Codifying and Commodifying Nature: Narratives on Forest Property Rights and the Implementation of Tenure Regularization Policies in Northwestern Argentina

Carla Inguaggiato, Michele Graziano Ceddia, Maurice Tschopp and Dimitris Christopoulos
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Carla Inguaggiato: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Michele Graziano Ceddia: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Maurice Tschopp: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Dimitris Christopoulos: Department of Sustainability, Governance, and Methods, MODUL University, 1190 Vienna, Austria

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: Environmental resource management requires negotiation among state and non-state actors with conflicting goals and different levels of influence. In northwestern Argentina, forest policy implementation is described as weak, due to governance structure and ambiguities in the law. We studied how policy actors’ attitudes and their positions in the forest governance network relate to the implementation of land tenure regularization in a context where land tenure regularization is at the core of struggles over environmental policies. We focused on the Chaco Salteño part of the Gran Chaco ecosystem, one of the world’s major deforestation frontiers. We argue that the presence of weak advocacy coalitions requires an analysis of agency to understand this policy process. Our policy network analysis revealed a lack of clear contrasting factions, due to a core–periphery structure. The core of the network brings together all core beliefs but not all of the most influential actors. Assessing network centrality and reputational influence enabled us to identify actors with exceptional agency. We contribute to the debates on advocacy coalitions and on land tenure by distinguishing between attitudes toward tenure regularization policies and their actual implementation in a context where actors have diverging interests and objectives.

Keywords: Chaco Salteño; land tenure; policy networks; agency; content analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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