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Global land use: Policies for the future

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Reports & Research
Setembro, 2011
África
Global

Includes summary; global land resources and projections for the future; soils and soil policies; ecosystems’ services; biofuels and impacts on land use; biofuel production and land use in Brazil; land and national self-sufficiency; land use and increasing production; overseas land investments (often called ‘land grabbing’); land rights and ownership – the Rwandan example; international voluntar

THE LAND SECTOR NON-STATE ACTORS (LSNSA)

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Journal Articles & Books
Setembro, 2011
Quênia

kenya land alliance download :Memorandum On Continued Engagement With The Ministry Of Lands On Land Reforms Presented To: The Ministry Of Lands. The approval by the public of the Constitution at the referendum on August 4, 2010 and its promulgation on August 27, 2010 heralded a new dawn of governance in Kenya.

Sold Out - Launch of China pipeline project unleashes abuse across Burma (English, Burmese - မန်မာဘာသာ)

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Reports & Research
Setembro, 2011
Myanmar

Construction of various project components
to extract, process, and export the Shwe
gas - as well as oil trans-shipments from
Africa and the Middle East - is now well
underway. Local peoples are losing their land
and fishing grounds without finding new job
opportunities. Workers that have found lowpaying
temporary jobs are exploited and fired for

‘Shifting ground’

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Peer-reviewed publication
Julho, 2011
Malaysia

In this paper, we use an actor-oriented perspective to explore the nature and extent of conflict and negotiation with regard to land use and tenure among the Iban of Sarawak. The Iban are shifting cultivators who have long been involved in smallholder cash crops.

The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy

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Reports & Research
Março, 2011
África
Etiópia

Examines political and social dynamics of foreign agricultural investment in Ethiopia. Concludes that this expansion is part of a government move towards an export-led development strategy, so the micro-benefits come at the cost of increased risks to those living in the vicinity of new investments, particularly politically marginalised pastoralist populations.

Irregular and illegal Land Acquisition by Kenya’s Elites: Trends, Processes, and Impacts of Kenya’s Land-Grabbing Phenomenon

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Journal Articles & Books
Janeiro, 2011
Quênia

The International Land Coalition (ILC) has commissioned this present report to analyze the illegal/irregular acquisition of land by Kenya’s elites to ascertain the types of land affected, the processes used to acquire land, and the profiles of the perpetrators, as well as to identify the victims and the impacts of land grabbing.

Assessment of land use, forest policy and governance in Cambodia Working paper

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Dezembro, 2010
Cambodja

The purpose of this assessment is to assist identification of key drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation in Cambodia and review past efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, in order to identify promising approaches for the national REDD Strategy. The report focuses on drivers of deforestation and degradation and additional components covered under REDD+, i.e.

Community Forestry in Cease-Fire Zones in Kachin State, Northern Burma: Formalizing Collective Property in Contested Ethnic Areas

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Institutional & promotional materials
Dezembro, 2010
Myanmar

Community forests (CFs) in northern Burma have been gaining momentum since the mid-2000s, spearheaded by national NGOs, mostly in response to protect village land from encroaching agribusiness concessions.

Does Large Scale Agricultural Investment Benefit the Poor?

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Reports & Research
Dezembro, 2010
Cambodja

The current study attempts to examine whether large-scale agricultural investment of this type benefits the poor and how this investment can be implemented to increase benefits for the poor. It is arguable whether the poor need more land to grow crops to meet their food security requirements or need to benefit from large-scale agricultural investment in Cambodia.