Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar

Armed conflict and geopolitics are a driving force of Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC), but with considerable variation in deforestation trends between broader and finer scales of analysis. Remotely-sensed annual deforestation rates from 1989 to 2018 are presented at the national and (sub-) re...

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Autores principales:	Kevin M. Woods, Panshi Wang, Joseph O. Sexton, Peter Leimgruber, Jesse Wong, Qiongyu Huang
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	deforestation armed conflict geopolitics LULCC political ecology Myanmar Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9ff93f5b97e24b8ead012ed5a1fe97152021-11-25T18:54:37ZIntegrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar10.3390/rs132245892072-4292https://doaj.org/article/9ff93f5b97e24b8ead012ed5a1fe97152021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/22/4589https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292Armed conflict and geopolitics are a driving force of Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC), but with considerable variation in deforestation trends between broader and finer scales of analysis. Remotely-sensed annual deforestation rates from 1989 to 2018 are presented at the national and (sub-) regional scales for Kachin State in the north of Myanmar and in Kayin State and Tanintharyi Region in the southeast. We pair our multiscaled remote sensing analysis with our multisited political ecology approach where we conducted field-based interviews in study sites between 2018 and 2020. Our integrated analysis identified three common periods of deforestation spikes at the national and state/region level, but with some notable disparities between regions as well as across and within townships and village tracts. We found the rate and geography of deforestation were most influenced by the territorial jurisdictions of armed authorities, national political economic reforms and timber regulations, and proximity to national borders and their respective geopolitical relations. The absence or presence of ceasefires in the north and southeast did not solely explain deforestation patterns. Rather than consider ceasefire or war as a singular explanatory variable effecting forest cover change, we demonstrate the need to analyze armed conflict as a dynamic multisited and diffuse phenomenon, which is simultaneously integrated into broader political economy and geopolitical forces.Kevin M. WoodsPanshi WangJoseph O. SextonPeter LeimgruberJesse WongQiongyu HuangMDPI AGarticledeforestationarmed conflictgeopoliticsLULCCpolitical ecologyMyanmarScienceQENRemote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 4589, p 4589 (2021)
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spellingShingle	deforestation armed conflict geopolitics LULCC political ecology Myanmar Science Q Kevin M. Woods Panshi Wang Joseph O. Sexton Peter Leimgruber Jesse Wong Qiongyu Huang Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar
description	Armed conflict and geopolitics are a driving force of Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC), but with considerable variation in deforestation trends between broader and finer scales of analysis. Remotely-sensed annual deforestation rates from 1989 to 2018 are presented at the national and (sub-) regional scales for Kachin State in the north of Myanmar and in Kayin State and Tanintharyi Region in the southeast. We pair our multiscaled remote sensing analysis with our multisited political ecology approach where we conducted field-based interviews in study sites between 2018 and 2020. Our integrated analysis identified three common periods of deforestation spikes at the national and state/region level, but with some notable disparities between regions as well as across and within townships and village tracts. We found the rate and geography of deforestation were most influenced by the territorial jurisdictions of armed authorities, national political economic reforms and timber regulations, and proximity to national borders and their respective geopolitical relations. The absence or presence of ceasefires in the north and southeast did not solely explain deforestation patterns. Rather than consider ceasefire or war as a singular explanatory variable effecting forest cover change, we demonstrate the need to analyze armed conflict as a dynamic multisited and diffuse phenomenon, which is simultaneously integrated into broader political economy and geopolitical forces.
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author	Kevin M. Woods Panshi Wang Joseph O. Sexton Peter Leimgruber Jesse Wong Qiongyu Huang
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title	Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar
title_short	Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar
title_full	Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar
title_fullStr	Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed	Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar
title_sort	integrating pixels, people, and political economy to understand the role of armed conflict and geopolitics in driving deforestation: the case of myanmar
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Integrating Pixels, People, and Political Economy to Understand the Role of Armed Conflict and Geopolitics in Driving Deforestation: The Case of Myanmar

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