Commodity-centric landscape governance as a double-edged sword: the case of soy and the Cerrado Working Group in Brazil

Empirical study
Journal article

Published March 2020. Authored by Bastos Lima, M.G. and Persson, U.M.

Summary

This paper analyses innovative arrangements aimed at curbing land use - conceptualized as commodity-centric landscape governance (CCLG) - with an in-depth case study of the Cerrado Working Group, a multistakeholder initiative led by civil society and the soy agribusiness to address land use change in that savanna landscape in Brazil. The paper examines how that initiative has come about, its agenda, as well as usually underexposed political dimensions using agenda-setting theory.
Research detail

Commodity-centric landscape governance as a double-edged sword: the case of soy and the Cerrado Working Group in Brazil

Empirical study
Journal article

Published March 2020. Authored by Bastos Lima, M.G. and Persson, U.M.