Trajectories of land acquisition and enclosure: development schemes, virtual land grabs, and green acquisitions in Indonesia's Outer Islands

作者：John F. McCarthy, Jacqueline A.C. Vel, Suraya Afiff · 发表于：The Journal of Peasant Studies · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.1080/03066150.2012.671768 · 被引用次数：220 · 研究领域：Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development、Oil Palm Production and Sustainability、Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

While the size and speculative nature of land transactions in the wake of energy, food and climate crises have surprised observers, the reasons for partial implementation of many land developments remain largely unexamined. This contribution investigates trajectories of land acquisition and enclosure by analyzing four acquisition processes in Indonesia – those associated with rice, oil palm, Jatropha and carbon sequestration – considering their implications for comparative studies elsewhere. The paper finds that current patterns of land usechange represent a continuation of ongoing land transformation processes. Itdescribes the logic leading to partial realization of large-scale schemes. Highlighting the importance of interactions between formal and vernacular rural land development processes, the essay concludes that many large-scale schemes are better understood as virtual land acquisitions.