strategy
Addressing problems of forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands
Synonyms:
Conserving land occupied by refugees Context:
Relocated peasants and refugees can make a large impact on local forest resources for housing materials and fuelwood needs. Long-term refugee camps have often negatively impacted the environment to the point of desertification. Claim:
Agroforestry projects be enacted near refugee camps so as to save the local environment from complete devastation. Broader:
Controlling immigrationMonitoring desertificationStudying consequences of migrationAddressing environmental devastationAddressing problems of social marginalizationAddressing problems of cultivation of marginal agricultural landBuilding demographic factors into local programmes for sustainable development Narrower:
Intervening in personal crisesExposing violation of land rights of a peopleDeveloping drought preparedness for environmental refugeesTraining demographers and ecologists in population-environment links Constrains:
Developing presently unusable farming land Facilitates:
Preventing tropical deforestationAsserting customary resource rights of marginalized peoplesDeveloping special programmes on migration causing or caused by environmental change Facilitated by:
Making restitution of peasant landholdings Problems:
Demoralizing images of rural community identityEnvironmental refugees
Forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands
Homelessness
Limited availability of land for low-income and disadvantaged groups
Negative ecological impact of overpopulation
Neglect of environmental consequences of government policies
Ownership as a basis for land allocation
Social neglect
References:
Helin, William H: Refugees and forestry Subjects:
Geography → Land type/useSociety → Refugees
Society → Disadvantaged
Social Activity → Workers
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Defence → Cease-fire, surrender
Conservation → Conservation
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
