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Agribanditry and the Expansion of the Agricultural Frontier in the Southwestern Amazon (Brazil)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: It analyzes the expansion of the agricultural frontier and extractivist economies in the Southwestern Amazon, where the social and environmental impacts predominantly affect protected territories and rural communities. Based on the concepts of land conflicts and agribanditry, this analysis evaluates the forces of neoextractivist capital, which are intertwined with agribusiness policies that primarily weaken environmental regulations and territorial rights to concentrate public lands, leading to the deterritorialization of Amazonian peoples and the regional peasantry.

Source: Global Journal of Human-Social Science

DOI: 10.34257/gjhssevol24is4pg1

Author: Ricardo Gilson da Costa Silva

Institution: Universidade Federal de Rondônia

Language: English

Topic: Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Subfield: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico