Studies of accumulation by dispossession in the Global South tend to focus on individual
sectors, for example, large‐scale agriculture or nature conservation. Yet smallholder farmers …

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

The debate about conservation and human welfare (poverty or development) is no longer
new in the literature. Yet, poverty and conservation challenges persist. This paper seeks to …

Recent developments in GIS mapping have shown there are significant overlaps between
mining concessions and pre-existing forms of land tenure. Yet, there is limited research that …

Community-based wildlife management claims pro-poor, gender-sensitive outcomes.
However, intersectional political ecology predicts adverse impacts on marginalised people …

Governments, donors and investors often promote land acquisitions for forest plantations as
global climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration. Investors' forestry thereby …

In seeking to achieve poverty alleviation and environmental conservation, public policy has
often centred on guaranteeing land titles to local peoples. However, such approaches have …

This paper reflects upon the role of law in the contemporary surge in global large-scale land
acquisitions. Its point of reference is the land security of several billion rural poor who …

Abstract Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) refer to protected areas in a village land, set
aside for conservation of wildlife and tourism activities. Existing studies on WMAs have …

Since the discovery of uranium in commercial quantities in the Great Karoo, plans have
been in place to carry out large-scale uranium mining in the region. One of the justifications …