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The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries
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This article is published in Soil Science.The article was published on 1985-10-01. It has received 371 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Political economy of climate change & Soil governance.read more
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The social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, India
Roan P. Lakerveld,Sharachchandra Lele,Todd A. Crane,K.P.J. Fortuin,Oliver Springate-Baginski +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study of the distribution of provisioning ecosystem services in a forest-fringe village in Odisha, India, and identify the determining factors and processes to include: differential resource-specific needs, different cultural identities, differentiated social status and bargaining power, exclusionary and inclusionary social practices, differential access.
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Inverting the impacts: Mining, conservation and sustainability claims near the Rio Tinto/QMM ilmenite mine in Southeast Madagascar
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace a genealogy of land access and legitimization strategies culminating in the current convergence of mining and conservation in Southeast Madagascar, contributing to recent debates analyzing the commonalities and interdependencies between seemingly discrete types of land acquisitions.
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A Political Ecology Perspective of Land Degradation in the North Ethiopian Highlands
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the linkages of land degradation with the historical dynamics of the political-ecological system and regional land policies and performed semi-structured interviews with 93 farmers in eight villages in the Tigray region (north Ethiopia).
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Gardening on the Edge: The Social Conditions of Unsustainability on an African Urban Periphery
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue for a critical analysis of human-environment relations in and around Africa's cities, not simply because environmental problems in these areas have been for too long neglected.
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Seeing Green in Mali’s Woods: Colonial Legacy, Forest Use, and Local Control
TL;DR: This article provided a historical perspective based on archival records that show how state forestry management in colonial Mali reflected the interests of the French administration, in contrast to those of the peasantry.
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Sustainable development: a critical review
TL;DR: A review of the literature that has sprung up around the concept of sustainable development indicates, however, a lack of consistency in its interpretation as mentioned in this paper, leading to inadequacies and contradictions in policy making in the context of international trade, agriculture, and forestry.
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Resilience thinking meets social theory: Situating social change in socio-ecological systems (SES) research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the extension of resilience notions to society has important limits, particularly its conceptualization of social change, and suggest that critically examining the role of knowledge at the intersections between social and environmental dynamics helps to address normative questions and to capture how power and competing value systems are not external to, but rather integral to the development and functioning of SES.
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People, Parks and Poverty: Political Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
William M. Adams,Jon Hutton +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the political ecology of conservation, particularly the establishment of protected areas (PAs), and dis-cuss the implications of the idea of pristine nature, the social impacts of and the politics of PA establishment and the way the benefits and costs of PAs are allocated.
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Beyond the Square Wheel: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Biodiversity Conservation as Social and Political Process
TL;DR: The authors argue that the renewed focus on authoritarian protection practices largely overlooks key aspects of social and political process including clarification of moral standpoint, legitimacy, governance, accountability, learning, and nonlocal forces.