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Yann le Polain de Waroux
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Research
Latest papers
Revealing land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025 · senior author
Explaining the emergence of land-use frontiers.
Royal Society open science · 2024
Latest funding
- $71,994
Land for the faithful: Culture, land deals and frontier development in Latin American Mennonite colonies
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $71,847
Understanding access to natural resources and livelihood resilience in agricultural frontiers of the Paraguayan Chaco
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $16,707
Understanding access to natural resources and livelihood resilience in agricultural frontiers of the Paraguayan Chaco
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Revealing land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers.
Del Giorgio O, Baumann M, Kuemmerle T, le Polain de Waroux Y
Explaining the emergence of land-use frontiers.
Meyfroidt P, Abeygunawardane D, Baumann M, Bey A, Buchadas A, Chiarella C, Junquera V, Kronenburg García A, Kuemmerle T, le Polain de Waroux Y, Oliveira E, Picoli M, Qin S, Rodriguez García V, Rufin P
Land for the faithful: Culture, land deals and frontier development in Latin American Mennonite colonies
Principal investigators: le Polain de Waroux, Yann
Keywords: Agricultural frontiers; Land use change; Mennonites; Religion; Culture; Peru; Argentina; Transnational land deals; Regime shifts
Understanding access to natural resources and livelihood resilience in agricultural frontiers of the Paraguayan Chaco
Principal investigators: le Polain de Waroux, Yann
Keywords: agricultural frontiers; theory of access; livelihoods; resilience; Gran Chaco; Pilcomayo; Paraguay; mixed methods; narrative mapping
Understanding access to natural resources and livelihood resilience in agricultural frontiers of the Paraguayan Chaco
Principal investigators: le Polain de Waroux, Yann
Keywords: agricultural frontiers; theory of access; livelihoods; resilience; Gran Chaco; Pilcomayo; Paraguay; mixed methods; narrative mapping
From carbon to forests for life: Towards sustainable Indigenous engagement
Principal investigators: Potvin, Catherine
Keywords: tropical forests climate change mitigation forest restoration forest carbon stocks Indigenous livelihoods
Uncovering social and economic transformations in deforestation frontiers of the South American Gran Chaco
Principal investigators: le Polain de Waroux, Yann
Keywords: (1) Land use change; (2) Livelihoods; (3) Migrations; (4) Gran Chaco; (5) Argentina; (6) Agricultural frontiers; (7) Development; (8) Dry woodlands; (9) Marginalization; (10) Land scarcity
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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