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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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Aiding regional instability? The geopolitical paradox of Japanese development assistance to China
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that Japan's aid to China may unintentionally diminish Japan's and the East Asian region's long-term security for two reasons: first, similar to other nations receiving such assistance, this aid may allow China to reallocate scarce capital to military modernisation, which may enable China to better suppress internal dissent and carry out a more aggressive foreign policy.
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From Historical Narratives to Circular Economy: De-Complexifying the "Desertification" Debate.
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir,Andrea Colantoni,Enrico Maria Mosconi,Stefano Poponi,Simona Fortunati,Luca Salvati,Filippo Gambella +6 more
TL;DR: Focusing specifically on advanced economies in the world, this review contributes to systematize multiple—sometimes entropic—interpretations of desertification processes into a more organized framework, giving value to methodological interplays and specific interpretations of the latent processes underlying land degradation.
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Changing forest coverage and understanding of deforestation in Nepal Himalayas
Prem Sagar Chapagain,Tor H. Aase +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors tried to examine the debates in the light of recent events and circumstances related to environmental processes in general and forest management of Nepal in particular, and tried to discern changes in forest policies, their implication on forest management and various understandings of deforestation in Nepal Himalayas that are salient in the scientific literature.
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Every ditch is different: Barriers and opportunities for collaboration for agricultural water conservation and security in the Colorado River Basin
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the legal, social, and cultural barriers to agricultural water conservation collaboration in the case study regions and identified key hydrological and legal structural openings and related social conditions that have facilitated collaboration in these six cases.
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Political Ecology and its Engagements with Conservation and Development
TL;DR: For some time, various commentators have raised concerns about the limited engagement and "impact" of political ecology in the policy, development and conservation worlds (Robbins 2004, Walker 2006, Blaikie 2001, Blabie 2012) as mentioned in this paper.
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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.