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Library ResourceJanuary, 2008China
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2017Global
In land law, legal norms are regulating land legal relations, which represent a complex of relations that appear between the landowners in the process of land use. Those who are under the legal norm find in its content the „model” of behaviour they must have, whether a certain action or abstention is required from them or if they are allowed to do or not to do something. Land legislation determines a particular notion regarding the subjects participating in land relations.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002Netherlands
Aanbieders van natuur (eigenaren en beheerders) hebben steeds meer te maken met de wensen van mensen ten aanzien van recreatie, wonen en werken in de natuur. In deze studie is gekeken naar wat er bekend is over de vraag naar natuur van burgers en naar de lacunes in die kennis. Uit analyse van de literatuur en van wat mensen feitelijk doen in de natuur (vastgelegd in een video) blijkt dat de vraag naar natuur veel breder is dan algemeen wordt gedacht en dat niet voor iedereen natuur hoogwaardige natuur hoeft te zijn. Men kan spreken van democratisering van natuur.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2012Kenya, Africa
Investigates private sector investment in conservation and ecotourism through conservancy land leases in the Mara region of Kenya. In recent and growing tourism development, groups of Maasai landowners are leasing their parcels of land to tourism investors and forming wildlife conservancies. Examines this model and the implications it has for Maasai livelihoods and the environment. Given the large extent and recent change in ownership in these areas, land leases do however keep the lands they cover together and are potentially an optimistic outlook for such open rangeland areas.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchPolicy Papers & BriefsNovember, 2012
The report provides quantitative and qualitative insights into the performance of different non-permanence approaches for consideration of parties. This note summarizes the results of the analysis presented in the report. Besides the existing mechanism for temporary crediting, the study analyzed a range of alternative approaches to addressing non-permanence, including those considered in prior deliberations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The approaches address the risk of non-permanence in several ways.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchPolicy Papers & BriefsFebruary, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to theunderstanding and discussion of how the costs andbenefits of natural resource development are sharedacross society. This paper presents how IFC, as both aninvestor and a development organization, determineswhether benefits and costs are shared reasonably, and how this assessment influences IFC’s decision to invest ina particular natural resource project. the goal of the paper is to promotea broad, constructive dialogue across stakeholders—governments, investors, civil society, and others—around benefit sharing.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015
Brazilian environmental law imposes more restrictions on land-use change by private landowners in riparian forests than in non-riparian forest areas, reflecting recognition of their importance for the conservation of biodiversity and key ecosystem services. A 22-year time series of classified Landsat images was used to evaluate deforestation and forest regeneration in riparian permanent preservation areas over the past two decades, focusing on the municipality of Paragominas in the state of Pará in eastern Amazonia.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009
In response to a drying climate, an integrated property planning tool was developed over three years to help landowners make better use of available rainfall. A sequence was identified which indicated how parts of each property are affected by soil moisture limitations. The sequence was combined with soil properties to indicate targeted strategies for each location aimed to improve soil moisture availability, biomass utilisation, and long-term viability of the farm or ranching enterprise.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2014Mexico
We used aerial photographs, satellite images, and field surveys to monitor forest cover in the core zones of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico from 2001 to 2012. We used our data to assess the effectiveness of conservation actions that involved local, state, and federal authorities and community members (e.g., local landowners and private and civil organizations) in one of the world's most iconic protected areas. From 2001 through 2012, 1254 ha were deforested (i.e., cleared areas had
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