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How the energy transition is being hijacked by corporate interests

Reports & Research
November, 2023
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
forest conservation
land conservation
land rights
human settlements
For over a century, energy multinationals have been wrecking the planet and exploiting people in pursuit of profit. Now, power producers and technology manufacturers are marketing themselves as ‘green’ to boost their reputation and benefit from public subsidies, grabbing lands, violating human rights and destroying communities along the way. Our investigation of fifteen ‘green’ multinationals conclusively shows that financial returns, not decarbonisation, is their primary business.
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Support WCS Canada The Goals and Targets of the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF)

Legislation & Policies
May, 2023
Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
forest conservation
biodiversity
local communities
These goals and targets are purposively (and appropriately) designed to work as an integrated whole, reflecting the same principle of indivisibility embodied in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They require actions to be integrated across the whole of government and society.
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Not Just Carbon: Capturing All the Benefits of Forests for Stabilizing the Climate from Local to Global Scales

Reports & Research
October, 2022
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
climate change
forest conservation
forest land
land stakeholders
This report summarizes the science on the biophysical effects of deforestation on climate stability and explores the policy implications of the resulting impacts at three scales: global climate policy, regional cooperation on precipitation management, and national policies related to agriculture and public health. For each of these policy arenas, there are promising entry points to address current gaps through innovations in policies and institutions.
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Reporting on land solutions: threading the how's and the why

Multimedia
March, 2022
Global
climate change
deforestation
water
land rights
This powerpoint presentation explains why and how to use the Solutions Journalism approach for reporting on key land-related challenges and solutions, including pollution, climate change, deforestation, water scarcity, waste disposal etc. The presentation was given at the Introductory Briefing: Reporting on Environmental and Land Issues: The Solutions Journalism Approach, on 9 March 2022.
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Les Paysages de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

Une Fenêtre sur un Monde en Pleine Évolution

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Western Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
urbanization
climate change
desertification
deforestation
forest conservation
land cover change
land use change
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Landscapes of West Africa

A Window on a Changing World

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Western Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
urbanization
environment
climate change
deforestation
land cover change
land use change
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Shifting Cultivation in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal: Weighing Government Policies against Customary Tenure and Institutions

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
land policies
climate change
deforestation
farmland
indigenous peoples' lands
agriculture
sustainable land use
community land rights
Indigenous Peoples
Shifting cultivation is a dominant form of farming in the eastern Himalayas, practised by a diverse group of indigenous people from the most marginalized social and economic groups. The survival of these indigenous people and the survival of their forests are inextricably linked. However, policy makers and natural resource managers perceive shifting cultivation to be wasteful, destructive to forests, and unsustainable.
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Governing Landscapes for Ecosystem Services: A Participatory Land- Use Scenario Development in the Northwest Montane Region of Vietnam

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2020
Vietnam
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land law
land-use planning
public participation
climate change
community forestry
forest conservation
forest land
agroforestry systems
agriculture
customary land rights
customary tenure
Land-use planning is an important policy instrument for governing landscapes to achieve multifunctionality in rural areas. This paper presents a case study conducted in Na Nhan commune in the northwest montane region of Vietnam to assess land-use strategies toward multiple ecosystem services, through integrated land-use planning.
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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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Land degradation in Afghanistan

Reports & Research
June, 2007
Afghanistan
Land & Food Security
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
environment
climate change
desertification
land degradation
deforestation
pastoral lands
land use
natural resources
biodiversity
Land is very important natural resource to the human being as it provides the basis for more than 95% of human food. On the broader context, land has many other functions, e.g. provision of biological habitats and physical and connective space; regulation of hydrology and climate; storage of minerals, raw materials and historical/pre-historical records; and as a buffer to control waste and pollution. Expanding human requirements and economic activities are placing ever increasing pressures on land resources, creating competition and conflicts and resulting in suboptimal use of land.