CASAS
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Shifting cultivation as a driver of deforestation: Misinterpreted data, misguided conclusions, and misplaced blame
CASAS’ member Amit John Kurien has published this paper with Catherine M. Hepp, Xiaoye Tong & Thilde Bech Bruun in One Earth. Abstract: Shifting cultivation is often stigmatized as destructive, blamed for deforestation, and as a contributor to climate change. Many remote sensing studies have attempted to map its extent and estimate its role in…
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Everyday land speculation without production in state-led urbanization: The case of Indonesia’s new capital city
CASAS’ member Bosman Batubara has published this paper with Kei Otsuki, Femke Van Noorloos & Michelle Kooy in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. Abstract: Indonesia’s new capital city construction is inducing state-led urbanization in the absence of private investments. Reports show the impacts of this process as a rapid land price increase and…
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A Troubling Nexus: Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in the Context of Socioeconomic Transformations in Catatumbo, Colombia
CASAS’ member Jenniffer Vargas Reina with Hobeth Martínez Carrillo have just published this paper in Journal of Intervention and statebuilding. Abstract: International practice highlights the need to integrate peacebuilding and transitional justice policies to enhance their effectiveness in transforming war-affected societies. However, there is limited empirical analysis of this integration. This study examines the relationship…
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Bridging divides against erratic democratic trajectories: the politics of rural and urban social movements in Southern Africa
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane just published this paper in Globalizations. Abstract: This article examines the complex relationship between social and popular movements in Southern Africa across sectors and geographies amid erratic democracy. It analyzes how these sectorial and geographical divides undermine collective strategies and shape the contested legitimacy of neoliberal or undemocratic authorities. The article…