This paper empirically examines the emergence and functioning of land markets and their impacts on deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. While the evolution of land markets is ex-pected to promote deforestation activities by rural households, we find no sizeable impact, due to two major reasons....

Der Journalist und Experte für Fragen der Welternährung propagierte schon in seinem Buch über die Ursachen der Welternährungskrise (vgl. W. Bommert: "Kein Brot für die Welt", BA 12/09) eine notwendige Kehrtwende in der Agrarpolitik, um den Hunger zu beseitigen. Auch im Kampf internationaler...

Es ist der größte Landraub der Geschichte: Seit der Krise 2008 bringen weltweit Regierungen, Konzerne und »Finanzinvestoren« fruchtbares Ackerland in ihren Besitz, vor allem in Afrika. Dort ist Land billig, es locken fantastische Gewinne. Ob als Produktionsort für Export-Gemüse und...

Intro -- About the series -- About the editors -- Tables, figure, boxes and maps -- Table 3.1 The share of different countries and regions of total world population and the world's total CO2 emissions, 2004 -- Table 3.2 Activities with CO2 emissions from burning of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions...

"This history of Texas land grants reveals details of one of the largest state land distributions in American history. Induced by titles and estates, Spanish adventurers established themselves in the frontier, followed by traders and artisans. Mexico launched a land grant program through...

"This book chronicles the "mania" for land speculation that swept the new United States, as the nation's elite founders rushed to profit off Native American dispossession. A story of statecraft, capitalism, ambition, and corruption, it offers a new account of the consequences of U.S....