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Potential of brownfields as developing territories in Bratislava

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2018
Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia, Austria
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
property
land economics
land-use planning
land use
research
land degradation
urban areas
The issue of brownfields and their analysis in Slovakia have not been given such emphasis over the last decade as in the neighbouring EU countries, such as in Austria or in the Czech Republic. The situation is completely different in Bratislava and also in the rest of Slovakia and the development of this type of area is almost unrealized. A frequent argument is problematic ownership relationships to the unused, degraded land. However, the real problem is the higher financial costs associated with brownfields regeneration.
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National Policy on Forests 1997.

National Policies
April, 1997
Poland
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
environment
farmland
public ownership
land management
land use
forest management plans
forestry
protected areas
sustainable land use
deforestation
forest conservation
forest land
private forests
The National Policy on Forests developed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry is a nation-wide sectoral document for designating the complex of actions shaping relations between humankind and forests, with the aim of preserving the conditions for the indefinite maintenance of the multi-functionality of forests, their multi-faceted utility and protection and their role in the shaping of the natural environment, in line with the present and future expectations of society.
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What drives the global land rush?

January, 2011
Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ghana, Russia, Moldova, Ethiopia, Belarus, Mozambique, Laos, Turkmenistan, Philippines, Libya, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Bahrain, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Oceania, Western Asia, Europe, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, Northern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land
land tenure
Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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Higher-than-present Medieval pine (Pinus sylvestris) treeline along the Swedish Scandes

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2015
Russia, Greenland, Sweden
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land use
land tenure
The upper treeline of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is renowned as a sensitive indicator of climate change and variability. By use of megafossil tree remains, preserved exposed on the ground surface, treeline shift over the past millennium was investigated at multiple sites along the Scandes in northern Sweden. Difference in thermal level between the present and the Medieval period, about AD 1000-1200, is a central, although controversial, aspect concerning the detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate warming.
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Smart Green Infrastructure in Tiger Range Countries

A Multi-Level Approach

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2010
Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
encroachment
land use
nature reserves
property rights
sustainable development
This report presents the results of extensive work of the smart green infrastructure task force commissioned by the World Bank under the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI). The report benefited from advice, ideas, and information about tigers and tiger-friendly infrastructure development from staff at the World Bank, and from several institutions that promote tiger and biodiversity conservation throughout the world.
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Ukraine Country Environmental Analysis

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
January, 2016
Ukraine, Europe, Central Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable development
land degradation
forestry
land use
climate change
deforestation
property
environment
fisheries
land
The objective of the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) is to assess the adequacy and performance of the policy, legal, and institutional framework for environmental management in Ukraine, in light of the decentralization process of environmental governance and wider reform objectives, and to provide recommendations to government to address the key gaps identified. Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe and has a population of 43 million, the majority of whom live in urban areas.
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Romania Toward a Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy

Urban Sector Analysis

Training Resources & Tools
Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2016
Romania, Europe, Central Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
waste (abuse)
climate change
land-use planning
environment
By European standards, Romania is a low urbanized country. There exists a rising trend towards suburbanization, however, that is not fully captured by Romania’s urban statistics. The country’s urbanization rate of 55 percent has remained fairly constant over the past two decades, despite significant population migration out of the country, and a strong suburbanization trend in areas on the immediate outskirts of major cities.
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Romania Toward a Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy

Energy Sector Analysis

Training Resources & Tools
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Romania, Europe, Central Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
waste (abuse)
climate change
This report is about Energy sector in Romania which is responsible for 58 percent of the country’s GHG emissions (except Land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF)), and is therefore critical for mitigation. Romania’s economic growth and energy consumption have been decoupling since the early 1990s, and the energy intensity of the economy has been continuously decreasing, but it is still high. At present, Romanian energy supply system is relatively carbon intensive, but share of zero-carbon energy sources is growing.
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Romania Toward a Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy

Forestry Sector Analysis

Training Resources & Tools
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Romania, Europe, Central Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
climate change
forest management plans
land area
agriculture
forest land
land
land degradation
forestry
land ownership
land use
This report is about forests that provide a substantial contribution to mitigation in Romania by sequestering carbon, helping to counter carbon emissions from other sectors in the economy. Sustainable forest management is challenged by fragmented ownership and insufficient financial resources in particular. A summary of key existing analytic studies, and the construction of a marginal abatement cost curve for mitigation actions in the forestry sector, was the basis for identifying key adaptation and mitigation measures for Romania’s forests.
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Climate change and land tenure

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Egypt, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Mali, China, Namibia, Peru, Russia, Niger, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, India, Senegal, Sudan, Brazil, Ghana
land policies
land
climate change
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
Land Tenure Working Paper 2. This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of climate change. It assesses the implications of ongoing anthropogenic climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions for land tenure and the role that land policy can play in climate change adaptation planning in the developing world.