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Assessment of Large Scale Land Cover Change Classifications and Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
Indonesia, South-Eastern Asia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
climate change
land use
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Using case studies for enhancing capacity in managing forest genetic resources

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
Forest Tenure
forest management plans
Forest trees are long-lived species with high genetic diversity that is crucial for their survival,

regeneration and adaptation. However, forest managers and conservationists are often not well informed
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Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2015

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
Bangladesh, Southern Asia
agricultural land management
farmers
natural resources management
water management
coastal areas
fisheries
farming systems
climate change
women
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Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
India, Sri Lanka
land use
coastal areas
farmers
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Proceedings of the Launching Workshop of the Agricultural Water Management Platform, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 January 2015

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
capacity development
farmers
climate change
water management
land management
land degradation
agriculture
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Flujos de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) en praderas de dos sistemas para la producción de leche bovina y un bosque secundario bajo condiciones de Bs-T = Fluxes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the grasslands in two systems for milk production and se...

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2015
land use
grazing
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Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2015
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
food security
agriculture
rangelands
Agriculture remains vital to the economy of most African countries and its development

has significant implications for food security and poverty reduction in the region. Increase

in agricultural production over the past decades has mainly been due to land area expansion,

with very little change in production techniques and limited improvement in yields.

Currently one in four people remains malnourished in Africa. CSA integrates all three dimensions of sustainable development and is aimed at (1)
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Can current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa?

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2015
farmland
natural resources management
land investments
land tenure
land acquisitions
water rights
property rights
food security
land rights
agriculture
Ever since the oil, financial and food crises of 2008, sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed a marked increase in large-scale investment in agricultural land. The drivers of this investment are varied and include growing food, water and energy insecurity as well as social and economic interests of investors and recipient countries. The shape of these investments and their eventual outcomes are equally influenced by the existing land and water governance systems in the host countries.
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The Political Economy of Land Governance in Lao PDR

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2015
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Land & Investments
advocacy
farmers
farming systems
land governance
land reform
local communities
mining
poverty
rural development
tenure security
women
This country level analysis addresses land governance in Laos in two ways. First, it summarises what the existing body of knowledge tells us about power and configurations that shape access to and exclusion from land, particularly among smallholders, the rural poor, ethnic minorities and women. Second, it draws upon existing literature and expert assessment to provide a preliminary analysis of the openings for and obstacles to land governance reform afforded by the political economic structures and dynamics in the country.
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The Neoliberal Agricultural Modernization Model: A Fundamental Cause for Large-Scale Land Acquisition and Counter Land Reform Policies in the Mekong Region

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2015
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agricultural land management
farmers
farming systems
land investments
land reform
rural development
This conference paper examines how the ideology and programmatic set of policies coined in the term ‘neoliberal modernization’ applies to agriculture and practices in the Mekong region.