinct impacts of extractive activities on land and nature provide different incentives and challenges for claim making in the two sectors. In order to understand resistance to extraction, it is therefore key to stay attuned to the different impacts extractive investments have on the ground.
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- 2023
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25. Indigenous Peoples and Land-Based Disputes: Paraguay and the Paĩ Tavyterã
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Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
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territorialised resources ,land conflicts ,agribusiness ,Guarani ,Paĩ Tavyterã ,Guarani-Kaiowa ,Science - Abstract
This article discusses some of the long-term tendencies of the Paraguayan political economy, focusing, in particular, on impacts on indigenous peoples and, because of the ongoing agribusiness expansion in the northeast of the country, on the Paĩ Tavyterã nation. This analysis is warranted because of the growing recognition of the importance of land-related disputes affecting indigenous peoples, particularly in countries such as Paraguay that rely heavily on agribusiness exports and on the exploitation of natural resources. It is based on more than six years of research dedicated to the land struggles of the Paĩ Tavyterã (and members of the same ethnic group in Brazil, called Guarani-Kaiowa). Instead of a comparative study, this is a relational storytelling text that draws insights from various actors, communities and situations that were obtained through a qualitative and participative methodology, involving indigenous communities as co-participants and co-investigators in the study. Empirical results demonstrate that, despite the fact that Paraguay is a major exporter of agribusiness commodities the accumulation of multiple forms of subtraction is a prevailing geographical force. The reaction of indigenous peoples is in the form of anti-subtraction. The main implication of this research is that the process of decolonisation is, first and foremost, an anti-subtraction movement that aims to revert the deficit caused by the systemic subtraction of socio-economic and socio-ecological opportunities.
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- 2023
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26. TERRITÓRIOS EM DISPUTA: COMENTÁRIOS SOBRE O CONTRALAUDO ELABORADO SOBRE A TERRA INDÍGENA POTRERO GUAÇU.
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Francisco Sampaio, João Marcos and Benvenuto Lima Júnior, Jayme
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INDIGENOUS peoples of South America ,EXPERT evidence ,JUDICIAL process ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,TECHNICAL reports ,TECHNICAL assistance ,ANTHROPOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2023
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27. Multi-Layered Reflexivity in Participative Research on Mining in Indonesia: Positionality, Preconceptions and Roles.
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Großmann, Kristina
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REFLEXIVITY , *INDIGENOUS rights , *MINING corporations , *PROPERTY rights , *LAND mines , *ROLE conflict - Abstract
Drawing on my involvement as a researcher in mining conflicts on customary land in Central Kalimantan, I reflect on my positionality, assumptions, roles, expectations and impacts on social change. Constant re-thinking of my own biases was necessary in order to grasp the nuanced and complex nature of villagers' attitudes towards mining, and their entangled relations with the mining companies. My attempt to act as a process facilitator, by persuading an indigenous rights organisation to support villagers in their dispute over land rights with the mining company, was unsuccessful. I conclude that a constant reassessment of expectations and aims is needed in order to achieve the co-production of knowledge that is relevant for social change and for the attempt to enhance villagers' participation in decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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28. Palm oil expansion, insecure land rights, and land-use conflict: A case of palm oil centre of Riau, Indonesia.
