Conclusion:
"The displacement in Thilawa took place amid a broader
climate of state-sponsored abuse in Burma, where
people have no recourse to challenge illegal government
action. Specifically, the displacement process in Thilawa
violated residents’ human rights, negatively affected
their ability to provide for themselves, and resulted in
deteriorating food security and limited ability to access
health care. The TSEZMC will relocate 846 more
households when development begins on phase two of
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2014Myanmar
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMay, 2014BrazilA energia elétrica é uma das bases do desenvolvimento, consequentemente é um dos principais influentes na questão ambiental, estando no cerne das discussões do desenvolvimento sustentável.A Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte construída no Rio Xingu, no município de Altamira no Estado do Pará, passou desde o seu primeiro projeto por várias mudanças e discussões, principalmente na questão das terras indígenas, causando impactos na organização físico-territorial e sociocultural, além do desequilíbrio nas condições de saúde e alimentação.
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Library ResourceRegulationsOctober, 2014Colombia
La presente Acuerdo adopta el Programa de Medidas de Atención a los Segundos Ocupantes en la Acción de Restitución, que tiene como objetivo otorgar tierras y/o proyectos productivos y gestionar la priorización para el acceso a programas de subsidio de vivienda y/o de formalización de la propiedad rural, cuando sea el caso, a quienes se encuentren ocupando un predio objeto de restitución de tierras que hayan sido reconocidos como segundos ocupantes en las providencias proferidas por jueces y magistrados, con el fin de facilitar la restitución de tierras de manera oportuna, efectiva, sostenib
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2014Myanmar
Summary:
"Increased troop deployment, attacks and abuses by the Burma Army in northern
Shan State during the past year have caused large-scale new displacement of Palaung
villagers, calling into question the Burmese government’s claims to be seeking a
peaceful settlement to the ethnic conflict.
The number of Burmese government troops in
Palaung areas of northern Shan State
has doubled from 16 to over 30 battalions during 2013. Attacks and abuses by these
troops have caused the fresh displacement of
over 3,000 mostly -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsJanuary, 2015South-Eastern Asia
Since 2009, the Government of Switzerland and RECOFTC have partnered with ASEAN through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)’s support to the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) and the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC). This is a brochure describing the RECOFTC activities under the ASFCC Phase II (2014-2016).
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2014Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia
This study represents an initial attempt to assess patterns of displacement related to droughts in selected countries of the Horn of Africa, specifically the border regions of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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Library ResourceVideosAugust, 2014Ghana, Nigeria
In Big Men, director Rachel Boynton has achieved a tour-de-force of documentary filmmaking. Taking a large, complex and much-contested phenomenon -- the oil business as it is conducted in under-developed countries such as Ghana and Nigeria -- she has crafted an edge-of-your-seat, character-driven drama that is also a clear and enlightening film about the global dealings behind petroleum, a crucial resource that touches everyone's life.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2014Chile
Santiago viene experimentando un proceso de re-estructuración, coherente al ingreso de lógicas neoliberales de producción del espacio desarrollado las últimas décadas. El proceso de renovación urbana del área central y pericentral de la ciudad es en la actualidad el modo de producción espacial dominante, el cual se apropia de espacios bien dotados de infraestructura pública pero que presentan históricamente una baja inversión pública y privada.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2014Myanmar
Over six decades of ethnic conflict in Myanmar have generated displacement crises just as long. At the time of writing there are an estimated 640,747 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar, and 415,373 refugees originating from the country.However, these figures are not fully indicative of levels of forced migration, as obtaining reliable data for IDPs remains difficult, while millions of regular and irregular migrants have also left the country, often fleeing similar conditions to those faced by documented refugees and IDPs.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationNovember, 2014Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has recently emerged from nearly three decades of protracted conflict, which came to an end five years ago in 2009. A number of researchers have explored the devastating effect the conflict has had on public health, and its impact on Sri Lanka’s health system - hailed as a success story in the South Asian region. Remarkably, no attempt has been made to synthesize the findings of such studies in order to build an evidence-informed research platform. This review aims to map the ‘research landscape’ on the impact of conflict on health in Sri Lanka.
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