“Land Sparing” in a von Thünen Framework: Theory and Evidence from Brazil

Fontes, Francisco; Palmer, Charles

doi:10.3368/le.94.4.556

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“…This is linked to, inter alia, government outreach, infrastructure development, relations between customary and statutory rights systems, and administrative capacities. The forest outcome still critically depends on the types of governance and context; good governance can both make policies for forest conversion more effective and forest exploitation more profitable, with ambiguous net effects [26].…”

Section: Structural Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policies Drive Sub-National Forest Transitions in Vietnam

Trædal

Angelsen

2020

Forests

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Vietnam has seemingly been able to shortcut the forest transition (FT) by quickly moving to the reforestation phase. Provincial-level forest cover and socio-economic trends are, however, not necessarily compatible with a standard FT framework. This article compares forest cover change and associated policy reforms in two provinces. Bac Kan is one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam, and has, after years of deforestation and forest degradation, expanded its forest cover during the past two decades. In contrast, Lam Dong province has higher GDP and population density, but has had high deforestation linked to expansion of perennial crops. This is contrary to what could be expected from a conventional FT hypothesis. Land use dynamics in Vietnam is heavily driven by its historical heritage related to the independence from French rule and heavy state-control and collectivization, and its more recent shift to “market-led socialism” (doi moi), involving export promotion, decentralization and land tenure reforms. The Vietnam experience shows that policies can trump the typical FT patterns linked to general development trends and structural changes, and that the typical FT-trajectory is not unavoidable. Yet, these policies have not primarily been guided by forest concerns, but should be viewed as a side effect of the doi moi policies pursuing economic growth and of the devolution of rights and decision-making.

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Section: Structural Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policies Drive Sub-National Forest Transitions in Vietnam

Trædal

Angelsen

2020

Forests

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“…The versatility of the von Thünen's location theory is reflected not only by the fact that it was adapted to explain industrial processes, likely independently by Launhardt (1882) and Weber (1909) [28,29], but also by recent research on agriculture and beyond. The above is evidenced, for instance, by research on the impact of beef and milk production profitability on Amazonian deforestation [30], the structure of land use depending on its distance from tourist cities [31], the scale of raw material extraction operations [32], and the ability to use urban waste compost in areas surrounding large urban centers [33].…”

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“…Nevertheless, the basic concept that the location of speculative activities depends on the economic rent they generate continues to be valid, and can be used in explaining the way agricultural land is used [20]. For instance, that concept can be relied upon to model the use of land [34][35][36], to explain the agricultural evolution and the deforestation process [30,37,38], and to develop the theory of urban land lease [39,40] and the theories on the role of regulatory bodies [41].…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Location of Cows and Pigs in Suburban Areas of Polish Metropolitan Centers

Pepliński

2020

Sustainability

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The main aim of this paper was to assess the impact of socioeconomic and agricultural factors on cow and pig density in suburban areas located up to 50 km from the 11 biggest cities in Poland. This study relied on data retrieved from all municipalities located within 50 km from central cities. The impact of the previously mentioned socioeconomic and agricultural factors was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and regression analysis. This study shows that the lowest cow and pig density was recorded in the two inner rings. From 1996 to 2010, the gap between them and the levels recorded in other rings became much more pronounced. The analysis only corroborated the high correlation between livestock (cow and pig) density and the share of corresponding livestock farms in the total number of farms as well as the average herd size. Regarding other agricultural and socioeconomic factors, the correlation was weak or low except for a moderate correlation between the entrepreneurship indicator and pig density. The regression analysis demonstrated that the share of cow and pig farms in the total number of farms, average herd size, residential housing density, and unemployment rate had a significant impact on the density of animal groups considered.

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“…Por ejemplo, las políticas que promueven la intensificación agrícola en las regiones periurbanas y rurales cercanas a las ciudades pueden ser eficaces para conservar los bosques (Rudel 2009). En Rondonia, Brasil, la intensificación de pastos en las fincas más cercanas a los mercados tuvo mayores probabilidades de conservar tierras forestales (Fontes y Palmer 2018). Los agricultores cercanos a los mercados también tuvieron más probabilidades de adoptar prácticas de producción de ganado asociadas al ahorro de la tierra (land-sparing).…”

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