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Constructing Rights

Indigenous Peoples at the Public Hearings of the National Inquiry into Customary Rights to Land in Sabah, Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Malaysia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
development
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
use rights
customary land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
customary tenure
Indigenous Peoples
Malaysia has declared its vision of developed country status by the year 2020. Much has been written about its top-down development approach, its relative economic success and the social as well as environmental costs of such approach. In 2011 and 2012 the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) set into motion a national inquiry into the status of customary rights to land in the country. As part of the inquiry, a nationwide series of consultations was held over several months in 2012, culminating in formal public hearings in Peninsular Malyasia, Sarawak and Sabah.
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High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
forestry
deforestation
forest land
natural resources
Quantification of global forest change has been lacking despite the recognized importance of forest ecosystem services. In this study, Earth observation satellite data were used to map global forest loss (2.3 million square kilometers) and gain (0.8 million square kilometers) from 2000 to 2012 at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. The tropics were the only climate domain to exhibit a trend, with forest loss increasing by 2101 square kilometers per year.
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Biofuels Investment and Community Land Tenure in Tanzania

The Case of Bioshape, Kilwa District

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
land investments
One of the most wellknown biofuel investments was that of Bioshape, which acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha.
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A strategy to improve livelihoods and restore degraded lands in Haiti

October, 2013
Haiti, Central America, South America
natural resources management
land use
food security
farmers
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Production in Haiti. In collaboration with international and local partners to assist with Haiti’s severe food production constraints in three major areas:

Seed Solutions for Food Security

Improved seeds of staple crops are a major leverage point for change in agriculture. By giving higher and more stable yields, they offer short-term benefits, which open the way toward a more profound transformation.

Resilient System Solutions for Sustainable Growth
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Andes basin development challenge

October, 2013
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America
natural resources management
water management
The printable flyer provides a short overview of the Andes basin development challenge on water and food including infographics on the region we work in.
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Arresting gully formation in the Ethiopian highlands

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
water management
Over the past five decades, gullying has been widespread and has become more severe in the Ethiopian highlands. Only in very few cases, rehabilitation of gullies has been successful in Ethiopia due to the high costs. The objective of this paper is to introduce cost effective measures to arrest gully formation. The research was conducted in the Debre-Mewi watershed located at 30 km south of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
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Assessment of farmers’ rainwater management technology adoption in the Blue Nile basin

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
water management
Agricultural productivity in Ethiopian highlands is constrained mainly by high climate variability. Although use of soil and water conservation technologies is recognized as a key strategy to improve agricultural productivity, adoption of technologies has been very low as farmers consider a variety of factors in their adoption decision. This study assesses the adoption pattern of interrelated rainwater management technologies and investigates factors that influence farm household adoption and scaling-up of rainwater management technologies and draws recommendations for policy.
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Assessment of rainwater management practices and land use land cover changes in the Meja watershed of Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Africa
water management
Poor rainwater management (RWM) practices and resultant problems of land degradation and low water productivity are severe problems in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. The current study was undertaken at Meja watershed, which is located in the Jeldu district of Oromia region. The study investigated rainwater management practices and associated socio-economic and biophysical conditions in the watershed. The existing RWM interventions, their extent and the nature of changes in land use and land cover (LULC) conditions were mapped and evaluated.
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Characteristics and on-site financial costs of erosion in the Meja watershed of the Abay basin, Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Africa
water management
Most soil erosion studies conducted in Ethiopia are focused on quantification of sediment and lack specific information on temporal and spatial variability of sediment and its associated plant nutrients loss. This study was, therefore quantified and characterized runoff and sediment along with estimated the on-site financial cost of erosion in terms of its concomitant crop yield loss due to the nitrogen and phosphorus lost in consequence of erosion.
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Determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in sesame production: Evidence from Diga, Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Africa
agriculture
Considering that agriculture remains a key sector in Ethiopia, commercialization of the sector necessitates improving participation of smallholder farmers in markets, hence improving their incomes and livelihoods. Promoting smallholder commercialization through cash crop production is one avenue of such efforts. The main argument for smallholder commercialization through cash crop production is that it can allow households to increase their income directly. Sesame in Ethiopia can be taken as a good example in this regard.