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Sustainable Wildlife Management - Unasylva 249

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Journal Articles & Books
Septiembre, 2018
Tanzania
Switzerland
United States of America
Kenya
South Africa
Tajikistan
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Indonesia
Botswana
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Pakistan
Finland
Mexico
Mongolia

Wildlife management is the focus of considerable international debate because of its importance for biodiversity conservation, human safety, livelihoods and food security. Local people have been managing wildlife for millennia, including through hunting. Sufficient examples are presented in this edition to show that sustainable wildlife management is also feasible in the modern era.

Tropical Protected Areas Under Increasing Threats from Climate Change and Deforestation

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Peer-reviewed publication
Septiembre, 2018
África
Global
Asia
América del Sur

Identifying protected areas most susceptible to climate change and deforestation represents critical information for determining conservation investments. Development of effective landscape interventions is required to ensure the preservation and protection of these areas essential to ecosystem service provision, provide high biodiversity value, and serve a critical habitat connectivity role.

Criteria to Confirm Models that Simulate Deforestation and Carbon Disturbance

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Peer-reviewed publication
Septiembre, 2018
Bolivia

The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) recommends the Figure of Merit (FOM) as a possible metric to confirm models that simulate deforestation baselines for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). The FOM ranges from 0% to 100%, where larger FOMs indicate more-accurate simulations.

Analyses of Land Cover Change Trajectories Leading to Tropical Forest Loss: Illustrated for the West Kutai and Mahakam Ulu Districts, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Peer-reviewed publication
Septiembre, 2018
Indonesia

In Indonesia, land cover change for agriculture and mining is threatening tropical forests, biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, land cover change is highly dynamic and complex and varies over time and space.

Analyses of Land Cover Change Trajectories Leading to Tropical Forest Loss: Illustrated for the West Kutai and Mahakam Ulu Districts, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

LandLibrary Resource
Journal Articles & Books
Septiembre, 2018
Indonesia

In Indonesia, land cover change for agriculture and mining is threatening tropical forests, biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, land cover change is highly dynamic and complex and varies over time and space.

Policy Brief on LIFTs market development intervention in the rural land rental sector

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Septiembre, 2018
Ethiopia

This policy brief outlines the positive impact that formalisation has on smallholder farmers;particularly the vulnerable;and presents the work that LIFT is doing..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Policy Brief on LIFTs market development intervention in the access to finance sector

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Septiembre, 2018
Ethiopia

This policy brief sets out how LIFT has developed of an individual SLLC-linked loan product that uses the produce of the land as a form of guarantee and its importance for smallholder farmers.This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Study on improving the formal registration of land transactions

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Reports & Research
Septiembre, 2018
Ethiopia

This study examines the reasons why landholders choose to formally or informally transact land use rights and provides recommendations on how to increase the number of households formally registering transactions..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Applying a Rights-Based Approach (RBA) in Forest Governance

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Training Resources & Tools
Septiembre, 2018
South-Eastern Asia

The Rights-based Approach (RBA) allows local communities, or others who are marginalized, excluded or discriminated (the rights holders), to exercise their rights; and for institutions, organizations or other agencies (the duty bearers) to provide support towards equitable and inclusive development programmes that benefit them.