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O Parque Natural do Fogo: cosmologias e territorialidades

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Journal Articles & Books
september, 2017
África
Cabo Verde

O artigo apresenta uma pesquisa sobre o Parque Natural do Fogo, na ilha do Fogo, em Cabo Verde, tendo como foco as sociocosmologias caldeirenses. A pesquisa etnográfica foi realizada em Chã das Caldeiras, na qual explorei alguns contextos cosmopolitas onde o cosmos e a política não estão isolados.

Securing community tenure rights to land in Betem, Akpet, Idoma and Akampa in Cross River State, Nigeria

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Reports & Research
september, 2017
Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa

The study focuses on impacts of PZ Wilmar’s acquisition of nearly 30,000 hectares of land. Wilmar is a multinational company involved in land grabbing cases related to oil palm plantations in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study shows the extent of Wilmar’s infringement on communal land rights, examining cases of eviction and destruction of livelihoods.

LIFT imagery strategy

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Reports & Research
september, 2017
Ethiopia

This report assesses the procurement of remotely sensed imagery as opposed to aerial photography for rolling out second level land certification and the rural land administration system..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Décret n° 2017-757 du 05 septembre 2017 portant engagement national en matière de neutralité de la dégradation des terres.

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Regulations
september, 2017
Madagascar

Le présent décret fixe l'engagement national en matière de neutralité de la dégradation des terres, en application des dispositions générales de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification et de la Charte de l'Environnement Malagasy actualisée.

Boosting governance in Mozambique’s forests

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Reports & Research
augustus, 2017
Mozambique

Mozambique is Africa’s largest exporter of timber to China. Yet multiple published concerns over the sustainability and legality of that timber trade assert the rapid commercial depletion of future timber stocks, the marginalisation of local forest communities, and the loss of revenue to government estimated at US$146 million between 2007 and 2013 alone.


European Development Finance Institutions and land grabs. The need for further independent scrutiny

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Reports & Research
augustus, 2017
Africa

Highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa. Documents 9 cases involving 8 of the European DFIs in Cameroon, DR Congo, Sao Tome, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

Moving from information dissemination to community participation in forest landscapes

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Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
juli, 2017
Asia

Traditionally, in the context of environment and natural resources management, many communication efforts have focused on the dissemination of technical information to end-users who were expected to adopt them. Development practitioners were trying to ‘push’ their products on communities in order to receive community commitment to their development initiatives.

Moving from information dissemination to community participation in forest landscapes

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Reports & Research
juli, 2017
South-Eastern Asia

Traditionally, in the context of environment and natural resources management, many communication efforts have focused on the dissemination of technical information to end-users who were expected to adopt them. Development practitioners were trying to ‘push’ their products on communities in order to receive community commitment to their development initiatives.