Implications of Land-Grabbing on the Ecological Balance of Brazil

Coscieme, Luca; Niccolucci, Valentina; Giannetti, Biagio F.; Pulselli, Federico Maria; Marchettini, Nadia; Sutton, Paul

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“…An extension of the Lucas paradox has been proposed for the labor market, with skilled labor migration from skill-scarce to skill-rich countries [72]. Similar paradoxical behaviors are observed for natural capital acquisitions in the global market, where large-scale purchases of productive land (mainly for agricultural purposes) can be explained by economic differences between countries, more than by differences in natural capital availability [32,33,66,75].…”

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Overcoming the Myths of Mainstream Economics to Enable a New Wellbeing Economy

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Increasingly, empirical evidence refutes many of the theoretical pillars of mainstream economics. These theories have persisted despite the fact that they support unsustainable and undesirable environmental, social, and economic outcomes. Continuing to embrace them puts at risk the possibility of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and overcoming other global challenges. We discuss a selection of paradoxes and delusions surrounding mainstream economic theories related to: (1) efficiency and resource use, (2) wealth and wellbeing, (3) economic growth, and (4) the distribution of wealth within and between rich and poor nations. We describe a wellbeing economy as an alternative for guiding policy development. In 2018, a network of Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo), (supported by, but distinct from, the larger Wellbeing Economy Alliance—WEAll) promoting new forms of governance that diverge from the ones on which the G7 and G20 are based, has been launched and is now a living project. Members of WEGo aim at advancing the three key principles of a wellbeing economy: Live within planetary ecological boundaries, ensure equitable distribution of wealth and opportunity, and efficiently allocate resources (including environmental and social public goods), bringing wellbeing to the heart of policymaking, and in particular economic policymaking. This network has potential to fundamentally re-shape current global leadership still anchored to old economic paradigms that give primacy to economic growth over environmental and social wealth and wellbeing.

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“…A good correlation between indicator and indicandum is a necessary condition for a faithful representation of the complexity of the phenomenon [18]". In such perspective the Ecological Footprint accounting is consistent with these definitions and up until today is one of the most used methodologies in carrying on sustainability assessments [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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The Ecological Footprint Accounting of Products: When Larger Is Not Worse

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Niccolucci²,

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One of the main goals of any (sustainability) indicator should be the communication of a clear, unambiguous, and simplified message about the status of the analyzed system. The selected indicator is expected to declare explicitly how its numerical value depicts a situation, for example, positive or negative, sustainable or unsustainable, especially when a comparison among similar or competitive systems is performed. This aspect should be a primary and discriminating issue when the selection of a set of opportune indicators is operated. The Ecological Footprint (EF) has become one of the most popular and widely used sustainability indicators. It is a resource accounting method with an area based metric in which the units of measure are global hectares or hectares with world average bio-productivity. Its main goal is to underline the link between the (un)sustainability level of a product, a system, an activity or a population life style, with the land demand for providing goods, energy, and ecological services needed to sustain that product, system, activity, or population. Therefore, the traditional rationale behind the message of EF is: the larger EF value, the larger environmental impact in terms of resources use, the lower position in the sustainability rank. The aim of this paper was to investigate if this rationale is everywhere opportune and unambiguous, or if sometimes its use requires paying a special attention. Then, a three-dimensional modification of the classical EF framework for the sustainability evaluation of a product has been proposed following a previous work by Niccolucci and co-authors (2009). Finally, the potentialities of the model have been tested by using a case study from the agricultural context.

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“…En el territorio es fuerte la percepción de que el acaparamiento de tierras ha contribuido en la migración de campesinos hacia las ciudades, debido a que pierden sus tierras agrícolas [35]. Por otra parte, los resultados de otro estudio reflejan que el acaparamiento de tierras tiene implicaciones en la biocapacidad, a través de un proceso de cambios de uso desde sistemas agrícolas extensivos o tradicionales hacia los intensivos, para el caso de Brasil encontraron que este fenómeno está generando disminuciones en el capital natural de comunidades locales, lo que se refleja en la pérdida de hectáreas globales de biocapacidad en un escenario de deforestación [36]. Esta dinámica es consistente con los resultados encontrados en los territorios bajo estudio, principalmente en los monocultivos de maíz y palma.…”

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Impacts of land grabbing and agribusiness on peasant family farming in the province of Los Ríos – Ecuador

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Land grabbing and agribusiness have generated serious implications for the sustainability of peasant communities in the global south. This paper analyzes perceptions of the impact of land grabbing and agribusiness on peasant family farming in three cantons of Los Ríos Province in Ecuador, using focus groups in 2020. The sustainable development framework and content analysis using NVIVO12 software were used. In the territories, negative impacts were mostly identified that seriously compromise their sustainable development, given that monocultures and the agribusiness production system have had strong implications in deforestation, loss of biodiversity, contamination of natural resources, modification of the agricultural landscape, and farmers’ health. Keywords: land grabbing, peasants, agribusiness. Resumen El acaparamiento de tierras y los agronegocios han generado serias implicaciones en la sostenibilidad de comunidades campesinas del sur global. En este artículo se analizan las percepciones del impacto del acaparamiento de tierras y los agronegocios en la agricultura familiar campesina en tres cantones de la Provincia de Los Ríos en Ecuador, aplicando grupos focales en el 2020. Se empleó el marco del desarrollo sostenible y el análisis de contenidos mediante el software NVIVO12. En los territorios se identificaron mayoritariamente impactos negativos que comprometen seriamente su desarrollo sostenible, dado que los monocultivos, sistema de producción de los agronegocios, han tenido fuertes implicaciones en la deforestación, pérdida de biodiversidad, contaminación de recursos naturales, modificación paisaje agrícola y salud de los agricultores. Palabras Clave: acaparamiento de tierras, campesinos, agronegocios.

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Implications of Land-Grabbing on the Ecological Balance of Brazil

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

Overcoming the Myths of Mainstream Economics to Enable a New Wellbeing Economy

Overcoming the Myths of Mainstream Economics to Enable a New Wellbeing Economy

The Ecological Footprint Accounting of Products: When Larger Is Not Worse

Impacts of land grabbing and agribusiness on peasant family farming in the province of Los Ríos – Ecuador

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