Christoph Oberlack|Laura Tejada|Peter Messerli|Stephan Rist|Markus Giger
Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials
University of Bern|University of Bern|University of Bern|University of Bern|University of Bern
largescale land acquisitions lslas become major concern land use sustainability global scale considerable body case studies shown livelihood outcomes lslas vary understanding factors processes generate livelihood outcomes remains controversial fragmented terms cases contexts normative orientations therefore study presents metaanalysis case studies applies archetypes approach developed global change research analyse configurations factors processes generate different livelihood outcomes lsla situations analysis based 44 systematically selected studies covering 66 cases 21 countries africa latin america southeast asia eastern europe results show lslas affect rural livelihoods small set archetypical configurations adverse livelihood outcomes arise frequently processes 1 enclosure livelihood assets 2 elite capture 3 selective marginalisation people already living difficult conditions 4 polarisation development discourses less frequently 5 competitive exclusion 6 agribusiness failure 7 transient jobs processes activated specific configurations socialecological factors moving beyond diagnosis paper identifies archetypical potentials safeguarding enhancing sustainable livelihoods lsla target regions multiple levels decisionmaking finally analyse contextual factors modify general insights paper helps advance archetypes methodology use global change research aims integral analysis recurrent patterns expressed local manifestations results used better link local case studies regional global inventories global land rush