green grabbing
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Green grabbing: A new form of appropriation
CASAS’ member, Duygu Avci, has published this paper in English and Turkish with Fikret Adaman, Hande Paker, and Gökçe Yeniev. Abstract: In traditional land grabbing, an area is expropriated under the pretext of “common good. ”It is then typically sold or leased to for profit enterprises. You are left without your land, your home, or…
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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…