Migration as a feature of land system transitions

Radel, Claudia; Jokisch, Brad D.; Schmook, Birgit; Carte, Lindsey; Aguilar-Støen, Mariel; Hermans, Kathleen; Zimmerer, Karl S.; Aldrich, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2019.05.007

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“…Infrastructure development, agricultural price policies, and output market regulations more generally are also critical for land-use decisions [42]. Further, government support programs (pensions and cash transfer programs such as Oportunidades in Chiapas and Mi Familia Progresa in Guatemala), and credit and insurance policies influence how important risk considerations are in migration decisions, and in the use of remittances and savings [6,15].…”

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“…Study of the environment-migration nexus has gained traction in recent decades [1][2][3], and the current climate concerns have become a "wake-up call to migration scholars" [4] (p. 473). While there is a vigorous debate on migration caused by climate change and associated vulnerabilities, as well as on environmental impacts of migration in destination areas, much less work examines the outcomes of migration on the environment in migrants' places of origin [5][6][7][8][9].…”

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“…Data from Chiapas show that about 3% of the population migrated to the United States in 2007 and remittances composed 6% of the state's GDP that year [12] (This is the most recent year for which we have census data on migration and remittances.) Thus, both migrants and their remittances have the potential to impart significant change on the local economy, which could lead to major land use changes in the sending region [5,6].…”

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Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

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This article investigates how migration and remittances affect forest cover in eight rural communities in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. Based on household surveys and remote sensing data, we found little evidence to support the widespread claim that migration takes pressure off forests. In the Chiapas sites, we observed no significant changes in forest cover since 1990, while in the Guatemalan sites, migration may have increased demand for agricultural land, leading to an average annual forest loss of 0.73% during the first decade of the millennium. We suggest that when attractive opportunities exist to invest in agriculture and land expansion, remittances and returnee savings provide fresh capital that is likely to increase pressure on forests. Our study also has implications for the understanding of migration flows; in particular, migration has not implied an exodus out of agriculture for the remaining household members nor for the returning migrants. On the contrary, returning migrants are more likely to be involved in farming activities after their return than they were before leaving.

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Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

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“…the farmland where I used to go for labour exchange (parma) for farming are now all fallow, and covered by invasive species" (S011). 4 Dalits are considered the untouchables and lower caste groups. 3 Janajati are the middle caste groups.…”

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“…Yet these interactions are dynamic and at times there can be relatively rapid changes in land-use with uncertain outcomes. Many researchers have identified rural outmigration as an important driver of major changes in land-use, the rural economy, and socio-economic opportunities, with one consequence being a change in the management and scale of farmland [1][2][3][4][5]. It is important to understand these complex interactions and the impacts to design land-use policies that support rural livelihoods, national efforts to achieve food security, and sustainable use of natural resources [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Outmigration and Land-Use Change: A Case Study from the Middle Hills of Nepal

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2019

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Outmigration has become a key livelihood strategy for an increasing number of rural households, which in turn has a profound effect on land management. Studies to date have mainly focused on migrant households, and there is limited literature on the differences in land management practices of migrant and nonmigrant households. This article drew on a current study to explore how outmigration affects land management practices in the context of rapidly changing rural communities and economics in the middle hills of Nepal. The data were collected in Lamjung District in western Nepal using a mixed-method approach. We found that underutilization of farmland is a more prominent phenomenon than land abandonment, with rural communities moving to less intensive farming. Importantly, the increasing underutilization of farmland is not just occurring among migrant households. There are a range of complex factors which influence land-use decisions and the subsequent outcomes for landscapes. A high risk of food insecurity in Nepal is likely to be exacerbated if the current trajectory of underutilization and abandonment of farmland continues. A suite of policy tools that can be selectively applied depending on the local context may be more effective than broad-brush national policies in tackling the underlying causes faced by rural communities.

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Upcoming Challenges in Land Use Science—An International Perspective

Fürst

2020

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This chapter provides an overview on relevant concepts, such as ecosystem services, sustainability, multifunctionality and social-ecological systems/frameworks applied in land use sciences. Current discussions, political debates and challenges in terms of methodological aspects, actor enrolment or project design are raised. Future research topics particularly related to the often non-coherent UN Sustainable Development Goals and their mutual trade-offs are raised and challenges in how to advance land use science are provided. An outlook is provided how co-development of knowledge and co-design of land use system research could be conceived in the future. Keywords Land use science • Social-ecological systems • Co-development • Co-design • Integrated modelling and assessment

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Migration as a feature of land system transitions

Cited by 43 publications

References 76 publications

Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

Outmigration and Land-Use Change: A Case Study from the Middle Hills of Nepal

Upcoming Challenges in Land Use Science—An International Perspective

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