Browsing Brage NMBU by Author "Benjaminsen, Tor A"
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Climate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Buhaug, Halvard; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Sjaastad, Espen Olav; Theisen, Ole Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Earlier research that reports a correlational pattern between climate anomalies and violent conflict routinely refers to drought-induced agricultural shocks and adverse economic spillover effects as a key causal mechanism ... -
Climate-driven risks to peace over the 21st century
Buhaug, Halvard; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Gilmore, Elisabeth A.; Hendrix, Cullen S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Conceptualising resilience in Norwegian Sámi reindeer pastoralism
Reinert, Hugo; Benjaminsen, Tor A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Resilience thinking has growing purchase in the context of Arctic policy, resource management and indigenous politics. The present text outlines and compares two conflicting versions of the resilience concept, both ... -
Depicting decline: images and myths in environmental discourse analysis
Benjaminsen, Tor A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Elephants over the Cliff: Explaining Wildlife Killings in Tanzania
Mariki, Sayuni; Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Many incidents of elephant killings have recently taken place in Tanzania as well as in other African countries. Such events are usually presented as results of the rising global demand for ivory. As we show in this case ... -
Fulani-Dogon Killings in Mali: Farmer-Herder Conflicts as Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Ba, Boubacar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Violent clashes between Fulani and Dogon have recently escalated in the Seeno plains in central Mali. After failing to defeat a “jihadist” insurgency dominated by Fulani, the Malian army has sponsored and trained a Dogon ... -
Gentrifying the African Landscape: The Performance and Powers of for-Profit Conservation on Southern Kenya’s Conservancy Frontier
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph; Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Benjaminsen, Tor A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Across eastern and southern Africa, conservation landscapes increasingly extend far beyond the boundaries of government-owned protected areas. Several countries have now granted full legal recognition to various types of ... -
Green economy, degradation narratives, and land-use conflicts in Tanzania
Bergius, Mikael; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Maganga, Faustin; Buhaug, Halvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Green Economy, Scandinavian Investments and Agricultural Modernization in Tanzania
Bergius, Mikael; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Widgren, Mats (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Point of Departure and Key Concepts
Ara Begum, Rawshan; Lempert, Robert; Elham, Ali; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Bernauer, Thomas; Cramer, Wolfgang; Cui, Xuefeng; Mach, Katharine; Nagy, Gustavo; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Sukumar, Raman; Wester, Philippus (Chapter, 2022) -
Political ecology of tiger conservation in India: Adverse effects of banning customary practices in a protected area
Rai, Nitin D; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Krishnan, Siddhartha; Madegowda, C (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018) -
Political ecology, variegated green economies, and the foreclosure of alternative sustainabilities
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph; Benjaminsen, Tor A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Power theories in political ecology
Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Overå, Ragnhild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018) -
Productivity beyond density: A critique of management models for reindeer pastoralism in Norway
Marin, Andrei Florin; Sjaastad, Espen Olav; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Sara, Mikkel Nils Mikkelsen; Borgenvik, Erik Johan Langfeldt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Reading radical environmental justice through a political ecology lens
Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Recognising Recognition in Climate Justice
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne; Shaw of Tordarroch, Iselin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
REDD og norsk klimakolonialisme i Tanzania
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
Seeing like the state or like pastoralists? Conflicting narratives on the governance of Sámi reindeer husbandry in Finnmark, Norway
Johnsen, Kathrine Ivsett; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Eira, Inger Marie Gaup (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The article examines key actors’ perceptions on why Norwegian policy objectives aimed at securing sustainable reindeer husbandry through participation have failed in West Finnmark. Based on government documents, media ... -
Synergy or marginalisation? Narratives of farming and tourism in Geiranger, western Norway
Vik, Marte Lange; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Daugstad, Karoline (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Tourism is increasingly seen as a necessary income diversification strategy in rural Europe, especially in areas where traditional rural businesses are facing decreasing profitability. This view is clearly expressed in ... -
The art of governing and everyday resistance: “rationalization” of Sámi reindeer husbandry in Norway since the 1970s
Johnsen, Kathrine Ivsett; Benjaminsen, Tor A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Since the late 1970s, a policy objective in Norway has been to rationalize Sámi reindeer husbandry. Among the government officials, there is, however, a concern that this objective has not been successfully met in West ...