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Land-use trends and environmental governance policies in Brazil: Paths forward for sustainability

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Brazil, South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
land management
farming systems
climate change
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Law No. 16.316 establishing the State Policy to Fight and Prevent Desertification.

Legislation
August, 2008
Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
farmers
farming systems
environment
sustainable land use
land management
forest land
forest conservation
This Law establishes the State Policy to Fight and Prevent Desertification within the State of Goiás.
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Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2017-2021.

National Policies
January, 2017
Ecuador
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
farmers
farming systems
natural resources management
rural population
youth
fisheries
natural disasters
sustainable land use
gender equity in access to land
farmland
environment
El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo es un instrumento multi-sectorial de alcance nacional, relativo al período 2017-2021, que establece nueve objetivos estructurados en torno a tres Ejes principales, a saber: 1) Derechos para todos durante toda la vida; 2) Economía al servicio de la sociedad; 3) Más sociedad, mejor Estado.
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Ley Nº 438 - Ley de protección de áreas de cacao silvestre y de fomento a la producción de cultivos agroforestales de cacao.

Legislation
November, 2013
Bolivia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
sustainable land use
farming systems
La presente Ley declara de prioridad nacional la protección de áreas de cacao silvestre y el fomento a la producción de cultivos agroforestales de cacao, con el fin de promocionar la producción, industrialización y comercialización del cacao. El fin último es garantizar la soberanía y seguridad alimentaria enmarcados en las políticas nacionales del Vivir Bien.
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Guyana Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2011-2015.

National Policies
July, 2011
Guyana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
agricultural land management
natural disasters
concession (land)
farming systems
Guyana Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2011 – 2015 is a confirmation of the path taken in 2001 with the Guyana’s first PRSP and it is a review of the key developments outlined at that time. Goals of the Strategy are: (i) generating economic growth; (ii) improving social services’ provision; (iii) enhancing governance structures; and (iv) progressing towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Law No. 1.904 creating the Ecological and Economic Zone of the State of Acre.

Legislation
June, 2007
Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
farmers
land-use planning
farming systems
forest management plans
environment
land management
forest conservation
forest land
This Law, consisting of 43 articles divided into five Chapters, creates the Ecological and Economic Zone of the State of Acre.
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Ley Nº 2.419/04 - Crea el Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra.

Legislation
July, 2004
Paraguay
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farming systems
sustainable land use
land ownership
farmers
La presente Ley tiene por objeto la creación del Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra (INDERT), cuya misión consistirá en promover la integración armónica de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la Nación.
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Sustainable animal production for the agropastoral systems of the Brazilian Cerrados: special project funding

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1995
Brazil, Central America, South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
agropastoral systems
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Sustainable land management for social profitability developed, with special emphasis on reversing land degradation: Output 5

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Colombia, Africa, Central America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land management
sustainable land management
farming systems
water management
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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems : GIAHS Information Sheet

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Chile, Germany, Peru, Canada, Iran, Republic of Korea, Kenya, Morocco, Japan, Philippines, Italy, Tanzania, Tunisia, India, China, Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
intensive land use
farmers
farming systems
land use
land-use planning
land degradation
<p>The purpose of this sheet is to provide comprehensive set of information on GIAHS Programme in a single document which summarizes all the core information uploaded in the website and written in the previously released sources.</p> The overall goal of the global initiative is to identify and safeguard Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity and knowledge systems through catalyzing and establishing a long-term programme to support such systems and enhance global, national and local benefits derived through thei