Are Global Land Grabs Ticking Socio-environmental Bombs or Just Inefficient Investments?

被引：14

作者：

Agrawal, Arun ^{[1
]}

Brown, Daniel G. ^{[2
]}

Sullivan, Jonathan A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[2] Univ Washington, Coll Environm, Sch Environm & Forest Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

ONE EARTH | 2019年 / 1卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;

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D O I：

10.1016/j.oneear.2019.10.004

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Across the lower- and middle-income world, investors are acquiring rights to large swathes of land for agricultural development, threatening both existing livelihoods and the environment. The full weight of future impacts remains uncertain. But research on sustainable agriculture offers avenues to mitigate, diffuse, and avoid negative environmental and social consequences.

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