Over the past several decades, land investments have dramatically increased to meet global
food and biofuel demands, produce industrial commodities, protect environments and …

Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have become a major concern for land use
sustainability at a global scale. A considerable body of case studies has shown that the …

The conjunction of climate, food, and financial crises in the late 2000s triggered renewed
interest in farmland and agribusiness investments around the world. This phenomenon …

This introduction to the collection seeks to determine to what extent the specialist regional
literature on agrarian and environmental transformations in Southeast Asia has responded …

In land grab narratives, foreign investors are portrayed as predatory resource grabbers and
host states as weak victims or colluders. But foreign land investments are often forged …

A key lever to mitigate global climate change is the reversal of forest carbon emissions
trends throughout the Global South. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest …

This paper examines the recent changes in global land politics and agrarian movements
and the activists and academics that mobilize around and study these issues. There are …

Mainstream portrayals of Chinese overseas land investments tend to treat Chinese capital
as monolithic, synonymous with the Chinese state, and extracting resources from other …

Despite centuries of state-directed eradication efforts, opium cultivation persists in northern
Laos and Myanmar. The most recent of these efforts is China's Opium Replacement …

The Mekong region is in the midst of profound social and environmental change. Despite
rapid urbanization, the region remains predominantly rural with more than 60 percent of its …