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George Schoneveld

George obtained a Master’s degree in Business Economics and a Master’s degree in International Development in the Netherlands. He was previously employed in the investment banking sector and at the University of Utrecht. He has also conducted research in India on the political economy of land acquisition processes and the livelihood reconstruction trajectories of forcibly displaced communities. He is currently an Associate Expert at CIFOR.

African farmland investments face governance challenges

(A version of this article appeared previously in The Broker.) The rush for African farmland has created new opportunities for…

16 Jun 2014

7 min read
Biofuels and forests: Revisiting the debate

This article was originally published in the September-October 2013 issue of Bioenergy Insight. Much of the initial optimism about the…

17 Oct 2013

7 min read
Rio+20: Exploring the livelihood and environmental impacts of biofuels in the tropics

BOGOR, Indonesia (6 June, 2012)_The economic and climate mitigation promises of biofuel expansion into tropical forests and woodlands are often…

06 Jun 2012

8 min read
Rush to acquire African farmland risks countries bearing costs of global resource scarcity, says study

BOGOR, Indonesia (23 February, 2012)_ The recent rush to acquire farmland in order to meet rising global demands for food…

23 Feb 2012

5 min read
EU sustainability schemes fall short of safeguarding rural livelihoods

BOGOR, Indonesia (19 October, 2011)_ The voluntary certification schemes recently approved by the European Commission to verify compliance with the…

18 Oct 2011

4 min read