Beyond borders: Understanding migration requires understanding changing land systems

Science Daily  September 9, 2019 With a focus on Latin America, an international team of researchers (USA – Utah State University, Ohio University, Pennsylvania State University, Indiana State University, Mexico, Chile, Norway, Germany) reviews research on how land change affects migration and how migration affects land systems, to demonstrate that the relationship is complex and context-specific. Various types of migration evidence the challenges of managing land for multiple goals and the needs of diverse groups. Land system science must understand how the movement of people is integral to land system transitions both at the origin of migration and at its […]