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Zero deforestation: A commitment to change

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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Global

Widespread palm oil production causes much controversy due to its negative impacts in the tropics. But whatever is said about it, it is big business and getting bigger by the day due to increasing global demands. Alongside this, the size and depth of the social and environmental debates surrounding palm oil production are also growing.

Shifting patterns of oil palm driven deforestation in Indonesia and implications for zero-deforestation commitments

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Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2017
Indonesia

Oil palm plantations in Indonesia have been linked to substantial deforestation in the 1990s and 2000s, though recent studies suggest that new plantations are increasingly developed on non-forest land. Without nationwide data to establish recent baseline trends, the impact of commitments to eliminate deforestation from palm oil supply chains could therefore be overestimated.

Recognizing and Supporting Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous and Local Communities

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Reports & Research
October, 2017
Global
India

This publication is based on a range of past studies on ICCAs conducted in several regions of the world in the last two decades, and, most recently, on 19 country level case studies. The latter were commissioned as part of a project on ICCA Recognition and Support, undertaken by the ICCA Consortium, coordinated by Kalpavriksh.

Land markets, Property rights, and Deforestation: Insights from Indonesia

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Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2017
Indonesia

We examine the emergence of land markets and their effects on forest land appropriation by farm households in Jambi Province, Sumatra, using micro-level data covering land use and land transactions for a period of more than 20 years (1992–2015). Based on a theoretical model of land acquisition by a heterogeneous farming population, different hypotheses are developed and empirically tested.

Community forestry in Cameroon: a diagnostic analysis of laws, institutions, actors and opportunities

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Reports & Research
October, 2017
Cameroon

This brief study has been produced by the partners of the CoNGOs consortium to share our different knowledge and experience, and to set out a joint understanding of the current state of play in relation to community forestry in Cameroon.


Problemas vinculados al cambio y variabilidad climáticos y modelos ejemplares de adaptación por regiones en el Perú

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Reports & Research
October, 2017
Peru

El presente informe describe seis problemas vinculados al cambio y variabilidad climática, así como ejemplos de proyectos ejemplares de adaptación y educación referidos a dichos problemas. En particular, se presentan los problemas vinculados a: (1) desglaciación, (2) escasez hídrica, (3) “heladas”, (4) deforestación, (5) inundaciones y (6) contaminación hídrica.

The impact of the EEU access to finance and land rental interventions on rural Ethiopian households (first round data collection in 2017)

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Reports & Research
October, 2017
Ethiopia

This survey report provides findings of a survey to measure the impacts of LIFTs rural land rental market and access to finance interventions..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Resource Federalism - a roadmap for decentralised governance of Burma’s natural heritage

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Reports & Research
October, 2017
Myanmar

While Burma’s ethnic states are blessed with a wealth of natural resources and biodiversity, they
have been cursed by the unsustainable extraction and sale of those resources, which has fuelled
armed conflict. Instituting a system of devolved federal management of natural resources can
play a key role in resolving conflict and building a lasting peace in Burma.

Conflict mediator survey

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Reports & Research
September, 2017
Ethiopia

This survey report examines changes in land-related disputes resulting from increased tenure security.This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Customer satisfaction survey report

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Reports & Research
September, 2017
Ethiopia

This report presents findings from a survey of 210 customers who had registered at least one land transaction following Second Level Land Certification (SLLC)..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.