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The Mitigating Impact of Land Tenure Security on Drought-Induced Food Insecurity: Evidence from Rural Malawi

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2002
Africa, Malawi
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
climate change
natural resources management
land tenure
land tenure systems
This paper explores household variation in land tenure security and drought shocks across villages to investigate the extent to which land tenure systems matter in households’ capacity to cope with adverse impacts of weather shocks for agricultural dependent households in rural Malawi. Our findings reveal that land tenure security cushions the effects of drought regimes on food security. Further, we establish access to credit facilities for farm investment purposes as the underlying channel that mediates the impact of drought shocks on food insecurity.
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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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Understanding the impacts of climate change in the Tana River Basin, Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Kenya
Land, Climate Change & Environment
natural resources management
water management
assessment
climate change
In the Tana River Basin in Kenya, six Regional Circulation Models (RCMs) simulating two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) (i.e., 4.5 and 8.5) were used as input to the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to determine the possible implications for the hydrology and water resources of the basin. Four hydrological characteristics – water yield, groundwater recharge, base flow and flow regulation – were determined and mapped throughout the basin for three 30-year time periods: 2020–2049, 2040–2069 and 2070–2099. Results were compared with a baseline period, 1983–2011.
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Investigation of the modalities for an innovative financing mechanism for participatory natural resource management in the Bale Eco-region, Ethiopia

Reports & Research
August, 2018
Ethiopia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
natural resources management
land use
deforestation
land degradation
urban areas
This study reviewed the status of natural resources and the driving forces for change, as well as past and ongoing approaches in natural resource management at the watershed scale in Ethiopia. First, we reviewed established environmental policy tools and the legal and policy framework, and determined whether innovative financing mechanisms are working in other areas with a similar context. We undertook stakeholder analyses and mapping to identify key stakeholders, and to assess their possible roles in the implementation of a sustainable financing mechanism for watershed rehabilitation.
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Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ethiopia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
deforestation
forest land
natural resources management
land degradation
The dependence of smallholder farmers on forest resources for their sustenance and livelihoods is a major driver of deforestation and degradation of forest resources in tropical countries. Understanding the socio-economic drivers that aggravate the extraction and overexploitation of forest products is vital for designing effective forest conservation and restoration measures. This particularly holds with regard to the importance of two fundamentally opposing motivations of smallholder forest exploitation, which we label “wood extraction for need” vs. “wood extraction for greed”.
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Changes in water availability in the Upper Blue Nile basin under the representative concentration pathways scenario

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land cover
natural resources management
water management
climate change
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Moving forward

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Angola, Liechtenstein, Bangladesh, United States of America, Congo, Comoros, Cameroon, Uzbekistan, Switzerland, Kenya, Zambia, Denmark, Rwanda, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Brazil, Tunisia, Argentina, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, Czech Republic
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
sustainable land management
forest land
Forests, trees and woodlands cover almost one-third of the Earth’s land area. They are a crucial source of food and income for more than a billion people around the globe. They provide a variety of wood and non-wood products and vital ecosystem services – preventing erosion from wind and water, preserving water quality, shading crops and livestock, absorbing carbon which contributes to countering climate change, and providing habitat for many species of plants and animals, thus helping to conserve the planet’s biological diversity.
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Making Better use of Forest Resources in Uganda - UFT UGA 043

Reports & Research
November, 2018
Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
climate change
natural resources management
agroforestry systems
Uganda has been monitoring its forest resources through mapping and forest inventories since the 1990s. However, the approach and frequency of data generation needs to be improved if the country is to construct a reference level compliant with the principles of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Efforts were also needed to assess forest cover change in the country.
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Feuille de route pour la mise en oeuvre des recommandations sur l'amélioration du cadre juridique du processus REDD+ à Madagascar

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Luxembourg, Madagascar
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
land governance
sustainable land management
forest land
Le cadre juridique est le moyen par lequel s’effectue la transposition des exigences internationales découlant de la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (CCNUCC) en obligations concrètes et précises pour les pays forestiers, et ce, en fonction de leur situation propre.
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Préparation juridique de Madagascar à la REDD+

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Luxembourg, Madagascar, United States of America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
sustainable land management
forest land
L’initiative de Réduction des émissions causées par le déboisement et la dégradation des forêts dans les pays en développement; et rôle de la conservation, de la gestion durable des forêts et du renforcement des stocks de carbone forestiers dans les pays en développement (REDD+) vise à inciter les pays boisés en développement à protéger leurs ressources forestières; elle contribuera ainsi à la lutte mondiale contre les changements climatiques et au développement économique et social durable.