Increased soil erosion is one of the main drivers of land degradation in East Africa's
agricultural and pastoral landscapes. This wicked problem is rooted in historic disruptions to …

The implementation of the green economy in Tanzania is currently re-arranging space in
significant ways. The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) has …

Since the global financial crisis, the world has seen a stark rise in financial investment in
farming and agricultural production. Indeed, finance has been identified as one of the main …

Land inequality stalls economic development, entrenches poverty, and is associated with
environmental degradation. Yet, rigorous assessments of land-use interventions attend to …

Conservation research and practice are increasingly engaging with people and drawing on
social sciences to improve environmental governance. In doing so, conservation engages …

Agricultural landscapes (rural landscapes, agrolandscapes) are territories shaped by
agricultural production. They have enabled the development of human civilizations and are …

This paper examined the extent to which Large-scale Agricultural Land Investments (LALIs)
has delivered on its promises (eg increased productivity, job creation, and rural …

There is a rich literature by geographers on the spatial imagination and ambition of
conservation, and particularly the long-established strategy of creating protected areas such …

Large-scale area-based conservation measures affect millions of people globally.
Understanding their social impacts is necessary to improve effectiveness and minimize …

ABSTRACT The food crisis of 2007/8, alongside rapid population growth, and the
uncertainties of climate change propelled African agricultural transformation back into the …