Trajectories of land acquisition and enclosure: Development schemes, virtual land grabs, and green acquisitions in Indonesia's Outer Islands

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 521-549

  McCarthy, John F ^a   Vel, Jacqueline A C ^b   Afiff, Suraya ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

agrarian change; biofuels; climate change; food security; forests; Indonesia; land tenure; oil palm; rice

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; RICE;

INDONESIA;

ELAEIS; JATROPHA;

EID: 84860127864     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.671768     Document Type: Article

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