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    Dispossession through land titling: Legal loopholes and shadow procedures to urbanized forestlands in the Yucatán Peninsula

    Reports & Research
    September, 2011
    Mexico
    Forest Tenure
    Urban Tenure
    land titling
    urban forestry
    urban land
    land use
    land grabbing
    dispossession
    community land rights

    Under certain circumstances, land titling, property regime changes, and land‐use conversions yield substantial profits. Yet few people possess the wealth, knowledge, and networks to benefit from these procedures. In the Yucatán Peninsula, a region recently targeted as a prominent investment location by the Mexican national government (mainly with the “Tren Maya” megaproject) and the private capital, forestlands collectively owned as ejidos by Mayan peasants are on the trend to complete privatization.

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    Remembering Elinor Ostrom

    Remembering Elinor Ostrom

    Her Work and its Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

    Reports & Research
    April, 2014
    Eritrea, Kenya, Mexico, Canada, Mongolia, India, Global
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    forest conservation
    land conservation
    sustainable land management
    natural resources management
    common rights
    commons
    communal ownership
    common property

    This special issue of Policy Matters focuses on the outreach and impact of Dr. Elinor Ostrom's groundbreaking research on common property (or commons) theory. Her work was instrumental in shaping contemporary analyses of resource management and conservation, especially at a local level. This collection of research papers, essays, commentaries, and songs build upon her work and provide case studies demonstrating the practical application of her theoretical contributions. 

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    Climate-Smart Agriculture in Sinaloa, Mexico

    Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en Sinaloa, México

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2014
    Mexico, Central America, Northern America, South America
    Land & Food Security
    land use
    food security
    agriculture

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.

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