Exploring the evolution of land tenure and land use change in Panama: Linking land policy with development outcomes

Spalding, Ana K.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.023

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“…Given Panama's increasing economic development and associated replacement of forests by urban and agricultural areas (FAO ; Hansen et al ), a reconciliation of economic development with forest and wildlife conservation is uncertain. There are several ongoing projects of particular concern: the construction of a road along the Atlantic coast from the Panama Canal to the west, along which forests are being transformed into private estates and large hotel complexes; an electric interconnection line between Panama and Colombia that will include the construction of roads passing through the forests of Guna Yala and Darién (Spalding ). In this context, the scenario of a substantial loss of connectivity in the near future is likely.…”

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“…) and studies from the early 20th century show that most native mammals occurred throughout the entire country (Goldman ), today the MBC in Panama appears disrupted. Panama has seen steady economic growth over the past decades related to large infrastructure projects (e.g., expansion of the Panama Canal, enlargement of the principal airport and seaports, and building of new highways and mass transit lines) and large investments in real estate, tourism, energy (e.g., hydroelectric dams), and extractive industries (e.g., gold and copper mines) (Spalding ). Although urbanization is greatest near the Panama Canal (Rompré et al.…”

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“…), which cuts through the Isthmus, human encroachment and resource extraction are increasingly affecting the rest of the country, including coastal zones, protected areas, and semiautonomous indigenous lands (comarcas) on Panama's Atlantic slope, precisely where much of the forest remains (Fig. ) (Spalding ). Despite millions of dollars invested in the MBC (Grandia ), its effectiveness has not been assessed.…”

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Effectiveness of Panama as an intercontinental land bridge for large mammals

Meyer

Moreno

Sutherland

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Habitat fragmentation is a primary driver of wildlife loss, and establishment of biological corridors is a common strategy to mitigate this problem. A flagship example is the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC), which aims to connect protected forest areas between Mexico and Panama to allow dispersal and gene flow of forest organisms. Because forests across Central America have continued to degrade, the functioning of the MBC has been questioned, but reliable estimates of species occurrence were unavailable. Large mammals are suitable indicators of forest functioning, so we assessed their conservation status across the Isthmus of Panama, the narrowest section of the MBC. We used large-scale camera-trap surveys and hierarchical multispecies occupancy models in a Bayesian framework to estimate the occupancy of 9 medium to large mammals and developed an occupancy-weighted connectivity metric to evaluate species-specific functional connectivity. White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), jaguar (Panthera onca), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and tapir (Tapirus bairdii) had low expected occupancy along the MBC in Panama. Puma (Puma concolor), red brocket deer (Mazama temama), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), which are more adaptable, had higher occupancy, even in areas with low forest cover near infrastructure. However, the majority of species were subject to ࣙ1 gap that was larger than their known dispersal distances, suggesting poor connectivity along the MBC in Panama. Based on our results, forests in Darien, Donoso-Santa Fe, and La Amistad International Park are critical for survival of large terrestrial mammals in Panama and 2 areas need restoration. Efectividad de Panamá como un Puente Terrestre Intercontinental para Mamíferos MayoresResumen: La fragmentación del hábitat es un causante primario de la pérdida de biodiversidad, y el establecimiento de corredores biológicos es una estrategia común para mitigar este problema. El Corredor Biológico Mesoamericano (CBM) es un ejemplo notable que pretende conectaráreas boscosas protegidas entre México y Panamá para permitir la dispersión y flujo genético de organismos del bosque. El funcionamiento del CBM se ha cuestionado debido a que la degradación de los bosques en Centroamérica continúa, pero no se dispone de estimaciones confiables de la ocurrencia de especies. Los mamíferos grandes son indicadores adecuados del funcionamiento de los bosques tropicales Por lo tanto evaluamos su estado de conservación en el Istmo de Panamá, la sección más angosta del CBM. Utilizamos muestreos con cámaras trampa y modelos de ocupación para múltiples especies bajo un modelo Bayesiano para estimar la ocupación de 9 especies de mamíferos medianos a grandes, y desarrollamos una métrica de conectividad ponderada por la ocupación para evaluar la conectividad funcional para cada especie. El puerco de monte (Tayassu pecari), jaguar (Panthera onca), hormiguero gigante (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), venado cola...

