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Biomas brasileiros e a teia da vida

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Brazil
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
agroforestry systems
communal territory
development
forest land
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
natural resources management
nature reserves
rural areas
rural population
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
territory
Conscientes do colapso civilizacional com que nos defrontamos como espécie humana e inspirados pela Campanha da Fraternidade deste ano, cujo tema é Fraternidade: Biomas Brasileiros e Defesa da Vida e que tem como lema Cultivar e Guardar a Criação (Gn 2,15), a edição de número 500 da revista IHU On-Line debate o tema que também é assunto central do ciclo de conferências promovido pelo Instituto Humanitas Unisinos – IHU a partir do dia 15 de março até o final do mês de junho deste ano.
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Unidades de Conservação mais desmatadas da Amazônia legal (2012-2015)

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Amazonia, Brazil
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
communal territory
deforestation
forest conservation
forest land
forest law
forest management plans
forestry
local communities
natural resources management
nature reserves
rural areas
territory
water management
As Unidades de Conservação cobrem 22% da Amazônia Legal e são uma estratégia eficaz para conservar animais, plantas e serviços ambientais, conter o desmatamento e manter o equilíbrio climático do Planeta. Contudo, as taxas de desmatamento em UCs vêm aumentando – em 2015 já superava a de 2012 em 79% –, assim como sua participação no desmatamento total da Amazônia, que passou de 6% em 2008 para 12% em 2015.
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A Collaborative Approach to Human Rights Impact Assessments

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2017
Global
advocacy
agriculture
capacity development
development agencies
extractive industries
land rights
research
tenure security
sustainable development
This paper provides guidance on how to conduct collaborative and participatory risk assessments, paying attention to the human rights of project-affected people. It was written for stakeholders who seek more effective strategies for investigating the human rights impacts of business projects or operations, and who wish to make their human rights impact assessments more inclusive and responsive, or who seek to encourage greater buy-in from other stakeholders.
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Briefing Note: A Collaborative Approach to Human Rights Impact Assessments

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2017
Global
agriculture
development agencies
extractive industries
land rights
tenure security
sustainable development
This briefing note, co-authored with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Sciences Po Law School Clinic, outlines a new approach to conducting human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) of business operations or projects, which brings together project-affected people, the company, and other stakeholders to jointly design and implement an assessment.
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LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 7

Can technology revolutionise efforts to secure land rights?

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2017
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agricultural land management
agriculture
community land rights
development
land
land allocation
land governance
land improvement
land information systems
land management
land registration
land rights
land use mapping
local communities
open data
rural development
sustainable development
sustainable land management
This LEGEND bulletin considers the impact that new technology can have on documenting land rights and democratising access to land data around the world.
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Comunidad 24 de mayo: Mujeres Kichwas defendiendo la tierra

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Ecuador
gender equity in access to land
land dispute
women

"Desde la antigüedad las mujeres soñamos defender la tierra para un futuro próspero, donde todos tengamos los mismos derechos sea hombre o mujer"(Antonia Grefa, Comunidad Veinticuatro De Mayo)

En la actualidad en la comunidad Veinticuatro de Mayo existe un porcentaje muy similar entre dirigentes hombres y mujeres, esto ha ayudado a que se equiparen los derechos y obligaciones dentro de esta comunidad.
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Summary Report: Recognition of Customary Tenure in the Mekong Region

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
compensation
concession (land)
customary land rights
customary law
customary tenure
expropriation
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
indigenous people's tenure
land conflicts
This dialogue provided a way for the land community to collaboratively explore challenges and opportunities related to the recognition of indigenous, ethnic minority and customary tenure rights in the Mekong region in order to:
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Aperçu regional sur l'insecurité alimentaire - au Proche-Orient et l'Afrique du nord

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Northern Africa, Western Asia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
water management
Source: Fao.org

La gestion durable de l’eau en agriculture est essentielle pour mettre fin à la faim et pour l’adaptation au changement climatique
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Logging, Mining, And Agricultural Concessions Data Transparency: A Survey Of 14 Forested Countries

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
concession (land)
deforestation
environment
extractive industries
forest land
geographical information systems
land allocation
land information systems
land management
land use
land use mapping
natural resources management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
Global demand for timber, agricultural commodities, and extractives is a significant driver of deforestation worldwide. Transparent land-concessions data for these large-scale commercial activities are essential to understand drivers of forest loss, monitor environmental impacts of ongoing activities, and ensure efficient and sustainable allocation of land.
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USAID Report on Land Tenure & Cocoa Production in Ghana

A CRIG/WCF Collaborative Survey, February 2017

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Ghana
boundaries
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
customary law
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land
alienation (land)
encroachment
collateral (land)
land access
control rights
land conflicts
farm tenancy
community land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
farmers
rural population
women
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), with support from the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), performed the Ghana Land Tenure Baseline Survey, the first of its kind survey of tenure rights among cocoa farmers in Ghana. CRIG surveyed almost 1,800 cocoa farmers operating 3,900 cocoa plots regarding various land tenure issues within customary sharecropping arrangements and on owner-managed land. This report describes the findings from the Survey.