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The Journey to a Better Tomorrow: Land, Climate Change and Gender Experience From the Field

Reports & Research
January, 2020
Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
gender equity in access to land
land rights
land tenure
natural resources management
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
women
Ardhi Yetu Programme (AYP Plus) is a national land rights advocacy programme that consolidates on-the-ground interventions, while integrating resilience and adaptation. AYP plus utilizes and builds upon the CSO capacity, national forums and joint advocacy platforms developed during the first phase of AYP, to support the overall objective that; active communities and civil society advocate for an inclusive and transparent land sector, strengthening the land tenure security and resilience of small-scale farming and pastoral communities particularly women.
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The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices

A Webinar Report

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Africa, Kenya, Latin America and the Caribbean, United States of America, Asia, Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
common lands
common rights
commons
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land rights
land use
property rights
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
The climate crisis demands urgent action, yet we live in a politically polarized and paralyzed world. As governments and other actors struggle over climate change, our environment is irreversibly changing. A United Nations report on the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services revealed that three-quarters of the earth’s land-based environment has been significantly altered by human actions.
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NO FIM NÃO VAI FICAR NADA

Exploração dos Recursos Florestais em Cabo Delgado Relatório do trabalho de campo em Namiune, Nkonga e 5º Congresso

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
extractive industries
forest conservation
forest land
illegal occupation
local communities
sustainable development
sustainable land use
O objecto deste relatório são os utilizadores dos produtos florestais e os efeitos da conjugação

das suas estratégias e actividades extractivas na sustentabilidade dos recursos naturais e no

desenvolvimento sustentável da região. O objectivo é contribuir para a compreensão dos

efeitos da utilização da floresta pelos diversos utilizadores na sustentabilidade do recurso. O

estudo analisa o papel desempenhado pelos Comités dos Recursos Naturais (CRN) na

exploração da floresta.
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Application of Fiscal Instruments in Land Management

A Case Study of Kajiado County

Reports & Research
May, 2012
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
assessment
assignment (land)
cadastral administration
cadastral register
cadastres
capital value (land)
co-ownership rights
collateral (land)
collective ownership
common lands
common law
common rights
communal ownership
community land rights
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
control rights
customary land rights
deed registration
development
environment
gender equity in access to land
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
indigenous people's tenure
investment funds
land access
land administration
land allocation
land deals
land distribution
land economics
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land loans
land markets
land ownership
land policies
land rent
land speculation
land tax
land tenure systems
land transactions
land transfers
property rights
public ownership
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
tenure regularization
title deeds
Torrens system
use rights
Fiscal instruments are tools that governments use to manage revenue and expenditure and therefore influence the growth (or stability) of the various sectors of the economy. Government revenue is derived primarily through taxation. In Kenya, land taxation has contributed less than 1% of government revenue for the past three years. The Sessional Paper No.
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Plano Estratégico para o Desenvolvimento do Sector Agrário (PEDSA 2011-2020)

Reports & Research
May, 2011
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
agropastoral systems
environment
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
O Desenvolvimento Agrário tem sido desde sempre uma prioridade para Moçambique. Em 1998, o Governo em colaboração com os principais parceiros desenhou o Programa de Desenvolvimento da Agricultura (PROAGRI I) com o objectivo de melhorar a coordenação das intervenções públicas na agricultura e orientar os investimentos..
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Logging, Mining, And Agricultural Concessions Data Transparency: A Survey Of 14 Forested Countries

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
concession (land)
deforestation
environment
extractive industries
forest land
geographical information systems
land allocation
land information systems
land management
land use
land use mapping
natural resources management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
Global demand for timber, agricultural commodities, and extractives is a significant driver of deforestation worldwide. Transparent land-concessions data for these large-scale commercial activities are essential to understand drivers of forest loss, monitor environmental impacts of ongoing activities, and ensure efficient and sustainable allocation of land.
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LAND Project Report: Vulnerability and Knowledge of the Legal Framework on Land

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Rwanda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
environment
sustainable land use
land law
land policies
food security
This report presents the results of a small scale household survey that was conducted in May
2015 to assess the extent to which rural Rwandan citizens are vulnerable or resilient to
environmental, market and land tenure risks and the level they understand the laws and rights
related to land. The report also compares the results of the survey with those from the baseline
survey conducted in May 2014, and seeks to inform the LAND Project of its progress in
achieving objectives entailed in the project’s results framework, namely: