Land tenure and agricultural expansion in Latin America: The role of Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ forest rights

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 35; pp. 316 - 322
• Main Authors: Ceddia, M. Graziano, Gunter, Ulrich, Corriveau-Bourque, Alexandre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Agricultural intensification; Amplification; Communities; Deforestation; Farmlands; Forests; Indigenous and local communities’ forest; Indigenous peoples; Jevons paradox; Land; Land tenure; Mathematical models; Paradoxes; Latin America; Deforestation; Jevons paradox; Agricultural intensification; Land tenure; Indigenous and local communities’ forest

•Agricultural intensification does not necessarily lead to land-sparing.•Extending the area owned or managed by Indigenous Peoples promotes land-sparing.•Extending the area owned by privates or by the government promotes Jevons paradox.•Jevons paradox is more likely when agriculture is export-orient...