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Las Directrices voluntarias y su aplicación desde América Latina

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2015
Qatar, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Samoa, Chile, Guatemala, China, Namibia, Australia, Bolivia, Austria, Guyana, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, India, Paraguay
land tenure
Esta publicación presenta un conjunto de materiales e ideas para contribuir al desafío de avanzar en la implementación de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional, en adelante (DVGT). El diseño original del trabajo pone un especial énfasis en la elaboración de una propuesta metodológica para la implementación de las Directrices, cuyo énfasis debía estar situado en lo operacional: una suerte de manual con una propuesta de cómo aplicar las Directrices.
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Legal Response to Institutionalizing Participatory Land Use Planning in Nagaland

Reports & Research
August, 2015
India
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land use
land use mapping
The report, prepared by the Indian Environment Law Offices, offers insights on mainstreaming Shifting Cultivation or Jhum through innovative interventions, such as Participatory Land Use Planning into policy, legal and institutional framework in Nagaland and help the state realize its full development potential.
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Minutes of Technical Validation on Gender Equitable Land Governance Study in Odisha

Other legal document
August, 2015
India
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
women
This workshop was orgainized at Bhubaneswar, India by Center for Land Governance, NRMC, Bhubaneswar with support of The World Bank, New Delhi. In this workshop salient findings on processes and progress made around gender equitable land tenure arrangements, best practices and challenges along with ground-happenings and post –land rights situations captured through community and stakeholders opinions were shared.
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Potential for Recognition of Community Forest Resource Rights Under India’s Forest Rights Act

A Preliminary Assessment

Reports & Research
July, 2015
India
Forest Tenure
community forestry
forest land
forestry
A Preliminary Assessment by RRI, Vasundhara and NRMC. Provides potential area, state, district and village wise area over which CFR (and IFR) rights can be recognized under the FRA; now used as a baseline for planning and effective implementation of CFR rights, assess the extent to which the law has been implemented; delineate data on forest land, villages & population within village boundaries and CFR Recognition Status.
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Satellite data aid India’s fishermen for better livelihood

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2015
India
fisheries
farming systems
farmers
geographical information systems
Sailing out to sea in the morning and returning without a catch in the evening is now a thing of the past for many Indian fishermen. A satellite-based information system shows where they can find rich fishing grounds.
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Scaling Success

Lessons from Adaptation Pilots in the Rainfed Regions of India

Training Resources & Tools
August, 2015
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
capacity development
climate change
environment
research
sustainable land management
This report helps policy makers, practitioners and funding agencies identify emerging adaptation good practices and the conditions necessary for scaling up those good practices to achieve adaptation success at scale.