Essays about: "green grabbing"

Found 4 essays containing the words green grabbing.

  1. 1. Green Grabbing and Internal Displacement: Two Sides of the Same Coin : An Exploratory Case Study of Colombia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Clara Micol Giovannetti; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; green grabbing; internal displacement; world-system analysis; political ecological approach. ;

    Abstract : In the field of environmental migration studies, research on social consequences of  development projects has received limited attention. The study highlights the rise of “green grabbing,” e.g., the appropriation of land in the name of climate change mitigation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Forest Management Decentralisation in a REDD+ World : A Case Study of a REDD+ Pilot Project in the Kolo Hills Forests, Kondoa District, Tanzania

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Liesa Nieskens; [2018]
    Keywords : REDD ; Participatory Forest Management; Political Ecology; Access Qualifications; Carbon Offset;

    Abstract : Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradatin (REDD+) is a market-based approachto address tropical deforestation as a key driver of anthropogenic climate change. In Tanzania, participatory forest management (PFM) was used as a vehicle for the institutionalisation of REDD+and implementation of pilot initiatives. READ MORE

  4. 3. Can the Clean Development Mechanism bring Community Co-benefits? A case study of the Kachung Forest Project, Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Karin Edstedt; [2017]
    Keywords : Climate change mitigation; CDM; afforestation; local livelihood implications; climate justice; Uganda; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our time. To globally reduce green house gas emissions, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol. READ MORE

  5. 4. A case for making climate aid help small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa prevent land grabbing – and the would-be priorities of members of relevant NGOs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Tim Isaksson; [2013]
    Keywords : land grabbing; small-scale farmers; climate change; climate aid; COP 18; NGOs; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at the issues of land grabbing and climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Taking the situations of small-scale farmers – the dominant group of people population-wise and producers of 90 percent of the subcontinent’s food – as its focus, it also looks at how climate change might make land grabbing worse. READ MORE