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Sustainability standards and certification: towards sustainable palm oil in Indonesia?

Reports & Research
December, 2012
United States of America, Indonesia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land-use planning
land rights
Palm oil production is currently the focus of much contentious debate. On the one hand, palm oil production has a substantial, positive (socio-) economic impact in countries which produce it, like Indonesia, and is a powerful engine of rural development. On the other hand, palm oil production has a severe negative impact regarding ecological and social sustainability. This is due above all to its large carbon footprint, reduced biodiversity, and its potential for triggering land rights conflicts.
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Can land taxes foster sustainable development? An assessment of fiscal, distributional and implementation issues

Land Use Policy Volume 78

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2018
Indonesia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, United States of America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
assessment
development
land tax
land use
research
sustainable development
Economists argue that land rent taxation is an ideal form of taxation as it causes no deadweight losses. Nevertheless, pure land rent taxation is rarely applied. This paper revisits the case of land taxation for developing countries. We first provide an up-to-date review on land taxation in development countries, including feasibility and implementation challenges. We then simulate land tax reforms for Rwanda, Peru, Nicaragua and Indonesia, based on household surveys.
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Are we building competitive and liveable cities?: Guidelines for developing eco-efficient and socially inclusive infrastructure

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2011
Chile, Colombia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Singapore, Tajikistan
Urban Tenure
urban planning
urbanization
This guideline jointly published by The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), in partnership with the Urban Design Lab of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, provides practical tools for city planners and decision makers to reform urban planning and infrastructure design according to the principles of eco-efficiency and social inclusiveness.
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Experiences and Development Impacts of Securing Land Rights at Scale in Developing Countries: Case Studies of China and Vietnam

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Central African Republic, China, Ethiopia, Russia, Rwanda, United States of America, Vietnam, Asia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
development
land registration
land rights
scale
This paper reviews experiences and development impacts of a selected number of developing countries in Asia and Africa that have used emerging land registration approaches to rapidly secure land rights at scale. Rapid and scalable registration is essential to eliminate a major backlog of the world’s unregistered land, which stands at about 70 percent. The objective of the review, based on secondary data, is to draw lessons that can help accelerate land registration across many countries.
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Nature-Based Solutions for agricultural water management and food security

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Southern Africa, South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, United States of America, Japan, Philippines, Iran, Nepal
Land & Food Security
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land management
desertification
land degradation
agriculture
water management
Agriculture influences and shapes the world’s ecosystems, but not always in a positive way. More than 2.5 billion people are globally involved as stewards of land and water ecosystems that constitute the natural resource base for feeding the current and future world population. Yet, conventional agronomic interventions based on ‘hard’ agricultural engineering compromise various eco-services that are required for sustainable agricultural development.
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Seizing the Urban Opportunity. How national governments can recover from COVID-19, secure shared prosperity, and tackle the climate crisis through cities.

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2021
Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land policies
land use
urban areas
urbanization
Today, the Coalition for Urban Transitions releases a new report ‘Seizing the Urban Opportunity’, which provides insights from six emerging economies on how national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities. Launching as a call to action for national governments ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, it builds on the Coalition’s flagship 2019 report: Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity.
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Addressing Food Loss and Waste: A Global Problem with Local Solutions

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2020
Guatemala, Nigeria, Rwanda, Vietnam
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land use
local communities
Investments that reduce food loss and waste can deliver big wins on two pressing issues of our time: food security and environmental sustainability, according to a new World Bank report. But the results are not automatic -- countries need well-targeted solutions.
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Emerging lessons for mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Strategic entry points and processes

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2019
Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Vietnam, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land & Investments
land-use planning
private sector
A new report developed by GIZ highlights success factors and 7 practical entry points for mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into policies and planning, based on 16 case studies from Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Philippines and Viet Nam in the following contexts:
1. National climate change policies (NDC, NAP)
2. National public investment allocation and project screening
3. Sectoral adaptation plans (water resources, protected areas, disaster risk reduction)
4. Land-use planning (spatial planning & landscape management)
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Land Degradation Neutrality in Small Island Developing States

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2019
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Guyana, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Samoa
Land & Investments
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
land degradation
land investments
private sector
Land degradation exacerbates the unique vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to environmental challenges, such as climate change, flash floods, soil erosion, lagoon siltation, coastal erosion and sea level rise, undermining their economic potential. Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in SIDS, preserving biodiversity and increasing resilience to climate change. Land degradation has a strong negative impact on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, water resources management and coastal zone management.
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The effects of land registration on financial development and economic growth - a theoretical and conceptual framework

Reports & Research
July, 2016
Norway, Thailand, United States of America
development
land
land registration
The author develops a theoretical framework to guide empirical analysis of how land registration affects financial development and economic growth. Most conceptual approaches investigate the effects of land registration on only one sector, nut land registration is commonly observed to affect not only other sectors but the economy as a whole. The author builds on the well-tested link between secure land ownership and farm productivity, adding to the framework theory about positive information and transaction costs.