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  1. Library Resource

    Land Use Policy Volume 41

    Peer-reviewed publication
    November, 2014
    Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America

    Between 1940 and 2000, nearly 10 million housing units were constructed throughout California. This increased interaction between human and natural communities creates a number of significant socio-ecological challenges. Here we present a novel spatially explicit model that allows better characterization of the extent and intensity of future housing settlements using three development scenarios between 2000 and 2050. We estimate that California's exurban land classes will replace nearly 12 million acres of wild and agricultural lands.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2018
    Brazil

    Hoje, uma porção do Vale do Guapiaçu, é ocupada por uma série de comunidades assentadas pelo Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA) ou via crédito fundiário pela Reforma Agrária de Mercado . Ao longo do tempo, foram diversos os grupos sociais que ocuparam a região e os processos de disputa por terra/ território pelos quais eles passaram, fazendo com que hoje, parte da formação

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2017
    Peru

    La siguiente es la trascripción casi literal de una larga conversación sostenida con Juana Payaba, expresidenta de la Comunidad Nativa Tres Islas, la única comunidad del departamento de Madre de Dios, en el sureste peruano, que ha logrado el reconocimiento de sus derechos consuetudinarios como pueblo indígena. La lucha de los comuneros de Tres Islas contra los mineros ilegales que invadieron

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2017
    Peru

    El Gobierno Territorial Autónomo de la Nación Wampis (GTANW) ejerce su autonomía de hecho, sin expreso dictamen de la normativa interna sino basándose en el Convenio 169 de la OIT. De esta forma ejercen el control de su territorio, la cual una parte está titulada y la otra no; las áreas no tituladas son de uso y ocupación ancestral y que han sido aprovechadas y cuidadas por los Wampis.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    May, 2014
    Colombia

    Se trata de un caso donde 10 familias migran, ocupan y acceden, vía adjudicación estatal, a tierras incautadas al narcotráfico, con perspectivas actuales de producción familiar, agroecología y agroforestería.

  6. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Bolivia

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

  7. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Ecuador

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

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