Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Telecoupled Land Systems

Zaehringer, Julie G.; Schneider, Flurina; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11105-2_19

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“…(1) The co-production of land use change information in the under-researched context of Tanintharyi Region constituted an important contribution to scientific knowledge production. It addressed the systemic perspective of land system science research, which is indispensable in knowledge production for sustainable development (Zaehringer et al 2019). Furthermore, engaging local land users in knowledge production helped to make the research process more accessible to them.…”

Section: Land Use Change Trajectoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These landscape transformations are deeply affecting the local social-ecological systems, with manifold impacts on people's well-being and the environment. If they are not addressed through transformative strategies and actions towards sustainable development, they might increase social disparities and environmental degradation (Zaehringer et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar: tracing land use regime shifts through participatory mapping

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Lundsgaard-Hansen

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Ecosystems and People

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Tropical forest landscapes are undergoing vast transformations. Myanmar was long an exception to this trenduntil recent policy reforms put economic development at the forefront. Under ambiguous land rights, commercial agriculture has spread rapidly, causing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity-rich forest. In southeastern Myanmar, where land tenure is highly contested due to several decades of conflict, scientific evidence on these complex social-ecological processes is lacking. In the absence of past satellite data, we applied a participatory mapping approach and co-produced annual land use information with local land users between 1990 and 2017 for two case study landscapes. Results show that both landscapes have undergone a land use regime shift from small-scale farmers' shifting cultivation to plantations of rubber, betel nut, cashew, and oil palm. These changes are likely to have long-term impacts on land users' livelihoods and the environment. We call for a reconsideration of land governance arrangements and concerted land use planning that respects the rights of local land users and strengthens their role as environmental stewards. Applied with careful facilitation, participatory mapping could be an important tool to engage communities in the highly challenging process of transforming land governance to achieve more sustainable outcomes in this post-conflict context.

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Section: Land Use Change Trajectoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar: tracing land use regime shifts through participatory mapping

Zaehringer

Lundsgaard-Hansen

Thein³

et al. 2020

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“…Land system science is at the forefront of research aiming to generate much-needed knowledge that can help to find land-related pathways towards sustainable development (Zaehringer et al 2019). Land system science considers land as a socialecological system encompassing dynamics and activities related to the human use, as well as its drivers and consequences (Reenberg 2009;Turner et al 2007;Verburg et al 2013).…”

Section: Land Systems Ecosystem Services and Human Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, implementation of these sustainability visions is not an easy task because there are not only synergies but also fundamental tradeoffs between different goals such as conservation of biodiversity (SDG 15) and food security (SDG 2). Different actors usually have quite distinct visions of how these trade-offs should be resolved (Zaehringer et al 2019).…”

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“…As the use of land is key for many of these goals, competing claims on land are at the core of many related development disputes (Sachs 2018;Smith 2018;Zaehringer et al 2019). Villagers, companies, governments, ethnic minority groups, civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from local to international level compete for access to and decision-making power over the use of land based on different arguments such as livelihoods security, place of belonging, economic assets, habitat for flora and fauna and territorial sovereignty (Franco et al 2015;Li 2014;Meyfroidt et al 2018).…”

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Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being

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Competition over land is at the core of many sustainable development challenges in Myanmar: villagers, companies, governments, ethnic minority groups, civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations from local to the international level claim access to and decision-making power over the use of land. Therefore, this article investigates the actor interactions influencing land-use changes and their impacts on the supply of ecosystem services and human well-being. We utilise a transdisciplinary mixed-methods approach and the analytical lens of the social-ecological systems framework. Results reveal that the links between land-use changes, ecosystem services and human well-being are multifaceted; For example ecosystem services can decline, while human well-being increases. We explain this finding through three different pathways to impact (changes in the resource systems, the governance systems or the broader social, economic and political context). We conclude with implications of these results for future sustainable land governance. Keywords Claims on land • Sustainability • Ecosystem services • Human wellbeing • Myanmar Résumé La lutte pour la terre est au centre de plusieurs défis de développement durable au Myanmar : les villageois, les compagnies, le gouvernement, les groupes ethniques minoritaires, les organisations de la société civile et non-gouvernementales-du niveau locale au niveau internationale-réclament l'accès à la terre, et le pouvoir de prendre des décisions sur son utilisation. Cette étude enquête les interactions parmi

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Urban-Rural Interrelations—A Challenge for Sustainable Land Management

Doernberg

Weith

2020

Human-Environment Interactions

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Although the relevance of urban-rural interrelations is widely acknowledged in science and practice, there is as yet no feasible theoretical or theory-driven approach or model that addresses the multiple interconnections in urban-rural spaces at the regional level and makes them applicable to actors in policy and planning practice. In this chapter, we give a short overview of how the topic has developed; present core concepts for urban-rural interrelations; and discuss their applicability and potential improvements by integrating other concepts and connecting governance debates. In the process, we develop new ideas for the analysis and governance of regional functional interrelations in a bid to improve sustainable land management. Keywords Urban-rural interrelations • Land management • Telecoupling • Regional governance A. Doernberg (B) Working Group "Land Use Decisions in the Spatial and System Context",

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Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Telecoupled Land Systems

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar: tracing land use regime shifts through participatory mapping

The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar: tracing land use regime shifts through participatory mapping

Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being

Urban-Rural Interrelations—A Challenge for Sustainable Land Management

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