AFSA01 Study Guide - Final Guide: Zulu Kingdom, African Diaspora, White South African
Document Summary
The buying or leasing in developing countries. Crops are grown there, local companies suffer. Violation of human rights- taking something that isn"t there"s. Green grabbing- the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends. Green grabbing builds on colonial resource alienation in the name of the environment (e. g. for parks, forest reserves or to halt assumed destructive local practices). Private sector, state and community partnerships (e. g. campfire in zimbabwe; Challenges: private sector appropriation of land and resources; elite capture; double taxing for poor people; cost of wildlife on rural livelihoods. 7 drivers of green grabbing: food (2007-2008 food crisis) : Food-insecure gulf states (but also china, india and south korea) Developed countries" need to meet renewable energy targets (10% eu target) (running away from oil dependency). Jathropa and sugarcane for ethanol tanzania, zimbabwe, zambia, 3. forestry and mining: climate change, conservation areas, large tourist complexes (enclave economy), retirement or residential migration, purchase by migrants in their own countries.