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Afrizal, Putra, Eka Vidya, and Elida, Linda
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PROPERTY rights ,LAND tenure ,STATE regulation ,CONFLICT management ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations - Abstract
Insecure rights tend to lead to land-use conflicts. The literature mainly focuses on the impact of insecure land rights on investment. Regarding the causes, studies mainly focus on the effect of state regulations. Little attention is given to the impact of the extractive economy on land rights security. This article scrutinizes how palm oil expansion manipulates insecure land rights, leading to land-use conflict. We pay attention to a particular land right in Indonesia that is based on the´ land status letter´ (Surat Keterangan Tanah, SKT), an initial proof of land ownership that is widely held by villagers in Indonesia. Studies have neglected this land right, as most attention has been on customary rights (Adat). Our main questions are: How do palm oil companies treat the SKT in their efforts to obtain more land for their plantations, and how do farmers try to fight for their SKT rights? Using a qualitative case study in Indonesia´s Riau Province, we show that because of a shared perception that SKTs offer security, villagers did not attempt to get a full legal land certificate from the Land Agency, and palm oil companies often manipulated SKT land rights to acquire land for new plantations. Limited access to conflict resolution mechanisms hampers landholders' efforts to enforce their land rights, and our study suggests that the security of SKT land rights depends upon landholders' ability to fight for their rights. NGOs did not help empower them in this matter in most cases. • Insecure land tenure is a well-known issue in development. • Agrarian transformation threatens the land-right security of small farmers. • Political economy is needed to explain insecure land rights. • Palm oil expansion manipulates SKT land rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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29. Corporate contentious politics: Palm oil companies and land conflicts in Indonesia.
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Berenschot, Ward, Dhiaulhaq, Ahmad, Hospes, Otto, Afrizal, and Pranajaya, Daniel
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SOCIAL responsibility of business , *MERGERS & acquisitions , *OIL fields , *REAL property acquisition ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
The intensification of corporate acquisition of land in particularly the Global South has generated widespread resistance from rural communities who are being forced off their land with little or no compensation. Yet, while community protests have received ample scholarly attention, the strategies that companies adopt to deal with land conflicts are rarely studied. In contrast with studies that misleadingly describe these strategies in terms of 'corporate social responsibility', we adopt a contentious politics perspective. On the basis of a detailed documentation of the trajectories and outcomes of 150 conflicts between palm oil companies and rural communities in Indonesia, we show that palm oil companies are contentious actors, in the sense that companies engage in conscious and strategic efforts to make and realize their claims, and for this purpose mobilize a particular contentious repertoire, involving the co-optation of local leaders, the cultivation of connections with local authorities, the suppression of community protests, and the criminalization of protest leaders. We employ our dataset to explore how common these strategies are, finding that companies that have adopted RSPO's code of conduct are not less likely to employ them. We argue that corporate contentious politics is a response to the informalized nature of Indonesia's state institutions, and call for more comparative research on this understudied dimension of land conflicts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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30. Land Conflicts and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Botswana
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Kalabamu, Faustin Tirwirukwa, Nunes Silva, Carlos, Series Editor, and Home, Robert, editor
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- 2021
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31. Analyzing Local Views on Formalized Land Tenure Systems and Local Democracy : a Qualitative Study Conducted in Babati, Tanzania
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Fohlin, Jonatan and Fohlin, Jonatan
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Formalized land tenure systems in Tanzania have witnessed a shift towards recognizing customary land rights. The shift has advanced into a framework in which land owners can either apply for a Certificate of Granted Right of Occupancy (CGRO) or a Certificate of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCRO). This study investigates local perceptions of the formalized tenure system and its effect on the local democratic settings in Babati, Tanzania. The thesis is based on a field study carried out in early 2024 and employs a qualitative approach that utilizes semi-structured interviews conducted in the rural villages of Mwada and Matufa. The study incorporates an inductive comparative analysis to examine distinctions between certificate holders and non-certificate holders. The investigation relies on a theoretical adoption of land titling and democracy. Findings reveal that the absence of a certificate is associated with perceptions of lower levels of autonomy and security. In contrast, certificate holders, specifically CGRO holders, exhibit increased agency and security. The economic advantages achieved through the CGRO as opposed to a CCRO drive competition and consequently pressures non-certificate holders, leading to exclusionary dynamics within the community. The differences between certificate holders and non-holders consequently have an impact on the democratic setting. This calls for re-evaluation of the effect that land tenure formalization has in the broader democratic discourse.
