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    Place-based solutions for global social-ecological dilemmas:

    An analysis of locally grounded, diversified, and cross-scalar initiatives in the Amazon

    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2023
    Brazil, Peru, Amazonia
    Land Degradation & Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    land governance
    development
    environment
    biodiversity
    grassroots organizations

    The Amazon has a diverse array of social and environmental initiatives that adopt forest-based land-use practices to promote rural development and support local livelihoods. However, they are often insufficiently recognized as transformative pathways to sustainability and the factors that explain their success remain understudied.

  2. Library Resource
    Agricultura familiar y seguridad alimentaria en el perú

    Agricultura familiar y seguridad alimentaria en el Perú

    Reports & Research
    September, 2022
    Peru
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Gender
    food security
    environment
    indigenous peoples' lands
    land use
    agricultural land management
    agriculture
    Indigenous Peoples

     

    RESUMEN EJECUTIVO

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    Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2018
    Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Southern Africa, South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, United States of America, Japan, Philippines, Iran, Nepal
    Land & Food Security
    Land Degradation & Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    food security
    land management
    desertification
    land degradation
    agriculture
    water management

    Agriculture influences and shapes the world’s ecosystems, but not always in a positive way. More than 2.5 billion people are globally involved as stewards of land and water ecosystems that constitute the natural resource base for feeding the current and future world population. Yet, conventional agronomic interventions based on ‘hard’ agricultural engineering compromise various eco-services that are required for sustainable agricultural development.

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    Global Land Outlook: Latin America and the Caribbean Thematic Report: Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Adaptation

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2019
    Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Central America, Guatemala, Mexico, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru
    Forest Landscape Restoration
    Forest Tenure
    Land Degradation & Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    land degradation
    deforestation
    land use
    sustainable land management

    The extensive arable land and great biodiversity present in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have the potential to ensure sustenance and a good quality of life for its more than 600 million inhabitants. LAC has experienced important changes in land use. When the Europeans arrived in the 15th century, the forest cover of LAC accounted for approximately 75 per cent of the territory.

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    Procesos relevantes de deterioro ambiental en el Perú

    Proyecto sobre Cooperación Técnica para la Integración de Consideraciones Ambientales en la Planificación del Desarrollo - Fase II FP/9101/87/93

    Reports & Research
    February, 1990
    Peru
    Forest Landscape Restoration
    Forest Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    deforestation
    natural disasters

    Presenta aspectos relevantes del deterioro ambiental en el Perú como la degradación del suelo agrícola, la deforestación en la región amazónica y fenómenos de geodinámica y climáticos, así como la degradación del medio urbano.

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    Expansión de la frontera agropecuaria en el eje San Ramón-La Merced de la selva central del Perú

    Seminario Regional sobre Expansión de la Frontera Agropecuaria y Medio Ambiente en América Latina

    Conference Papers & Reports
    September, 1981
    Peru
    Forest Landscape Restoration
    Forest Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    deforestation
    environment

    Examina las experiencias obtenidas en la ocupación económica del territorio comprendido en el eje San Ramón-La Merced, de la Selva Central del Perú. El análisis está orientado a determinar las políticas de acción utilizadas por el Gobierno, el sector privado y otros, en el proceso de expansión agropecuaria y sus incidencias en el uso de los nuevos espacios, en cuanto a la conservación y mejoramiento de los ecosistemas intervenidos.

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    Perú: un contexto peligroso para defensores de la tierra y el medio ambiente

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2020
    Peru
    land access
    environment
    territory

    Perú: un contexto peligroso para defensores de la tierra y el medio ambiente1
     
    Aldo Santos Ariasaldosanto@gmail.com
     
    1.      Marco general del país
    Un reto del Estado peruano es garantizar la seguridad jurídica de las comunidades campesinas y nativas, y los 55 pueblos indígenas, cuyos territorios están expuestos a actividades ilegales o a la superposición de derechos.

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