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Roads to Ruin: the emerging impacts of infrastructure development in Congo Basin forests

Reports & Research
October, 2021
Congo
Forest Landscape Restoration
development
environment
land degradation
deforestation
A report by RFUK reveals the growing extent, and impact, of transport and energy infrastructure development in the Congo Basin – which is on its way to becoming a major driver of deforestation in the world’s second largest rainforest. The eight case studies featured in this report show that, while certain projects may bring some economic benefits, environmental and social impacts have been overwhelmingly higher than necessary due to bad planning, corruption, failure to follow better practice, and simple negligence.
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Plan d’Investissement de la Stratégie Nationale REDD+ de la République du Congo 2018-2025

(version 7b)

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2018
Congo
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
land degradation
deforestation
République du Congo entre dans sa deuxième phase dite phase d’investissement de la REDD+. Ainsi un Plan d’Investissement de la Stratégie Nationale REDD+ a été élaboré pour la période de 2018-2025 qui sera mis en œuvre sur la base d’une synergie intersectorielle appropriée, au regard des interventions sectorielles accrues que suscitera la mise en œuvre des projets.
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Republic of Armenia: Land Degradation Neutrality National Report

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Armenia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land policies
land degradation
forestry
deforestation
pastoral lands
grasslands
grazing
This report summarizes the key outcomes of the national efforts carried out in 2014 and 2015 towards putting in practice the land degradation neutrality concept. The LDN project, which was sponsored by the Republic of Korea, was carried out with the support of the UNCCD Secretariat and implemented in partnership with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and CAP 2100 International.
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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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Metadata on SDGs Indicator 15.3.1

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2021
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
desertification
land degradation
deforestation
land restoration
sustainable land management
Indicator 15.3.1: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
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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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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.