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In the Face of Threats and Invasions in the Forests, Communities Defend and Reclaim Their Life Spaces

WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2021
Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
poverty
sustainable development
land-use planning
environment
climate change
fisheries
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
mining
land dispute
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
Indigenous Peoples
land rights activists
local communities
extractive industries
women
The articles in this Bulletin are written by the following organizations and individuals: National Coordinator for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM), Ecuador; Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakya (Bentala Raya Heritage Foundation), Indonesia; Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology and members of the WRM international secretariat in close collaboration with several allies who are part of grassroots groups in different countries.
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Diretrizes Voluntárias sobre a Governança Responsável da Terra, dos recursos Pesqueiros e Florestais no Cotexto da Segurança Alimetar Nacional

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land governance
food security
land policies
natural disasters
fisheries
community forestry
communal territory
land use
conflicts
land conflicts
community land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
land tenure systems
formal tenure
indigenous people's tenure
government
Indigenous Peoples
As Diretrizes Voluntárias para a Governança Responsável da Terra, dos Recursos Pesqueiros e Florestais no contexto da Segurança Alimentar Nacional (DVGT) aprovadas na 38a Sessão extraordinária do

Comitê de Segurança Alimentar Mundial (CSA), em maio de 2012, são um marco histórico. Elas representam o principal documento internacional normativo sobre questões fundiárias consensuado por todos os países membros das Nações Unidas.
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Aumentar el uso de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base - Guatemala

Institutional & promotional materials
May, 2018
Tanzania, Liberia, Nepal, Mauritania, Uganda, Mali, Chile, Guatemala, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea, Malawi, Colombia, Mongolia
Forest Tenure
forestry
fisheries
land governance
land tenure
Aumentar el uso de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base – Guatemala es una hoja que ofrece información sobre el proyecto "Aumentar el uso de la DVGT entre las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y de Base", una visión general de la gobernanza de los recursos naturales en el país e información sobre las actividades realizadas en el país en colaboración con las OSC locales y las organizaciones de base.
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Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente.

Legislation
December, 1987
Mexico
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
protected areas
environment
fisheries
land management
land law
agriculture
sustainable land use
La presente Ley se funda en una concepción integral del problema ecológico y en la decisión política de hacerle frente, sumando los esfuerzos del Estado y la sociedad.
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Complementary Law No. 143 establishing the Planning and Territorial Planning System of the State of Roraima.

Legislation
January, 2009
Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
land management
land-use planning
natural resources management
forestry
fisheries
sustainable land use
forest management plans
forest land
forest conservation
This Complementary Law, consisting of 42 articles divided into seven Chapters, establishes the Planning and Territorial Planning System of the State of Roraima. The above mentioned System, called SPOT/RR, is the main guiding instrument for planning of land occupation and control of the use of natural resources of the territory of the State of Roraima, in the implementation of plans, programmes, projects, works and public and private activities. The purpose of the SPOT/RR is to implement the provisions of art.
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Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017.

National Policies
January, 2017
Jamaica
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
farmland
public ownership
environment
forest conservation
farming systems
land governance
natural resources management
protected areas
forestry
land-use planning
water rights
sustainable land use
gender equity in access to land
land management
forest land
agriculture
fisheries
The Vision of the Forest Policy is that: by 2062, Jamaica’s forests and its biodiversity are sufficiently restored and sustainably managed, so once again the island can adequately be described as “the land of wood and water”, capable of meeting the social, economic and ecological needs of current and future generations.
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Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy 2016-2019.

National Policies
January, 2016
Belize
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
protected areas
land-use planning
natural resources management
environment
fisheries
natural disasters
land management
forest conservation
forest land
waste (abuse)
sustainable land use
The Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy (GSDS) is a strategic document with a multi-sectoral approach, relating to the period 2016-2019. Flowing from the Horizon 2030 vision, this strategic plan now charts the path to a better quality of life for all Belizeans, living now and in the future. It places at the fore sustainable development, reflecting a whole-system approach, and acknowledging increasing prosperity, eradicating poverty, improving social cohesion, caring for our natural resources, and securing peace and justice for all Belizeans as inter-connected goals.
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Forest Resource Conservation Act, 1992 (No. 47 of 1992).

Legislation
July, 1992
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
private forests
forest management plans
protected areas
public ownership
natural resources management
land law
forestry
fisheries
land management
forest land
forest conservation
leases
This Act provides with respect to the management and conservation of forest resources in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It also provides for the protection of water resources present in forest areas and lease of forest land.
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Decreto Nº 87/15 - Declara de alto interés nacional la preservación de la Cuenca Alta del Rio Ozama e instruye al Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, dar fiel cumplimiento a lo establecido en el Art. 122 de la Ley No. 64-00.

Regulations
April, 2015
Dominican Republic
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
forestry
pastoralists
land-use planning
environment
fisheries
agriculture
El presente Decreto declara de alto interés nacional la preservación de la Cuenca Alta del Rio Ozama e instruye al Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, dar fiel cumplimiento a lo establecido en el Art.
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Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia.

National Policies
January, 2005
Colombia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
agricultural land management
farmland
pastoralists
forest conservation
natural resources management
forestry
fisheries
natural disasters
land management
deforestation
forest land
environment
agriculture
sustainable land use
El Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia es un instrumento de alcance nacional cuyo objetivo general es adelantar acciones contra la degradación de tierras, desertificación y mitigación de los efectos de la sequía, así como para el manejo sostenible de los ecosistemas de las zonas secas, a partir de la aplicación de medidas prácticas que permitan prevenir, detener y revertir dichos procesos degradativos y contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de las zonas afectadas.