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  1. Library Resource
    Rural & Urbano

    Dinâmincas Urbanas de concepção do espaço público na cidade do Recife

    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
    O presente artigo tem como objetivo discutir as dinâmicas de concepção do espaço urbano contemporâneo, visto como espaço social, produzido e reproduzido em conexão com as relações políticas e econômicas presentes no processo de implementação do Parque Dona Lindu no Recife (estudo de caso), discussão essa construída a partir dos discursos de alguns representantes do poder público e da sociedade civil, no período de 2003 a 2011.
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    "THE FOREST IS OUR HEARTBEAT": THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE INDIGENOUS LAND IN MALAYSIA

    THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE INDIGENOUS LAND IN MALAYSIA

    Reports & Research
    November, 2018
    Malaysia

    Defenders of Indigenous land in Malaysia are targeted, singled out and face opposition from state authorities and private individuals when they speak up. These abuses have further disenfranchised Indigenous communities in Malaysia, marginalising them socially and harming them economically. The report examines the struggles human rights defenders of Indigenous peoples have endured as they have sought to claim their right to Indigenous lands, and the steps that should be taken by the government to ensure that they are given the protection they deserve.

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    Land use conflicts and urban sprawl: Conversion of agriculture lands into urbanization in Hyderabad, Pakistan
    Peer-reviewed publication
    February, 2018
    Pakistan

    Growing population (urbanization) has impact on land around the world. Therefore, this study was con- ducted to find out nexuses between urbanization and agricultural land conversion in the study area. Thus, the population of the study area was Hyderabad district, and the sample size was 192 respondents. Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. Hyderabad is leading fro urban population density per km2 in Pakistan, and second in the world with 40,000 people per km2 where it is 2nd largest urban city of Sindh, and 6th of the country.

  4. Library Resource
    Property Rights and Resource Governance: Afghanistan

    USAID Country Profile

    Reports & Research
    May, 2018
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan continues to struggle to overcome decades of war and civil strife. Its political context remains complex and dominated by the Taliban insurgency, narcotics production, weak governance and incomplete rule of law. After more than fifteen years of state building Afghanistan remains a fragile state.

  5. Library Resource
    Conflits fonciers et problématique de développement rural dans la sous
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    Chad

    Located in the Guéra region in central Chad, the Mongo Sub-Prefecture is the scene of recurring conflicts related to the occupation and exploitation of the land. While the phenomenon is neither new nor specific to this part of the country, the scale it has taken in recent years makes it a worrying subject. This land conflicts are driven by a multitude of actors with traditional authorities, agricultural producers and the urban elite at the center.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2018
    Morocco

    Au Maroc, l’intérêt porté au thème des communs est assez récent même si, traditionnellement, l’accès aux ressources partagées était régulé par des principes communautaires issus des règles coutumières (orf) et/ou des normes du droit islamique (chraa) (Lazarev, 2005 ; Rachik, 2016). La gestion collective des ressources agrosylvopastorales s’inscrit dans la longue histoire de la paysannerie marocaine, où les communautés humaines, structurées en tribus, jouissaient durant la période précoloniale d’une relative autonomie de décision par rapport à l’État central (makhzen).

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    Informe Regional

    Reports & Research
    March, 2018
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Las siguientes páginas recogen el trabajo colectivo del Fondo de Acción Urgente para América Latina y el Caribe FAU-AL junto a 14 fondos feministas y organizaciones locales, nacionales, regionales e internacionales, étnico-comunitarias, de mujeres, feministas y ambientalistas, comprometidas con la promoción y defensa de los derechos humanos y de la naturaleza y la protección integral de las mujeres activistas y comunidades que resisten a la agroindustria, las hidroeléctricas, los proyectos extractivos y de infraestructura en América Latina.

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    Negocios irresponsables y el asesinato de personas defensoras de la tierra y del medio ambiente en 2017

    Reports & Research
    July, 2018
    Global

    El mundo es más peligroso que nunca para las personas defensoras de la tierra y del medio ambiente, y la agroindustria es el sector más vinculado a los asesinatos.

    Nunca ha sido un momento más letal para defender la comunidad, el modo de vida o el medio ambiente.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2018
    Global
    el presente informe forma parte del memorial de defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos. se trata de un proyecto unico, desarrollado por una coalicion internacional de organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de derechos humanos, con el objetivo de conmemorar a todas las personas defensoras de derechos humanos que fueron asesinadas desde la entrada en vigor en 1998 de la declaracion de las naciones unidas sobre las personas
    defensoras de derechos humanos.

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