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…In the past 50 years, the Chinese government has repeatedly put forward the policies concerning local development and protection in the Shule River Basin to realize local development and meet the social demands [37,57,58]. As a macroscopic and external force, policy directly or indirectly influences human behavior in the process of implementation, affecting land use [59][60][61][62][63].…”

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Spatio-Temporal Variation of Land-Use Intensity from a Multi-Perspective—Taking the Middle and Lower Reaches of Shule River Basin in China as an Example

Cheng

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Sustainability

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Abstract:The long-term human activities could influence land use/cover change and sustainability. As the global climate changes, humans are using more land resources to develop economy and create material wealth, which causes a tremendous influence on the structure of natural resources, ecology, and environment. Interference from human activities has facilitated land utilization and land coverage change, resulting in changes in land-use intensity. Land-use intensity can indicate the degree of the interference of human activities on lands, and is an important indicator of the sustainability of land use. Taking the middle and lower reaches of Shule River Basin as study region, this paper used "land-use degree (LUD)" and "human activity intensity (HAI)" models for land-use intensity, and analyzed the spatio-temporal variation of land-use intensity in this region from a multi-perspective. The results were as follows: (1) From 1987 to 2015, the land use structure in the study region changed little. Natural land was always the main land type, followed by semi-natural land and then artificial land. (2) The LUD in the study region increased by 35.36 over the 29 years. It increased the most rapidly from 1996 to 2007, and after 2007, it still increased, but more slowly. A spatial distribution pattern of "low land-use degree in east and west regions and high land-use degree in middle region" changed to "high land-use degree in east and middle regions and low land-use degree in west region". (3) The human activity intensity of artificial lands (HAI-AL) in the study region decreased from 1987 to 1996, and then increased from 1996 to 2015. The human activity intensity of semi-artificial lands (HAL-SAL) in the study region increased over the 29 years, and more rapidly after 1996.

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“…Some relationships of this framework have already been extensively studied. These include (i) the influence of land ownership and tenure distributions on land use (Luning, 1984;Bruce, 2000;Fay, 2009;Spalding, 2017), (ii) the impact of land use changes on food security and food chain organization (Richani, 2012;Millar & Roots, 2012) or (iii) the relationships between tenure security and food security (Maxwell & Wiebe, 1999;Merten & Haller, 2008;Holden & Ghebru, 2016), tenure security and sustainability of the food system (Baxter, 2013) or land administration and food security (Rockson et al, 2013). These papers view food issues through the lens of food security.…”

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How can alternative farmland management styles favour local food supply? A case study in the Larzac (France)

Baysse-Lainé

Perrin

2018

Land Use Policy

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This article seeks to bridge the research gap between farmland tenure management and food provisioning issues in developed countries, by focusing on concentration of agricultural production, access to land and local food supply. We conducted a qualitative study on farmland management in the northern Larzac (France), based on twenty in-depth interviews and document analysis. We distinguish six farmland management styles, i.e. local institutional arrangements encompassing organization of access to the land for farmers and relationships between land rights holders. They emerged or consolidated at three periods: a traditional commons style during the 19 th century, three collective styles implemented by farmers' organizations in the early 1980s, and two public styles on the estate of a local authority since 2010. The objective is to show that farmland management styles can serve as tools to foster local food supply, within "space-sharing strategies" based on the creation of farmland estates. In conclusion, we propose three guidelines for public decision-makers seeking, through land policies, to endorse local food provisioning: (i) include civil society organizations dealing with food issues in farmland management committees, (ii) return control of the commons to village councils, (iii) subsidize public acquisitions of land to support local food provisioning projects.

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Exploring the evolution of land tenure and land use change in Panama: Linking land policy with development outcomes

Cited by 40 publications

References 22 publications

Effectiveness of Panama as an intercontinental land bridge for large mammals

Effectiveness of Panama as an intercontinental land bridge for large mammals

Spatio-Temporal Variation of Land-Use Intensity from a Multi-Perspective—Taking the Middle and Lower Reaches of Shule River Basin in China as an Example

How can alternative farmland management styles favour local food supply? A case study in the Larzac (France)

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