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- 2024
32. LAND CONFLICTS IN THE INITIAL PERIOD OF SOVIET REGIME: FROM THE CONFRONTATION OF COMMUNITIES TO THE FIGHT OF PEASANTS WITH COLLECTIVE ECONOMIES AND POOR PEASANT’S COMMITTEES
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V. P. Nikolashin
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black earth village ,land conflicts ,communities ,collective farms ,combats ,History (General) ,D1-2009 - Abstract
The article examines the features of the development of land relations in the chernozem village in the initial period of Soviet power. Socio-economic, demographic conditions, political processes formed the prerequisites for the growth of conflict in the village. The unresolved "peasant question", the absence of a compromise program of interaction between the authorities and the community on the eve of the revolutionary events of 1917 developed radical moods among the peasantry and strengthened the desire to redistribute land. In the spring of 1918, this phenomenon led to an increase in land disputes in the chernozem village. Conflicts of the communities of the initial period of the Soviet power were carried out at four levels: intercommunal or intra-hair, inter-hair, inter-district and inter-provincial. In order to resolve disputes between societies and individuals, conflict commissions were created within the land departments. Later, they were replaced by the camera on the analysis of disputes. In the summer of 1918, the state began to strengthen its position in the village. In particular, commanders, and in some cases collective and Soviet enterprises, became the agents of the Soviet agrifood policy in the countryside. The main content of this policy is the extraction of resources for civil war, as well as the desire to take control of the community and the land. In response, the land conflicts of the communities begin to give way to the opposition of the village and the Soviet government. The reasons for the discontent of the peasantry were both the harsh food policy and the land relations imposed by the state. Thus, the land conflicts of the communities progressively transformed into antagonism between the village and the Soviet government, creating conditions for large peasant uprisings.
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- 2021
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33. Competing claims in land-use policy: property development and mineral aggregates industries.
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Leffers, Donald, Wekerle, Gerda R., and Sandberg, L. Anders
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AGGREGATE industry , *MINERAL industries , *MINERAL properties , *PROVINCIAL governments , *BARGAINING power - Abstract
This paper offers an empirically grounded understanding of the historical processes by which economic and institutional actors, particularly industry networks operating over time, influenced regional-scale land use policies at critical junctures involving land conflicts. The research addresses understudied discourses, practices and relationships associated with changes in land use policy. The paper draws on theories of land conflicts and industry networks to examine multi-actor contestations over land use and growth. It highlights the role of industry networks of the property development and aggregate industries in influencing provincial land use policies. Using a multi-method approach, we examine a case of Ontario provincial government brokerage of conflicting proposals for the development of regional-scale lands on Toronto's urban periphery. A key finding is that fundamental differences in the organization and bargaining power of the two industries translate into differential effectiveness in multi-stakeholder negotiations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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34. Connecting livelihood discourses to land conflicts in central Mozambique.
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Adalima, José Laimone
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ETHNOLOGY research , *DISCOURSE , *TWENTY-first century , *GOVERNMENT policy , *LAND use - Abstract
Several anthropological studies on policy in Africa have highlighted discrepancies between the conception, implementation and outcome of development projects. Using my case study, which is drawn from an ethnographic research conducted between 2011 and 2012 in central Mozambique, I demonstrate the post-colonial government policy contradiction in relation to land and how this has been influencing the way livelihoods discourses, plans and projects led by the government and NGOs are designed. My findings show how the land lease policy is a continuous factor that structures local land use and livelihoods across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and has fuelled a growing demand for land and conflicts. I argue that official policy and local practices differ since the power of discourses has been unable to shape reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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35. The Social Barrier of Strategic Coupling: A Case Study of the Letpadaung Copper Mine in Myanmar.
