Essays about: "land appropriation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words land appropriation.

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. Is Deforestation in Colombia Caused by Oil Palm Expansion?

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Mona Date; [2020]
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   Abstract : The palm oil industry is growing globally and palm oil is today the most used vegetable oil for biofuels, however, over the last years research has showed that it has caused great deforestation in Southeast Asia where the grand majority of oil palm is produced. There has also been reports on poor working conditions showing that the palm oil is not socially sustainable either. READ MORE

4. 3. Gringos and Caimitos : a political ecology of coloniality in a marginalized farming community

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Jessie Diggle; [2020]
   Keywords : Decoloniality; self-reflexivity; autoethnography; socio-ecological space; Esmeraldas; afro-descendance; white supremacy; land appropriation; coloniality; permaculture; nature regimes; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study examines articulations between place, power, and difference between social groups in a farming community of afro-descendance and foreigners appropriating land in Ecuador. It is an iterative-inductive ethnography that combines the extended case study with autoethnography to move between layers of systemic structures, intersubjectivity and subjectivity. READ MORE

5. 4. Conflicts and the possibility for coexistence between offshore wind power and national defence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Nilsen Carman; [2020]
   Keywords : Common pool resource; wind power; national defence; coexist; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden has set a goal to produce 100% renewable electricity in 2040. In order to accomplish this, a transition towards renewable energy (RE) is necessary. However, the development of RE needs to coexist with other interests of the nation, as RE typically occupies large areas of land or off shore water. READ MORE

6. 5. Cultural Adaptation of Cancer Campaign Films : A comparison made between beauty commercials; United States ofAmerica and India.

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Bildproduktion

   Author : Rahel Anticoli; [2018]
   Keywords : cultural adaptation; nationalism; appropriation; campaign films; semiotics; film analysis; connotation; denotation.;

   Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte är att göra en filmanalys av kampanjfilmer om bröstcancer som var skapade av kosmetiska företag i Indien och U.S.A. I uppsatsen undersöks hur semiotiska resurser var påverkade av kulturen och hur kampanjerna har använt kulturell adaption i marknadsföringssyfte. READ MORE