Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being

Schneider, Flurina; Feurer, Mélanie; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara Maria; Myint, Win; Nuam, Cing Don; Nydegger, Katharina; Oberlack, Christoph; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Tun, Aung Myin; Messerli, Peter (2020). Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being The European Journal of Development Research, 32(2), pp. 316-337. Springer 10.1057/s41287-020-00268-x

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Competition over land is at the core of many sustainable development challenges in Myanmar: villagers, companies, governments, ethnic minority groups, civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations from local to the international level claim access to and decision-making power over the use of land. Therefore, this article investigates the actor interactions influencing land-use changes and their impacts on the supply of ecosystem services and human well-being. We utilise a transdisciplinary mixed-methods approach and the analytical lens of the social-ecological systems framework. Results reveal that the links between land-use changes, ecosystem services and human well-being are multifaceted; For example ecosystem services can decline, while human well-being increases. We explain this finding through three different pathways to impact (changes in the resource systems, the governance systems or the broader social, economic and political context). We conclude with implications of these results for future sustainable land governance.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Multifunctional Forest Management

Name:

Schneider, Flurina;
Feurer, Mélanie0000-0002-7955-684X;
Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara Maria;
Myint, Win;
Nuam, Cing Don;
Nydegger, Katharina;
Oberlack, Christoph;
Tun, Nwe Nwe;
Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin;
Tun, Aung Myin and
Messerli, Peter

Subjects:

G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)

ISSN:

0957-8811

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Mélanie Feurer

Date Deposited:

07 Jul 2020 11:38

Last Modified:

23 Sep 2021 02:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1057/s41287-020-00268-x

Additional Information:

Zählung auf Verlagsseite: volume 32 (2020)

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.11769

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/11769

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