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Ji, Qidi, Liu, Weidong, Song, Tao, and Gao, Boyang
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COPPER mining ,ECONOMIC globalization ,POLITICAL science ,CIVIL society ,CHINESE corporations - Abstract
Civil society is not as impotent as argued by many scholars in facing the pervasive force of economic globalization, and instead can play an important role in the strategic coupling of multinationals with localities. This study attempts to deepen existing research on the strategic coupling of mining production networks by emphasizing the role of social actors at different scales in the coupling process. It uses the qualitative survey method to provide analytical insights into the case of the Letpadaung Copper Mine in Myanmar, which is an investment of the Chinese company Wanbao Mining. Social actors represented by local communities and NGOs may have different interests from mining firms on issues such as land use, rural livelihoods, and environmental impacts, which constitute a sort of social barrier to strategic coupling. Wanbao Mining has taken steps to balance the intentions of multiple actors at different scales through bargaining, ultimately achieving an inclusive coupling that is a win-win for all parties. The concept of social barriers incorporates land-use issues into the strategic coupling research, contributing to the study of socio-economic and political issues of land in the context of globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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36. Supporting spatial planning with a novel method based on participatory Bayesian networks: An application in Curaçao.
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Steward, Rex, Chopin, Pierre, and Verburg, Peter H.
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BAYESIAN analysis ,LAND use ,ENVIRONMENTAL degradation ,TOURIST attractions ,LAND resource ,SCIENTIFIC knowledge - Abstract
Land use change is a major driver of environmental degradation, necessitating appropriate planning to navigate trade-offs between societal objectives and ecological impacts. Sound planning is limited in some regions by data scarcity and incomplete scientific knowledge on local dynamics shaping development of land. In this paper, we present a novel expert-based participatory approach that uses Bayesian networks to determine land use suitability and potential conflicts for emerging land uses. This method encompasses a workshop phase for building suitability models for different sectors, data assembly and preparation, spatialization of networks, and iterative validation with experts. Mapped suitabilities for all land uses were used to assess potential competition for land across sectors and to quantify alignment of the expert-modeled outcomes with established land use policy. Applied to Curaçao, a data-poor environment in the Caribbean facing high land use competition, the method enabled the construction and parameterization of 5 Bayesian networks driven by 35 spatial input datasets generated through various methods from participatory mapping to social media analysis. Overlap in suitable locations for conservation and tourism development along segments of the coastline and roadsides of the western island highlight potential conflict stemming from coincidence of desirable natural amenities and ecologically sensitive areas. Results yield key insights that can drive discussion and inform policymakers and spatial planners as they navigate tradeoffs and seek optimal use of limited land resources. Process-based suitability predictions and knowledge of underlying drivers can also enable exploratory analysis into possible future scenarios of change. • Participatory systems modeling with Bayesian networks to evaluate land suitability. • Suitability overlap across sectors highlights instances and intensity of conflict. • 5 land uses modeled by experts using 35 datasets in a data-scarce context (Curaçao). • Identified conflict sites between tourism, urban, agriculture, and conservation use. • Policy-makers can reduce trade-offs and identify sites of management priority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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37. Entre "grileiros" e "gatunos": a Guerra de Perdidos e a privatização das terras no sul do Pará.
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de Melo Pessôa, Fábio Tadeu
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- 2022
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38. Derechos de propiedad en Salta: codificación y disputas por la tierra hacia fines del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX.
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Morales Miy, Anahí
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PROPERTY rights ,LAND resource ,NINETEENTH century ,REAL property ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
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- 2022
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39. Land Conflicts in Southern Ghana: A Reflection of Multiple Ownerships of Land and Usufruct Rights to Land Use
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Brobbey, Collins Adu-Bempah, Seck, Diery, Series Editor, Elu, Juliet U., Series Editor, Nyarko, Yaw, Series Editor, Akinola, Adeoye O., editor, and Wissink, Henry, editor
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- 2019
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40. Mobilisation de la violence armée dans la sécurisation foncière
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François M’munga Assumani
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land conflicts ,land security ,armed violence ,local authority ,Democratic Republic of Congo ,Social Sciences - Abstract
This article analyzes the phenomenon of land security through armed violence when land conflicts brook out in the province of South Kivu, in the DR Congo, in a context characterized by a deliquescent modern state. Based on two cases of local land conflicts, this article reveals that the actors often resort to the national armed forces or to local armed groups, or that the actors themselves use swords or firearms to secure their land defensively. In fact, beyond the harmful conception of armed violence, the actors' strategies and logics of action attest to the fact that armed violence can be considered as one of the practical norms to secure land rights, whatever their nature, in a customary environment.
