Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?

Fil: Mastrángelo, Matías. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales (GEAP). Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Autores principales: Mastrángelo, Matías, Aguiar, Sebastián
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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spelling snrd:2019mastrangelo2021-10-15T16:56:07Z 1111935 Chaco Austral (general region) 1111937 Chaco Central (general region) Mastrángelo, Matías Aguiar, Sebastián 2019 Fil: Mastrángelo, Matías. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales (GEAP). Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fil: Mastrángelo, Matías. CONICET. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fil: Aguiar, Sebastián. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA). Laboratorio de Análisis Regional y Teledetección (LART) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fil: Aguiar, Sebastián. CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA). Laboratorio de Análisis Regional y Teledetección (LART) Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the past decades, the Ecological Modernization Theory, and associated ideas such as the Forest Transition Theory and Land Sparing Hypothesis, have dominated the academic and policy arenas regarding the solutions to current environmental crises. However, critiques were raised as these theories, originally conceived for developed countries, started to be applied in developing countries for explaining and prescribing social-ecological transitions. Here, we assess the validity of five key assumptions of Ecological Modernization narratives as applied to the Argentine Chaco, a global deforestation hotspot. We reviewed existing literature and conducted straightforward analysis to disentangle relationships among key variables. Although agriculture intensified, there is no evidence that this intensification inhibited agricultural expansion. Rural depopulation took place between 2001 and 2010; however, deforestation rates did not decrease, and the quality of life of migrants did not increase compared to those that stayed in rural areas. Our review suggests that the consequences of agriculture intensification on biodiversity and the provision of multiple ecosystem services exceeds the area used. Therefore, available evidence does not support the assumed causal relationships of Ecological Modernization, and even contradicts most assumptions. We propose a series of analytical shifts to better capture the complexity of social-ecological transitions in modern commodity frontiers. grafs. application/pdf doi:10.3390/su11133593 issn:2071-1050 http://ri.agro.uba.ar/greenstone3/library/collection/arti/document/2019mastrangelo eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess http://ri.agro.uba.ar/greenstone3/library/page/biblioteca#section4 Sustainability Vol.11, no.13 3593 http://www.mdpi.com FOREST TRANSITION LAND SPARING AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT RURAL-URBAN MIGRATIONS LAND USE CHANGE DEFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL FRONTIERS AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco? article info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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topic FOREST TRANSITION
LAND SPARING
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
RURAL-URBAN MIGRATIONS
LAND USE
CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
AGRICULTURAL FRONTIERS
AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION
spellingShingle FOREST TRANSITION
LAND SPARING
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
RURAL-URBAN MIGRATIONS
LAND USE
CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
AGRICULTURAL FRONTIERS
AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION
Mastrángelo, Matías
Aguiar, Sebastián
Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?
topic_facet FOREST TRANSITION
LAND SPARING
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
RURAL-URBAN MIGRATIONS
LAND USE
CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
AGRICULTURAL FRONTIERS
AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION
description Fil: Mastrángelo, Matías. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales (GEAP). Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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author Mastrángelo, Matías
Aguiar, Sebastián
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Aguiar, Sebastián
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title Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?
title_short Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?
title_full Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?
title_fullStr Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?
title_full_unstemmed Are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the Argentine Chaco?
title_sort are ecological modernization narratives useful for understanding and steering social - ecological change in the argentine chaco?
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