Indigenous collective land titling and the creation of leftovers: Insights from Paraguay and Cambodia

Abstract Collective land titling often drags on for decades, while private concessions and holdings do not face the same problem, creating ‘leftovers’ of available Indigenous peoples to attempt collectively title. In two ethnographic case studies in Cambodia Paraguay, we analyse community‐based by focusing on‐the‐ground dynamics property relations, livelihood shifts ecological change. both countries, large agricultural players implemented a staggering change local landscapes through deforestation, configuring new realities that turn feed into environments processes. Adapting their livelihoods living leftovers, Cambodia, Bunong shifted from rice rubber as they navigated slow process. some Guarani corn cattle renting out titled land. The show liberal approach secure lands overestimates ability title remove capitalist logics such push rent or sell, spaces autonomy are opened. We critique approaches formalising title, where struggles ways life funnelled fighting collective property.