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.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2019Antigua y Barbuda, Belice, Comoras, Cabo Verde, Guyana, Haití, Jamaica, Saint Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, Madagascar, Mauricio, Papua Nueva Guinea, Suriname, Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Trinidad y Tabago, San Vicente y las Granadinas, Samoa
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2017Haití
The paper provides a case study of the conversion of state land in the Commune of Limonade, from a community-controlled agricultural economy to a large-scale agro-export banana plantation called Agritrans. This study shows how repurposing state land may impact food security and social stability of peasant farmers. The Agritrans plantation, designed and implemented by Haitian businessman and current President Jovenel Moïse, is used as a blueprint for Haiti’s development future.
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Land Use Policy Volume 41
Publicación revisada por paresNoviembre, 2014Brasil, Trinidad y Tabago, Estados Unidos de AméricaBetween 1940 and 2000, nearly 10 million housing units were constructed throughout California. This increased interaction between human and natural communities creates a number of significant socio-ecological challenges. Here we present a novel spatially explicit model that allows better characterization of the extent and intensity of future housing settlements using three development scenarios between 2000 and 2050. We estimate that California's exurban land classes will replace nearly 12 million acres of wild and agricultural lands.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesJulio, 2019Caribe, Haití
Date: 12 décembre 2019
Source: Foncier & Développement
Par: Daniel Latouche
« Appuyer la réforme foncière en Haïti : Les enseignements des expériences québécoises et internationales »
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosOctubre, 2003Haití
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosFebrero, 2019Rwanda, Liberia, Mozambique, Sudáfrica, Uganda, China, Namibia, Botswana, Australia, Jamaica, Ghana, India, Guinea, Colombia, Papua Nueva Guinea, Mongolia
El Estado y el sector privado requieren la valoración de los derechos de tenencia por una amplia gama de motivos, a menudo fundamentando y sentando las bases de las transacciones, la tributación, la compensación y la contabilidad. Si bien el valor y el proceso de valoración tienen repercusiones jurídicas y económicas directas en nuestra vida cotidiana, suelen estar envueltos en misterio y no se los comprende con claridad.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosMarzo, 2019Mozambique, Liberia, Botswana, Estados Unidos de América, Filipinas, Polonia, Zimbabwe, China, Namibia, Países Bajos, Australia, Jamaica, Irlanda, Canadá, Nueva Zelandia, India, Reino Unido, Mongolia, Colombia, Papua Nueva Guinea, Ghana
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a series of Technical Guides to elaborate and provide more detailed guidance on thematic areas contained within the Guidelines. As part of this series, this Technical Guide covers the issues associated with the identification and valuation of tenure rights for different purposes, and provides guidance on how to ensure that valuations are undertaken in a fair, reliable and transparent manner that comply with internati onal norms.
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Library ResourceLegislaciónNoviembre, 2016Dominica
This Act concerns the development and management of geothermal resources for purposes of obtaining geothermal energy. It establishes the Geothermal Resources Advisory Committee. “Geothermal energy” means the energy derived or derivable from and produced within the earth by natural heat phenomena, and includes geothermal water. The Geothermal Resources Advisory Committee shall advise the Minister on development of geothermal energy.
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Library ResourceLegislaciónEnero, 1947San Vicente y las Granadinas
This Act sets forth procedures and principles of acquiring any land by the Government for public purposes and abandonment of acquisition. The acquisition of lands for public purposes shall only be made by the declaration of the Governor General. In addition, the Governor General may authorize officers for a preliminary survey or other investigation of the land, for the purchase of the land without waiting for formal procedures, for setting and marking the borders of the acquired land, for negotiating with the land owners, and for gathering information.
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Library ResourceLegislaciónEnero, 1926San Vicente y las Granadinas
This Act sets forth provisions on appointment of officers to discharge the duties imposed by this Act in Article 3, reservation of minerals in Article 5, survey of any Crown land or Crown boundary by the Chief Surveyor in Article 6, notice upon the owner of the lands before survey in Article 7, apply by petition to Court to review the survey in Article 9, judicial proceedings in Article 10, means of access from any public highway through intervening lands to any Crown lands in Article 13, marking of road in Article 14, authorities of Chief Forest Officer, Chief Surveyor or other surveyor em
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