Harvesting dilemmas

Large swaths of land are regularly converted to the production of commodities—goods that can be traded on a large scale in the global market via telecoupled systems. While commodity-driven land use can contribute significantly to national economies, it often leads to unsustainable land-grabbing practices and can exacerbate inequalities, damage biodiversity, or extract resources unsustainably. This Voices seeks to understand the challenges and opportunities of managing commodity-driven land use in telecoupled systems.