Land to some tillers: development-induced displacement in Laos

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Unsettling Experiences: Internal Resettlement and International Aid Agencies in Laos (2007, background): “Vandergeest (2003) has shown how resettlement and Land and Forest Allocation initiatives have resulted in a reorganization of the spatial orientation of upland people in Laos — including changing their agricultural practices, altering access and use of forest resources, rearranging the spatial…”
Land Policy and Farming Practices in Laos (2005, background): “…increased at the end of the 1980s and still continues (Sisouphanthong and Taillard, 2000).18 According to farmer interviews, the new arrivals were mainly upland farmers, displaced by the government’s policy of forest protection (Aubertin, 2001; Evrard and Goudineau, 2004; Vandergeest, 2003).”
Effects of Landscape Segregation on Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation to Rotational Agriculture and Natural Forests in Northern Laos (2013, background): “The rationale for these initiatives is that enhanced land use planning and integration of marginal lands into the global market economy would contribute to the alleviation of rural poverty and lead to the demise of shifting cultivation – a practice the government considers backwards and environmenta”