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Urban Rights and Sustainability in Latin-America: First Steps towards Urban Justice Operationalization

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Brazil
Urban Tenure
community land rights
gender equity in access to land
land access
land governance
land policies
land rights
urban land
The following research is based on the affirmation that urban sustainability in developing regions such as Latin America is an impossible goal to be totally achieved due to the circumstances of poverty informality slums corruption violence among others that exist there Therefore urban sustainability in the cities of this region has to be reached through survival efforts that seek to balance the existing inequalities urban justice So the first step to take is to detect and measure those inequalities in order to be able to take actions to eradicate or decrease them The research presents five
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VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES: SECURING OUR RIGHTS COLOMBIA

Reports & Research
January, 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Colombia
Land & Food Security
land governance
food security
land policies
agriculture
natural resources
responsible investment
land tenure
In May 2012, the Committee on World Food Security approved the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines have been described as a catalysing instrument that improves the conditions of land and natural resources, in the agricultural, fishery and forestry sectors. They address problems related to poor governance of land tenure and the growing pressure exerted on natural resources, thereby helping countries to achieve food security for all.
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End of Desertification? Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Argentina, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Central Asia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
conflicts
desertification
drylands
geographical information systems
land policies
It took scientists more than three decades to transform a perceived desertification crisis in the Sahel into a non-event. Looking beyond the Sahel, the chapters in this book provide case studies from around the world that examine the use and relevance of the desertification concept.
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Seizing the Urban Opportunity. How national governments can recover from COVID-19, secure shared prosperity, and tackle the climate crisis through cities.

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2021
Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land policies
land use
urban areas
urbanization
Today, the Coalition for Urban Transitions releases a new report ‘Seizing the Urban Opportunity’, which provides insights from six emerging economies on how national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities. Launching as a call to action for national governments ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, it builds on the Coalition’s flagship 2019 report: Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity.
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Land Tenure in Development Cooperation. Guiding Principles

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Africa, South America, Central America, Asia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land governance
land investments
land policies
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
Land tenure issues are becoming increasingly important worldwide. Problems such as high population pressure, increases in resource degradation, food shortages, transformations of political systems and regional and supra-regional resource conflicts have brought the land issue to the public's attention.
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In Brazilian land ownership issues, History not only matters - it is determinant

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
land law
land policies
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land markets
land economics
land rights
land ownership
property
From colonial to modern times, Brazilian agricultural property has remained immersed in a chaotic vortex of deregulation. Attempts of institutional reform - such as the Lei de Terras (Land Law) of 1850 - have been largely unsuccessful, whilst providing legal grounds for land grab by large estates and narrowing the scope of possibilities open for legitimate reevaluations of the first institutional landmark on land use and ownership in the country - the sesmarias.
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LAND GOVERNANCE, LAND POLICY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LAND USE AND ACCESS RIGHTS IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND MATOPIBA AFTER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1988.

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
land law
land policies
infrastructure
indigenous peoples' lands
territory
land access
right of access
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
government
Indigenous Peoples
Internationally there are an alarming number of violations of indigenous peoples’ land and human rights. Brazil is currently under the spotlight as the heightening of the political crisis that led to the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff brings national and international concerns over the uncertainty related to changes in policy that may be adopted by the interim Government in relation to indigenous peoples land rights.
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Urban expansion and forest reserves: Drivers of change and persistence on the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil)

Land Use Policy Volume 101

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Saint-Martin, Brazil, United States of America, Italy, Spain
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
land use
research
Landscapes changes are a result of a wide range of interactions between actors and driving forces (DFs). In this study, we quantify the contribution of different types of DFs to processes of land change in the Northern Coast of São Paulo State (NCSP), Brazil, an important region for tourism and the energy sector. We analysed the relationship between DFs and the processes of land change from 1985 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2015 with partial least squares path modelling.
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Global Soybean Trade

The Geopolitics of a Bean

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Tanzania, Brazil, China, Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
environment
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
With a diameter of only 5 to 11 millimetres on average, it is fascinating to think how soybean is currently affecting – and affected by – changes in economy, environment and society, both at the global and at the local level. Bearing in mind the main objective of the Trade Hub project and the specific contribution of Work Package 4, the present Scoping Study analyses the evolution of the ‘geopolitics’ of international trade flows, dissecting social, institutional, economic and environmental outcomes along the value chain of this commodity.
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Exploring land use scenarios by long-term simulation of soil organic matter in central Argentina

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
Argentina
land use
land policies
land economics
Frequently, agriculture intensification by means of high-input technologies and agroecosystem simplification led to unsustainable farming systems. Increasing spatial-temporal diversity in agroecosystems has been shown as a promising alternative for restoring degraded land. A methodological approach is discussed here, based on preliminary results of experiences in a region of strong biophysical gradients. The CENTURY model is validated under local conditions and used as monitoring tool.