Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being

Flurina Schneider (), Mélanie Feurer, Lara Maria Lundsgaard-Hansen, Win Myint, Cing Don Nuam, Katharina Nydegger, Christoph Oberlack, Nwe Nwe Tun, Julie Gwendolin Zähringer, Aung Myin Tun and Peter Messerli
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Flurina Schneider: University of Bern
Mélanie Feurer: University of Bern
Lara Maria Lundsgaard-Hansen: University of Bern
Win Myint: Environmental Care and Community Security Institution ECCSi
Cing Don Nuam: Environmental Care and Community Security Institution ECCSi
Katharina Nydegger: University of Bern
Christoph Oberlack: University of Bern
Nwe Nwe Tun: Environmental Care and Community Security Institution ECCSi
Julie Gwendolin Zähringer: University of Bern
Aung Myin Tun: Environmental Care and Community Security Institution ECCSi
Peter Messerli: University of Bern

The European Journal of Development Research, 2020, vol. 32, issue 2, No 4, 316-337

Abstract: Abstract Competition over land is at the core of many sustainable development challenges in Myanmar: villagers, companies, governments, ethnic minority groups, civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations from local to the international level claim access to and decision-making power over the use of land. Therefore, this article investigates the actor interactions influencing land-use changes and their impacts on the supply of ecosystem services and human well-being. We utilise a transdisciplinary mixed-methods approach and the analytical lens of the social-ecological systems framework. Results reveal that the links between land-use changes, ecosystem services and human well-being are multifaceted; For example ecosystem services can decline, while human well-being increases. We explain this finding through three different pathways to impact (changes in the resource systems, the governance systems or the broader social, economic and political context). We conclude with implications of these results for future sustainable land governance.

Keywords: Claims on land; Sustainability; Ecosystem services; Human well-being; Myanmar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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