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Effects of Landscape Segregation on Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation to Rotational Agriculture and Natural Forests in Northern Laos

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 20 Nov 2012 Australia, France, France, Switzerland, France, France Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Human Ecology, volume 41, pages 63-76 (issn: 0300-7839, eissn: 1572-9915,

Authors: Jeremy Bourgoin; Jean-Christophe Castella; Jean-Christophe Castella; Guillaume Lestrelin; Jean-Laurent Pfund; Cornelia Hett; Andreas Heinimann; +2 Authors

doi: 10.1007/s10745-012-9538-8 , 10.48350/17755

handle: 10568/95534

Effects of Landscape Segregation on Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation to Rotational Agriculture and Natural Forests in Northern Laos

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This study investigates four decades of socio-economic and environmental change in a shifting cultivation landscape in the northern uplands of Laos. Historical changes in land cover and land use were analyzed using a chronological series of remote sensing data. Impacts of landscape change on local livelihoods were investigated in seven villages through interviews with various stakeholders. The study reveals that the complex mosaics of agriculture and forest patches observed in the study area have long constituted key assets for the resilience of local livelihood systems in the face of environmental and socio-economic risks. However, over the past 20 years, a process of segregating agricultural and forest spaces has increased the vulnerability of local land users. This process is a direct outcome of policies aimed at increasing national forest cover, eradicating shifting cultivation and fostering the emergence of more intensive and commercial agricultural practices. We argue that agriculture-forest segregation should be buffered in such a way that a diversity of livelihood opportunities and economic development pathways can be maintained.

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Australia, France, France, Switzerland, France, France

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Laboratoire Parole et Langage
France
CGIAR
France
University of Queensland
Australia
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
France
University of Bern
Switzerland

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Keywords

Rotation culturale, 550, F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture, 2739 Public Health, 910, 630, conservation des forêts, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, 910 Geography & travel, intensification, Utilisation des terres, landscape mosaics, resettlement, sustainability, Livelihood vulnerability, Southeast Asia, 330 Economics, 2307 Health, Laos, E11 - Economie et politique foncières, protection de la forêt, Forêt, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, ecology, 3306 Health (social science), Multifunctional landscapes, Télédétection, gestion des ressources naturelles, Ecosystem services, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Couverture végétale, Environmental and Occupational Health, Impact sur l'environnement, Culture itinérante, shifting cultivation, Politique foncière, Land sparing, Moyens d'existence durables, Shifting cultivation, ecosystem services, 2303 Ecology, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_9000115, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_4182, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_9000157, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_1374158672853, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_25409, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_28075, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_24420, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_7038, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_6662, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_195, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_3062, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_6498, agrovoc: agrovoc:c_12076

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