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dc.contributor.authorAngelsen, Arild
dc.date.accessioned2008-03-12T07:35:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:13:02Z
dc.date.available2008-03-12T07:35:14Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:13:02Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2436009
dc.description.abstractAbout half of tropical deforestation is commonly explained by the expansion of traditional agriculture (shifting cultivation). This article first questions the share of responsibly assigned to traditional agriculture. Secondly, a simple framework based on a theory of land rent capture is developed to explain agricultural expansion. The framework is applied in the study of recent changes in shifting cultivators' adaptations in a lowland rainforest area in Sumatra, Indonesia. Increased rubber planting and expansion into primary forest are seen as a response to increased rubber profitability and (expected) land scarcity, and as a race for property rights. Government land claims have been important in initiating a self-reinforcing land race, and have therefore significant multiplier effects on forest clearing.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 1994: 1
dc.subjectShifting cultivation
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectDeforestation
dc.subjectIndonesia
dc.titleShifting Cultivation and "Deforestation". A Study from Sumatra, Indonesia
dc.typeWorking paper


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