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    Research and Analysis from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2010
    Cameroon

    Drawing from field research in Cameroon, Ghana, Viet Nam, and the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, this book explores the relationship between gender and land, revealing the workings of global capital and of people’s responses to it.

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    A policy innovation for local livelihoods

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2009
    Southern Asia, Nepal

    The Community Forestry Program in Nepal is a global innovation in participatory environmental governance that encompasses well-defined policies, institutions, and practices. The program addresses the twin goals of forest conservation and poverty reduction. As more than 70 percent of Nepal's population depends on agriculture for their livelihood, community management of forests has been a critically important intervention.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2009
    Laos

    In the last decade the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has transformed itself into a provider of natural resources (timber, agricultural products, minerals, and energy) for its wealthier and more populated neighbours China, Vietnam and Thailand. 

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2009
    South America

    Cambio climático, acuerdos justos y vinculantes
     *Rodrigo López Sánchez
     La trayectoria de los desastres naturales en Sudamérica, cuyas incidencias fueron cada vez mayores en las últimas décadas, resume un conjunto de fenómenos irreversibles, como la desaparición de las cumbres nevadas en los Andes, y caracterizados por una creciente intensidad, como frecuentes lluvias torrenciales. Sus efectos continúan siendo muy sentidos por la población y por las economías de los países.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2009
    Rwanda

    Land rights and the forest peoples of Africa - Historical, legal and anthropological perspectives
    A series of five country studies, plus a broad overview, examining indigenous peoples' land rights in the forested countries of Africa.

  6. Library Resource

    Exploring cases from East Africa and Latin America

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2009
  7. Library Resource

    Land characteristics cause differences in park impacts across Costa Rica

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Costa Rica
  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Europe

    Agriculture and climate change are inextricably linked. Agriculture is part of the climate change problem, contributing about 13.5 percent of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (with forestry contributing an additional 19 percent), compared with 13.1 percent from transportation. Agriculture is, however, also part of the solution, offering promising opportunities for mitigating GHG emissions through carbon sequestration, soil and land use management, and biomass production.

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