Vol 6No 02diciembre 2025

The Concentrated Legal Geography of Chilean Rural Private Property: An Opportunity for the VGGT?

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53077/haal.v6i02.263
Vol. 6No. 02diciembre 2025pp. 135-160
Palabras clave: 
  • propiedad rural,
  • concentración de la tierra,
  • cambio climático,
  • geografía legal,
  • VGGT

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In this article, I investigate the trajectory and intensity of land concentration in Chile within a context marked by the effects of climate change in rural areas. In this regard, I offer an analytical perspective that considers this phenomenon as a geographic expression of the land tenure system, characterised by its individual, absolute, and exclusive vocation of private property. Secondly, to quantify its trajectory, I systematically organize the data gathered from Agricultural Censuses conducted between 1965 and 2021, revealing a significant presence of the phenomenon in both irrigated and non-irrigated lands located in regions with the highest agricultural potential. Based on this, I argue that the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) have the capacity to articulate a dialogue to reconsider the content and limits of the geography of rural property in Chile, in order to strengthen a tenure system capable of offering a coordinated and collaborative alternative to the effects of climate change in rural areas.

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Villavicencio, E. (2025). The Concentrated Legal Geography of Chilean Rural Private Property: An Opportunity for the VGGT?. Historia Agraria De América Latina, 6(02), 135–160. https://doi.org/10.53077/haal.v6i02.263

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