Evidence and limits of restitution

Manuel Prieto

doi:10.1038/s41893-026-01850-7

Evidence and limits of restitution

Manuel Prieto

Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences

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Assessing whether returning land to Indigenous communities delivers on its environmental promise requires evidence that goes beyond titling of continuously occupied lands. A study now uses three decades of satellite data on Mapuche land restitution in Chile to show how restitution reshapes landscapes, but opens space to ask what such evidence can and cannot see.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Sustainability
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-026-01850-7
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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