deforestation
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The Political Economy of Land Grabbing and Deforestation in Times of Peace and War: Lessons from the Colombian Amazon (2016–2024)
CASAS’ member Sammy Sánchez Garavito has published this article in Spanish with Sebastián Gómez Zúñiga, Daniela Mosquera-Camacho & Daniel Ortiz Gallego in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Abstract: This article analyzes land grabbing and deforestation in the Colombian Amazon from a political economy perspective, focusing on the changes that occurred after…
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The landscape and conjuncture of the land rush in the Colombian Amazon: failed and pin-prick land deals
CASAS’ member Itayosara Rojas-Herrera has published this article in Globalizations. Abstract: I argue that by using the concept of the ‘land rush’, I am able to bring into the analysis two more categories of land deals in addition to corporate large-scale operational land deals, namely, non-operational or failed corporate land deals, as well as the…
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Green Grabbing and “Weak Land Governance” in Matopiba’s Agricultural Frontier: Violation of Rights in the Akróa Gamela Indigenous Territory in Brazil
New publication alert! Check out this just-published article by Anderson Silva (CASAS member), Thais Lombardi, and José Wylk. Abstract: This article contributes to the current debate on the violation of human rights through the practice of green grabbing. The study reflects upon the situation of territorial insecurity and the struggle for territorial rights of the…