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- Title
The Production and Destruction of Forests through the Lens of Landesque Capital Accumulation.
- Authors
Börjeson, Lowe; Ango, Tola Gemechu
- Abstract
We discuss the management of trees and forests through the lens of "landesque capital." A theoretical point of departure is how landesque capital accumulates through a process that relies on both the 'work of nature' and the 'work of people.' This approach highlights the importance of undertaking a critical analysis of labor investment and its landscape legacies in relation to ecological processes, social dynamics, and political economy. Empirically we draw on the case of smallholder production of coffee and annual crops in southwestern Ethiopia. We show how both the production (generation and maintenance) and destruction of forests in the study area are largely shaped by processes of landesque capital accumulation and discuss the importance of analyzing how people contribute to produce forests to meet production goals in contrast to the ubiquitous notion of humans as a solely destructive force of change in forest ecosystems.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; FOREST productivity; FOREST management; SOCIAL dynamics; INVESTMENT analysis; COFFEE manufacturing; ECOSYSTEMS
- Publication
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 3, p259
- ISSN
0300-7839
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10745-021-00221-4