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- 2020
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41. The fragmented politics of sugarcane contract farming in Uganda.
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Martiniello, Giuliano, Owor, Arthur, Bahati, Ibrahim, and Branch, Adam
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AGRICULTURAL contracts , *SUGARCANE , *RURAL poor , *RURAL development , *VALUE chains - Abstract
In the last decade, contract farming has regained momentum among policymakers and global development agencies as a tool to promote inclusive rural development and responsible investments. Integrating smallholders within global, regional and national agricultural value chains, we are told, represents the sine qua non for alleviating rural poverty. In Uganda, under the label of out‐grower schemes, contract farming is currently undergoing massive expansion, driven especially by the boom in sugarcane cultivation. Drawing from three case studies of sugarcane contract farming in Uganda, the paper re‐politicizes the debate around contract farming by looking at the power relations within which these schemes are embedded. We argue, what is seen in Uganda's expansion is a political dynamic derived both from the major dislocations and dispossessions required to establish the plantation estate and its work force, as well as from the effort to bring many smallholders using unimproved methods on land with sometimes unclear tenure arrangements into contracted arrangements for supplying sugarcane. The result has been highly contentious politics around sugar's expansion, where struggles over land dispossession merge with those around exploitative wage labour, around the loss and transformation of livelihoods, and around debt, power inequalities and environmental harm, a matrix in which state violence and co‐optation are ever‐present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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42. Land governance and access dynamics in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
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Denchie, Ernestina Ohenewaah, Ablo, Austin Dziwornu, and Overå, Ragnhild
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LEGAL pluralism , *URBAN growth , *CONFLICT management , *SOCIAL groups , *PETROLEUM - Abstract
The past decade's petroleum industry-related urban expansion has fueled a growing demand for land with increasing conflicts in Sekondi-Takoradi. With an emphasis on land conflict resolution processes, it is argued that whether conflicts are resolved by traditional authorities or the court, actors with advantageous combinations of economic resources, power, or state support, are likely to win. Characterized by legal pluralism, rapid urbanization and intensifying land pressure, land conflicts remain unresolved. Formal institutional mechanisms must be reformed and improved to safeguard the land interests of vulnerable social groups who often lose out in informal land access negotiations processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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43. Indigeneity and political economy: Class and ethnicity of the Guarani-Kaiowa.
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Ioris, Antonio Augusto Rossotto
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INDIGENOUS ethnic identity , *ETHNICITY , *ETHNIC differences , *INDIGENOUS peoples - Abstract
Ontological and identitary questions affecting indigenous peoples are discussed through an assessment of the socio-spatial trajectory of the Guarani-Kaiowa of South America, employing an analytical framework centred around land, labour and ethnicity. These enhanced politico-economic categories provide important entry points for understanding the violence and exploitation perpetrated against indigenous groups, as well as their capacity to reclaim ancestral territory lost to development. Evidence indicates that ethnicity is integral to class-based processes, given that the advance of capitalist relations both presumes and produces difference and subordination. The case study in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul demonstrates that the Guarani-Kaiowa became refugees in their own land due to ethnic differences, but at the same time their labour has underpinned the regional economy to a considerable extent through interrelated mechanisms of peasantification and proleterianisation. Trends of exploitation and alienation have intensified in recent decades due to racism and socio-spatial segregation, but the action/reaction of subordinate groups has also been reinforced through references to their ethnicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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44. Monastères africains et conflits fonciers.
