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    Sustainability

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2017
    Ecuador

    While an increase in the size and number of conservation areas is expected as part of global environmental commitments, at the same time, Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement, or PADDD, is becoming more frequent worldwide. This paper analyzes the causal relationships between land claims and human settlements on the one hand and the downsizing process of a protective forest in southeastern Ecuador on the other.

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    Sustainability

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2016
    Brazil

    Unsustainable farming practices such as shifting cultivation and slash-and-burn agriculture in the humid tropics threaten the preservation of the rainforest and the health of the local and global environment. In weathered soils prone to cohesion in humid tropic due to low Fe and carbon content and the enormous amounts of P that can be adsorbed, sustainable soil use is heavily dependent on the availability and efficient use of nutrients.

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    Forests

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2017
    Guyana, Norway

    International bi-lateral agreements to support the conservation of rainforests to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are growing in prevalence. In 2009, the governments of Guyana and Norway established Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). We examine the extent to which the participation and inclusion of Guyana’s indigenous population within the LCDS is being achieved. We conducted a single site case study, focussing on the experiences and perceptions from the Amerindian community of Chenapou.

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    Forests

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2017
    Indonesia, Peru, Brazil, Cameroon

    In addition to being a global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation, Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) intends to protect and improve the well-being and income of local stakeholders. The intention is to provide livelihood support in exchange for local stakeholder involvement in protecting forests.

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    Forests

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2017
    Brazil

    Under what conditions do private forest governance standards influence state policy and behavior to become more oriented toward sustainability? We argue that governance schemes targeting firms may indirectly shape state behavior, even when designed to bypass state regulation. Through an examination of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Russia and Brazil, we find that the FSC has influenced domestic rhetoric, laws, and enforcement practices.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2016
    Chile

    In April 2015, an international group of independent researchers, coordinated by Rosamel Millaman and Charles R. Hale, embarked on a comprehensive study whose guiding theme was the situation of Mapuche comunities in the region of La Araucania in relation to forestry companies in Chile. The intention of this study is to provide a document that could form a basis for renewed and improved dialogue about the way these companies conduct their forestry operations in the lands that are historically claimed by these Mapuche communities. 

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    Historias, políticas agrarias y protagonistas

    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Colombia

    Este informe documenta y analiza los cambios en la estructura de la propiedad agraria en Colombia durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX y la primera década del siglo XXI. Se examina primero la legislación agraria y el reparto de tierras baldías en la primera mitad del siglo XX, para ver en perspectiva histórica la configuración de la estructura de la propiedad rural y establecer el peso que en esta han tenido las políticas de tierras del Estado colombiano.

  8. Library Resource
    Etnografica
    Journal Articles & Books
    August, 2016
    Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
    O objetivo do artigo é explorar as potencialidades de uma experiência etnográfica entre duas perspectivas de uso e cobertura da terra em assentamentos agrícolas na Amazônia: a técnico-científica, com a produção / classificação de imagens de satélite; e a nativa, com a produção / classificação de desenhos de agricultores. Apresenta-se a pesquisa, as similitudes / discrepâncias entre as perspectivas, a experiência etnográfica entre os protagonistas e as potencialidades de uma análise equivalente entre diferentes percepções da espacialidade.
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    Hoja Informativa N.º 4 (mapas)
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2016
    South America, Peru

    Los conflictos territoriales incluyen superposiciones de diferentes categorías territoriales otorgadas por el Estado en sus diferentes niveles y las tensiones entre vecinos (conflictos sociales), todos estos  representan "obstáculos para la titulación" o pueden limitar la futura gestión territorial de las comunidades nativas.

    El equipo de la ONG Paz y Esperanza trabajó en estrecha colaboración con CODEPISAM, sus ocho federaciones y los presidentes de los miembros de las comunidades nativas, se hicieron visitas de campo en base a ella se actualizaron los datos y mapas.

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