Social Capital and Natural Capital: A Comparative Analysis of Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management in Guatemala

Katz, Eric

doi:10.2307/3147261

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“…Although it has been shown previously that a lack of social cohesion, through migration, can decrease community resilience in the face of environmental change (Katz 2000, Pretty and Ward 2001, Entwisle et al 2008, our study provides evidence that the introduction of new people via migration can add to the destination region's resilience. Networks limited to members that share livelihood experiences, within a bounded spatial area, may perceive environmental change equally and thus manage agricultural lands similarly.…”

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Migrant farmers as information brokers: agroecosystem management in the transition zone of Ghana

Isaac¹,

Anglaaere²,

Akoto³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. Environmentally induced farmer migration is an important livelihood strategy, yet little is known of the effects on the destination region agroecosystem information networks and management practices. In the forest-savanna transition zone (Brong Ahafo Region) of Ghana, where migration from northern regions (migrant) and from neighboring regions (settler) is active, we chart the role of migrant famers and the type of agroecosystem management practices embedded in information networks using a social networks approach. Based on empirical network data from 44 respondents across three communities, we illustrate a diffuse information network, with variable tie frequency between settlement categories (local, settler, or migrant) of farmers. The cohesion of this network is dependent on a few strategic bridging ties initiated by migrant farmers, who are thus centrally positioned to exchange agroecosystem management practices between geographically and socially distant groups. At the individual level, migrant and settler farmers are more likely: (1) to have larger networks with more ties between members of their networks, (2) to be brokers positioned between non-migrant farmers, and (3) to tend (although not statistically significantly) to use pro-environmental management regimes, including agroforestry practices, new planting methods, and plot-scale weeding. We conceptualize this phenomenon as extended social and environmental experience and the deployment of social-ecological memory, with migrant farmers as potential agents of innovation and adaptive management.

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Section: Importance Of Relationships Between Heterogeneous Agentsmentioning

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Migrant farmers as information brokers: agroecosystem management in the transition zone of Ghana

Isaac¹,

Anglaaere²,

Akoto³

et al. 2014

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“…In a different context, Katz (2001) observed that ''where significant social capital exists among natural resource users, it fosters a sense of ownership and respect for boundaries,'' even outside of collective regimes and in the absence of clearly defined property rights. Other authors have made similar points about the importance of social relations and networks for defining and enforcing property rights: how membership in ''communities and villages and clans and neighborhoods'' provides security (Bromley 2008, 26), or how complex relationships and combinations of rights and obligations allow groups to maintain their claims to land (von Benda-Beckmann and von Benda-Beckmann 1999).…”

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Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing Communal and Individual Property Systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadoran Amazon

Cronkleton

Larson

2015

Society & Natural Resources

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“…Pretty and Ward (2001) argue social norms can help prevent the degradation of natural resources. Similarly, Katz (2000) shows that, lacking enforceable property rights, social capital can solve market failures in common property resources. A heightened sense of social responsibility can also be a source of informal enforcement: individuals are more likely to monitor polluters and complain about perceived violations the more they disapprove of freeriders.…”

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Civic cooperation, pro-environment attitudes, and behavioral intentions

Owen

Videras

2006

Ecological Economics

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Using data from approximately 30,000 individuals in over 30 countries, we find evidence that an individual's pro-environment attitudes and behavioral intentions to pay higher taxes to protect the natural environment are positively associated with her attitudes toward civic cooperation. The influence of civic cooperation on environmental attitudes varies with the level of development and the environmental quality of the country in which an individual lives. Our results indicate that civic cooperation is key to promoting pro-environment attitudes in low income countries.

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Social Capital and Natural Capital: A Comparative Analysis of Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management in Guatemala

Cited by 140 publications

References 8 publications

Migrant farmers as information brokers: agroecosystem management in the transition zone of Ghana

Migrant farmers as information brokers: agroecosystem management in the transition zone of Ghana

Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing Communal and Individual Property Systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadoran Amazon

Civic cooperation, pro-environment attitudes, and behavioral intentions

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