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Yameogo, Thierry
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- 2021
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45. Effects of the oil-find on land management in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Western Coast of Ghana.
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Abdul-Kareem, Raheem, Gnansounou, Setondé Constant, and Adongo, Reynolds
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The recent oil-find at the 'Jubilee Fields' has impacted every sector of Ghanaian life. There is a need to understand these changes, to better manage their effects. This study investigated the dynamics surrounding land management in Sekondi-Takoradi following the oil find. Data were collected from the city in 2018 using qualitative approaches like direct observations, in-depth interviews and informal conversation. All in all, 65 informants were consulted using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. This data was analysed by listening, transcribing, coding interviews, identifying relevant information and matching results with the objectives of this study. Our findings indicate a growing demand for land which has resulted in an increase in land conflicts in the metropolis. There is, therefore, the need to revise future land use patterns and land tenure forms as well as strengthening existing institutions and legislation, among others, in a bid to achieve a sustainable city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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46. The costs of elite-oriented multi-stakeholder forums to address deforestation: the case of the Green Municipalities Program in the Brazilian Amazon.
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LONDRES, M., LARSON, A. M., and BARLETTI, J. P. SARMIENTO
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DEFORESTATION ,CITIES & towns ,FORUMS ,ELITE (Social sciences) ,POLITICAL ecology - Abstract
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- 2021
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47. Resistencia o incorporación: la trayectoria de conflicto Estado-comunidad indígena en torno al proyecto turístico Divisadero Barrancas, Chihuahua, México.
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Alcalde, Horacio Almanza
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BUSINESSPEOPLE ,STATE governments ,SOCIAL conflict ,SATISFACTION ,HUMAN rights - Abstract
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- 2024
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48. Mobilisations citoyennes contre les accaparements fonciers en Mauritanie
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Hamdi Ahmedou
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land conflicts ,property rights ,forced migration ,citizenship ,Social Sciences - Abstract
This article analyzes the nexus between land and forced migration issues in Mauritania, in the light of recent developments in the agribusiness sector, which have come with new policies of land redistribution that were not necessarily based on ethnicity. In this context, I present the formation and emergence of a protest movement against attempts by the Mauritanian government, between 2011 and 2015, to grant tens of thousands of hectares of land concessions to Arab investors in the Senegal River regions. The analysis of this conflict, which involves, among others, repatriated populations, makes it possible to describe a whole chain of state and non-state actors, and stakeholders at different scales, which have allowed this local conflict to have a national scope.
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- 2019
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49. The Social Barrier of Strategic Coupling: A Case Study of the Letpadaung Copper Mine in Myanmar
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Qidi Ji, Weidong Liu, Tao Song, and Boyang Gao
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strategic coupling ,civil society ,land conflicts ,rural livelihoods ,bargaining ,mining ,Agriculture - Abstract
Civil society is not as impotent as argued by many scholars in facing the pervasive force of economic globalization, and instead can play an important role in the strategic coupling of multinationals with localities. This study attempts to deepen existing research on the strategic coupling of mining production networks by emphasizing the role of social actors at different scales in the coupling process. It uses the qualitative survey method to provide analytical insights into the case of the Letpadaung Copper Mine in Myanmar, which is an investment of the Chinese company Wanbao Mining. Social actors represented by local communities and NGOs may have different interests from mining firms on issues such as land use, rural livelihoods, and environmental impacts, which constitute a sort of social barrier to strategic coupling. Wanbao Mining has taken steps to balance the intentions of multiple actors at different scales through bargaining, ultimately achieving an inclusive coupling that is a win-win for all parties. The concept of social barriers incorporates land-use issues into the strategic coupling research, contributing to the study of socio-economic and political issues of land in the context of globalization.
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- 2022
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50. Introduction
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Darques, Régis and Darques, Regis
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- 2017
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