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2019 WB conference: session of Climate Change and Forest Landscape Restoration

Videos
January, 2019
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
environment
forest conservation
forest land
forest management plans
natural resources management
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Agua y Cultivos

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2019
Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Qatar, Zambia, Israel, Guatemala, China, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Kuwait, Malta, Nicaragua, India, Niger, Togo
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
water management
food security
natural resources management
El agua - fuente de seguridad alimentaria/Día mundial de la alimentación: 16 Octubre 2002
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Application of land-use simulation to protected area selection for efficient avoidance of biodiversity loss in Canada’s western boreal region

Land Use Policy Volume 82

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2019
Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
biodiversity
land use
research
Avoided ecological loss is an appropriate measure of conservation effectiveness, but challenging to measure because it requires consideration of counterfactual conditions. Land-use simulation is a well suited but underutilized tool in this regard. As a case study for the application of land-use simulation to assess the impact of protected areas, we present a scenario analysis exploring conservation options in Canada’s western boreal forest.
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Armed conflict and mining induced land-use transition in northern Nimba County, Liberia

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Liberia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
environment
deforestation
land use
land use change
mining
natural resources management
land conflicts
local communities
This study determined pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict land use change and analysed the impact of armed conflict on the intensity of land use change in northern Nimba County. Landsat images of 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2016 were classif
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Armenia and FAO

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2019
Asia, Armenia
sustainable development
natural resources management
Over the past 20 years, FAO has played an active role in supporting Armenia’s national development plans and emergency projects aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and improving the country’s food security. The Organization has provided technical assistance ranging from developments in the agriculture sector to fighting transboundary animal diseases, natural resources management, land administration and forestry and fisheries interventions.
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Assentamento Palmares II: Uma Experiência Inspiradora de Resistência

Reports & Research
May, 2019
Brazil
rural development
natural resources management
O processo de luta e construção do Assentamento Palmares II, o maior do estado e um dos maiores do Brasil, teve início em 1994, quando cerca de 2.500 famílias sem-terra ocupam uma área sob concessão da empresa Vale S. A., sendo em seguida despejadas. Sem desistirem, a luta pela regularização do assentamento segue com a ocupação da sede do Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA)
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Autonomía indígena y prácticas de autodeterminación en Bolivia

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2019
Bolivia
natural resources management
territory
Autonomía indígena y prácticas de autodeterminación en Bolivia

Ruth Bautista Durán[1]
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Challenges and opportunities of recognizing and protecting customary tenure systems in Cambodia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2019
Cambodia
VGGT
land policies
natural resources management
indigenous peoples' land rights
land tenure systems
customary tenure
indigenous people's tenure
statutory tenure
tenure security
This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to recognizing customary tenure in Cambodia.
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Climate Change, Land and Resource Governance, and Violent Extremism: Spotlight on the African Sahel

Reports & Research
May, 2019
Algeria, Sudan, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agropastoral systems
development
environment
food security
grazing land rights
land conflicts
land rights
land tenure
natural resources management
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
property
property rights
rangelands
Tetra Tech’s land tenure and property rights experts examine how weak land and resource governance can fuel drivers of violent extremism. With a focus on the African Sahel, this new issue brief finds this dynamic is especially prevalent when land and resource governance challenges are coupled with environmental disruptions, resource scarcity, or migration.
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Conservation Agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2019
Germany, Moldova, Niger, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Italy, Madagascar, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Armenia, Paraguay, Turkey
natural resources management
land management
agriculture
farmers
Agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is diverse, and has great potential to revitalize the economy of the countries in the region via improved productivity (efficiency) and higher total yield for food, fodder and fibre crops. Conservation agriculture can rise to the major challenge of making sustainable intensification of production systems a reality.