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題名 Forest plantations and climate change discourses: New powers of "green` grabbing in Cambodia
作者 吳考甯
Work, Courtney
ArnimScheidel
貢獻者 民族系
關鍵詞 Cambodia ; Prey Long forest ; Green grabbing ; Shifting cultivation ; Climate change mitigation ; Forest definition
日期 2018-09
上傳時間 11-Jun-2021 16:14:35 (UTC+8)
摘要 Efforts to combat global climate change through forestry plantations designed to sequester carbon and promote sustainable development are on the rise. This paper analyses the trajectory of Cambodia´s first large-scale reforestation project awarded within the context of climate change mitigation. The 34,007 ha concession was formally conceived to promote sustainable resource use, livelihood improvements and emission reduction. On the ground, however, vast tracks of diverse forest landscapes are being cleared and converted to acacia monocultures, existing timber stocks are logged for market sale, and customary land users dispossessed from land and forest resources. While the project adds to an ongoing land grab crisis in Cambodia, we argue that the explicit environmental ends of the forestry concession enabled a ‘green grab’ that not only exceeds the scale of land grabs caused by conventional economic land concessions, but surprisingly also exacerbates forest logging and biodiversity loss in the area. This case demonstrates the extent to which current climate change discourses, forestry agendas and their underlying assumptions require critical revision in global policy discussions to forestall the growing problem of green grabbing in land use.
關聯 Land Use Policy, Vol.77, pp.9-18
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.057
dc.contributor 民族系
dc.creator (作者) 吳考甯
dc.creator (作者) Work, Courtney
dc.creator (作者) ArnimScheidel
dc.date (日期) 2018-09
dc.date.accessioned 11-Jun-2021 16:14:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 11-Jun-2021 16:14:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 11-Jun-2021 16:14:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/135785-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Efforts to combat global climate change through forestry plantations designed to sequester carbon and promote sustainable development are on the rise. This paper analyses the trajectory of Cambodia´s first large-scale reforestation project awarded within the context of climate change mitigation. The 34,007 ha concession was formally conceived to promote sustainable resource use, livelihood improvements and emission reduction. On the ground, however, vast tracks of diverse forest landscapes are being cleared and converted to acacia monocultures, existing timber stocks are logged for market sale, and customary land users dispossessed from land and forest resources. While the project adds to an ongoing land grab crisis in Cambodia, we argue that the explicit environmental ends of the forestry concession enabled a ‘green grab’ that not only exceeds the scale of land grabs caused by conventional economic land concessions, but surprisingly also exacerbates forest logging and biodiversity loss in the area. This case demonstrates the extent to which current climate change discourses, forestry agendas and their underlying assumptions require critical revision in global policy discussions to forestall the growing problem of green grabbing in land use.
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dc.relation (關聯) Land Use Policy, Vol.77, pp.9-18
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Cambodia ; Prey Long forest ; Green grabbing ; Shifting cultivation ; Climate change mitigation ; Forest definition
dc.title (題名) Forest plantations and climate change discourses: New powers of "green` grabbing in Cambodia
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.057
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.057