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What is forest tenure (in)security? Insights from participatory perspective analysis

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2023
Uganda, Peru, Indonesia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
public participation
indigenous peoples' lands
tenure security
local communities
Over the past two decades, growing recognition of forest-based Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPs and LCs) sparked forest tenure reforms to formalize IP and LC rights to forests and forest lands through a variety of mechanisms. Nevertheless, tenure security, an intended objective of such reforms, has received less attention, despite being integral to the life and livelihoods of IPs and LCs and important for forests.
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Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions

Reports & Research
February, 2019
Global
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
land investments
land tenure
The overall objective of the Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions is to inform and strengthen the design and implementation of future land tenure and governance interventions to best support lasting tenure security and achieve related impacts on poverty, food security, gender equality, environmental sustainability and security.
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Formalizing tenure of Indigenous lands improved forest outcomes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2022
Brazil
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
forest law
forestry
indigenous peoples' lands
land tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
land tenure systems
customary tenure
indigenous people's tenure
tenure security
Across the globe, the legal land rights and tenure of many Indigenous peoples are yet to be recognized. A growing body of research demonstrates that tenure of Indigenous lands improves livelihoods and protects forests in addition to inherently recognizing human rights. However, the effect of tenure on environmental outcomes has scarcely been tested in regions with high development pressure, such as those with persisting forest–agriculture conflicts.
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Building Agroforestry Policy Bottom-Up: Knowledge of Czech Farmers on Trees in Farmland

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Czech Republic, United States of America
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
farmers
farmland
forestry
Czech agriculture is dealing with the consequences of climate change. Agroforestry cultures are being discursively reintroduced for better adaptability and resilience, with the first practical explorations seen in the field. Scholars have been working with farmers and regional stakeholders to establish a baseline for making agroforestry policy viable and sustainable.
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Roads in the Southwestern Amazon, State of Acre, between 2007 and 2019

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Israel
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
deforestation
geographical information systems
protected areas
Over the past 40 years, roads have been the main driver behind the State of Acre’s occupation and development. However, the expansion of roads, has often been associated with the advance of deforestation, habitat fragmentation, and social conflicts. There are no up-to-date data available on the current extent of Acre’s road network nor its environmental and socioenvironmental impacts. In this study, we updated the State of Acre’s road network map for the period 2007 to 2019 through the visual interpretation of 153 Landsat images (5, 7, and 8) at a scale of 1:50,000.
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Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe

Land Use Policy Volume 83

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2019
Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, United States of America, Europe
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
environment
farmland
forestry
land use
research
sustainable land management
Agroforestry, relative to conventional agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon sequestration, increases a range of regulating ecosystem services, and enhances biodiversity. Using a transdisciplinary approach, we combined scientific and technical knowledge to evaluate nine environmental pressures in terms of ecosystem services in European farmland and assessed the carbon storage potential of suitable agroforestry systems, proposed by regional experts.
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Exploring Forest Change Spatial Patterns in Papua New Guinea: A Pilot Study in the Bumbu River Basin

Volume 9 Issue 9

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Guinea, Oceania
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
deforestation
land classification
urban areas
urbanization
Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that hosts unique rain forests and forest ecosystems which are crucial for sequestering atmospheric carbon, conserving biodiversity, supporting the livelihood of indigenous people, and underpinning the timber market of the country. As a result of urban sprawl, agricultural expansion, and illegal logging, there has been a tremendous increase in land-use land cover (LULC) change happening in the country in the past few decades and this has triggered massive deforestation and forest degradation.
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Economic Comparison between Pasture-Based Beef Production and Afforestation of Abandoned Land in Swedish Forest Districts

Volume 9 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2020
Sweden
Forest Tenure
forestry
abandoned land
Large areas of agricultural land have been abandoned or are at risk of being abandoned such as small scattered fields and pastures in forest-dominated landscapes are unsuitable for modern mechanized agriculture and cost-efficient grazing. These areas have therefore become unprofitable to cultivate and graze. Spruce planting has been seen as the obvious alternative on these lands but is today questioned from landscape points of view. Now most abandoned land is left for natural afforestation.
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Land In India: Issues and Debates

Reports & Research
March, 2020
India
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
common lands
common rights
forest land
forest law
gender equity in access to land
land economics
land investments
land tenure
land tenure systems
leases
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
tenure security
women
This report titled Land in India: Issues and Debates is part of an initiative under the aegis of India Land & Development Conference (ILDC) which has a long-term objective of bringing out an annual Status of Land in India volume. This report is a modest beginning in that direction by drawing on the works of ILDC partners to present a quick over view of some of the key developments and debates in India’s land sector. The report brings together 11key issues which currently engage the minds of the policy makers and researchers in India.
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Beyond Fires and Deforestation: Tackling Land Subsidence in Peatland Areas, a Case Study from Riau, Indonesia

Volume 8 Issue 5

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2019
Indonesia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
land area
Peatland plays an important ecological and economic role in many countries all over the world. At the same time, due to various human and non-human interventions, peatland is also a fragile ecosystem, which is currently facing severe problems, such as deforestation, fires, and peat subsidence. Peat subsidence is currently one of the most severe but least recognized issues. Because of its interconnectedness with other peatland problems, peat subsidence intensifies when there is a lack of proper interventions.