Green Grabbing
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The article draws on land and green grabbing debate to critically interrogate the failure of eight Italian investments in agrofuel production in Senegal. It focuses on the characteristics of the Italian investors who were drawn to... more
Against the background of neoliberal conservation and green grabbing, this paper investigates an ecotourism initiative through the notion of ‘multiple environmentalities’ (neoliberal, disciplinary, sovereign and truth), which concerns the... more
Entendo por “política do ouroboros” os processos geo-políticos que se constituem enquanto “nós”, enquanto autodestruição/mudança/manutenção, coetâneos ao fechamento de cercos. No que tange à terra, podemos citar os “novos cercamentos”... more
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Accumulation by Restoration
Accumulation by Restoration
This paper investigates how critical environmental theories about worldwide processes of “liberalizing nature” (Castree 2003, 2008; McAfee 1999) might be applied to the analysis of existing neoliberal maneuvers observed in the historical... more
Providing a glimpse into the reality of wind energy development, the story of Álvaro Obregón is one of resistance. Álvaro Obregón is a primarily Zapotec semi-subsistence community located near the entrance of the Santa Teresa sand bar... more
Monetary incentives such as nature-based tourism and payment for ecosystem service (PES) mechanisms have become increasingly promoted as a means for protecting the environment. Critical scholars are interpreting these developments as... more
This thesis analyses the politics from below as a response to ‘green grabbing’ in the context of Tanzania. While Tanzania has been progressive in terms of laws of community land rights, negative consequences of land acquisitions and... more
Nei primi anni Duemila il fenomeno del land grabbing, ossia del passaggio di mano di enormi estensioni di terre agricole, ha evidenziato l'affermarsi di nuovi modi di pensare al cibo e al problema della sussistenza energetica su scala... more
This article critically assess the global phenomenon of the marketization of nature and human-environment relations. It focuses on the problem of green grabbing. It is argued that caution is necessary before accepting, a priori, " green "... more
Resumo Pretendemos discutir de que formas a criação de uma Unidade de Conservação, a APA Macaé de Cima (APAMC), incidiu no processo de reorganização do controle do uso do solo e nas relações socioambientais preestabelecidas. Busca-se as... more
L’articolo esplora le dispute per l’accesso alle risorse naturali e alla terra in corso ai bordi della più nota oasi naturalistica dello Sri Lanka, il Parco Nazionale di Yala. A seguito del maremoto dell’Oceano Indiano, il governo... more
In 2009, the Kingdom of Morocco embarked on the Solar Plan, an ambitious 10-year plan to become a leading solar power producer. This paper examines the genesis of the first project in the plan, a concentrated solar power plant near the... more