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The global commodification of wastewater by Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa

“…With growing scarcity and competition for water, urban wastewater is increasingly marketable because of its water and nutrient values. Commodification has implications for the current "residual? …”
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Frontiers of Commodification: State Lands and Their Formalization by Kelly, A.B., Peluso, N.L.

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Rising land commodification in sub-Saharan Africa: Reconciling the diverse narratives by Jayne, Thomas, Chamberlin, Jordan, Holden, Stein Terje, Ghebru, Hosaena, Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob, Place, Frank

“…This article reviews these disparate literatures, identifies points of convergence and disagreement, and outlines steps required to achieve greater consensus on the effects of rising commodification of land. We conclude that land prices are rapidly rising throughout the region, that smallholder participation in land rental and purchase markets are generally rising, and that increased land market activity is generating complex distributional effects that remain poorly understood.…”
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Securing Sahelian pastoralism by using a remunerated workforce for livestock keeping activities: The ambivalence of commodification by Wane, Abdrahmane, Touré, I., Njiru, Nelly M., Mballo, A.D.

“…Complex relations vis-à-vis this risky environment hide slowing transitions from a traditional inward-looking to an outward-looking economy, which is characterised by increasing use of a remunerated workforce. The growing commodification of the economy of Sahelian pastoralists could generate new forms of uncertainty. …”
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Conceptualising ecosystem services and implications for human nature relations by Chorell, Joel

“…The thesis discerns two discursive themes; i) ecosystem services as an instrumental link between nature and society, and ii) commodification of nature within the concept of ecosystem services. …”

Shrimp, prawn and the political economy of social wellbeing in rural Bangladesh by Belton, Ben

“…Different patterns of commodification are shown to be linked to differences in the biological characteristics of the two organisms farmed. …”
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Governing Forest Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Environmental Governance by Adhikari, S., Baral, H.

“…While issues around commodification and putting a price on nature are still contested due to the complex relationship between different services, if these limitations are taken into account, the governance of forest ecosystem services will serve as a means of effective environmental governance and the sustainable management of forest resources. …”
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Changing the game: An economy built around stewardship by Prabhu, R., Colfer, C.J.P.

“…To respond to these calls, we argue that globally we will need to change ‘the game’ from one based on commodification to one that recognizes the systemic nature of human and natural life and builds a caring economy of stewardship. …”
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Reducing REDD risks: affirmative policy on an uneven playing field by Ribot, J.C., Larson, A.M.

“…With the development of the global forest (carbon) conservation strategy such as Reduced Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation (REDD), which is ushering in accelerated forest commodification, poor people living in forests risk further marginalisation, exclusion and rights abuses. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on labor migration and the roles of small-scale farming in the pandemic in Vietnam by Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Bui, Trang, Phan, CH., Hoang, TX.

“…These individuals are deeply affected by structural injustice in the commodification of the labor market, which is inherently unequal and exploitative. …”
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Special issue: Restoration for whom, by whom? by Elias, Marlène, Joshi, Deepa, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…We argue that feminist political ecology (FPE), with its focus on gendered power relations, scale integration, and historical awareness, and its critique of the commodification of nature, offers a valuable lens through which to examine the socio-political and economic dynamics of restoration. …”
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Restoration for whom, by whom? A feminist political ecology of restoration by Elias, Marlène, Joshi, Deepa, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…We argue that feminist political ecology (FPE), with its focus on gendered power relations, scale integration, and historical awareness, and its critique of the commodification of nature, offers a valuable lens through which to examine the socio-political and economic dynamics of restoration. …”
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The place of social transformation analysis in vulnerability assessment for climate adaptation planning in Upper West Region, Ghana: a review synthesis by Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Quarmine, William, Wahabu, E.

“…At the same time, an emerging trend of land commodification is driving poor households to sell or lease farming lands. …”
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Varufiering i hållbarhetens namn by Waldin, Henrik Mikael

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Understanding gendered innovation processes in forest-based landscapes: case studies from Indonesia and Kyrgyz Republic by Elias, Marlène, Elmirst, R., Ibraeva, G., Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika, Ablezova, M., Siscawati, M.

“…Both country contexts are marked by shifts in the relationship between rural and urban livelihood opportunities, forest livelihoods increasingly linked to migration and remittances, and commodification processes intensifying people’s integration into tree-based value chains. …”
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Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia by John Soluri. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2024. 272 pp. $27.95 (pbk); $99.... by Ejarque, Mercedes

“…The book proposes a reconstruction of the history of the southernmost extremity of the continent (currently Argentinean and Chilean territories) by examining the impact of the commodification of animals (native and exotic) on the relations between society and nature, as well as between the social groups that inhabited the area. …”
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Skapandet och rätten till staden : en undersökning av samhällsplaneringens roll i människors medskapande av platser och möjlighet att uttrycka motstånd by Alfredsson, Hanna

Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, andcarving just responses to the climate crisis by Najjar, Dina, Shadrack, Naomi, Ahmed, Sara

“…Indigenous, Black, and Dalit women face further exclusion, dispossessions, and displacements in the context of commodification of land and water resources. Despite the presence of international laws that guarantee the rights of Indigenous peoples to self-determination, territories, and resources, governments, along with extractive industries such as mining, energy, oil, and housing corporations, have been seizing community-held land and forests across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Africa, and Asia (Smith and Allen Citation2023; United Nations (UN) Citation2022; Veit Citation2018). …”
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El ejercicio de la soberanía alimentaria en las familias campesinas del Valle Calchaquí – el caso de Angastaco, Salta by Ocariz, María Paula

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