Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, investors are increasingly approaching rural communities seeking land for logging, mining, and agribusiness ventures. Even in those situations where the investors have followed FPIC guidelines and undertaken a formal “consultation” with the community, these consultations are generally conducted in a context of significant power and information asymmetries. Part of the power imbalance comes from communities’ lack of information about the value of community lands and natural resources.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMarch, 2018Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Liberia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia
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Aiming to help the millions displaced by expropriation
Journal Articles & BooksJuly, 2017Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, GlobalAn estimated 10m people are displaced from development projects every year. A new study aims to monitor government adoption of voluntary guidelines on expropriation, compensation and resettlement, Nicholas Tagliarino reveals
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1994Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi, Thailand, Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Sudan, Brazil
Meeting symbol/code: CSC(94)AGR-21
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Colombia, Cuba
Meeting symbol/code: LARC 00 INF.10
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1997Slovenia, United States of America, Rwanda, Sweden, Peru, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Thailand, Nepal, Madagascar, Botswana, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Brazil, Kenya
This paper reviews various methodologies for forest valuation and describes how they have been used in the preparation of forestry investment projects and programmes. It confirms that many potentially good valuation methodologies exist and it presents summaries of most of the main methodologies used. The document highlights other important considerations that have to be considered in any analysis (e.g. distribution of costs and benefits, different perceptions of value). It also reveals that valuation is not widely used at the moment in forestry project preparation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1976Kenya, Brazil, Italy
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1997South Africa, Colombia, Denmark, Italy
This issue of Unasylva looks at various aspects of the overall financing situation in forestry and highlights areas where additional progress could and should be made. The issue draws heavily on material prepared for the June 1996 Workshop on Financial Mechanisms and Sources of Finance for Sustainable Forestry, held in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Colombia, Mexico, Cuba
Meeting symbol/code: LARC 00 INF.10
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Serbia, Qatar, North Macedonia, Israel, Chile, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Bolivia, Suriname, Congo, Guinea, Guyana, Paraguay, Moldova, Australia, Armenia, Kuwait, Iraq, India, Georgia, Montenegro, Austria
El presente documento es la segunda actualización del informe original de la FAO sobre este tema. Ofrece información sobre la contribución del sector forestal a las economías nacionales a nivel mundial, regional y nacional. Este estudio ofrece la situación y las tendencias en la contribución del sector forestal (empleo total, valor agregado y los ingresos de exportación) en el sector y analiza las fuerzas motrices detrás de estas tendencias. Asimismo, este documento actualiza los datos hasta el año 2011.
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Library ResourceJuly, 2013Nicaragua
This report centers on the problems
stemming from land issues in Nicaragua. The report's
main recommendations deal with four priority actions:
institutional reform; adjustments to the legal framework;
systematic regularization of land rights; and, firmly
addressing previous land invasions, and preventing future
invasions. The issue of land distribution, and ownership is
especially critical in Nicaragua; indeed, the country
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