2021
DOI: 10.1111/japp.12550
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Land as a Global Commons?

Abstract: Land is becoming increasingly scarce relative to the demands of the global economy; a problem significantly exacerbated by climate change. In response, some have suggested that land should be conceptualised as a global commons. This framing might seem like an appealing way to promote sustainable and equitable land use. However, it is a poor fit for the worldʼs land because global commons are generally understood as resources located beyond state borders. I argue that land can be seen to fit the definition of a… Show more

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“…Megan Blomfield (2021Blomfield ( , 2013 points more generally to the risks of conceptualizing land as a global commons in its function as a carbon sink. She identifies three potential sources of injustice: land grabbing, forced displacement, and unfairness in land-based climate mitigation.…”
Section: Territories As Carbon Sinksmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Megan Blomfield (2021Blomfield ( , 2013 points more generally to the risks of conceptualizing land as a global commons in its function as a carbon sink. She identifies three potential sources of injustice: land grabbing, forced displacement, and unfairness in land-based climate mitigation.…”
Section: Territories As Carbon Sinksmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…She identifies three potential sources of injustice: land grabbing, forced displacement, and unfairness in land‐based climate mitigation. Framing land as global commons “can incentivize, or facilitate, land grabbing” (Blomfield, 2021, p. 9). Land‐grabbing is land acquisition that is procedurally or substantively unjust, potentially leading to the displacement of whole communities—for example, if the aim is reforestation or afforestation.…”
Section: Territory and Justice In Mitigationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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