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  1. Library Resource

    Land Use Policy Volume 78

    Publicación revisada por pares
    Noviembre, 2018
    Brasil, Estados Unidos de América

    Brazil’s Soy Moratorium solidified the world’s largest traders’ commitment to stop soybean purchases from production areas deforested after July 2006. The aim was to remove deforestation from the soybean supply-chain and halt one of the main drivers of forest loss in the Amazon biome. In this study, we investigated changes in deforestation at the property-level for the period 2004 to 2014.

  2. Library Resource
    Contested aquaculture development in the protected mangrove forests of the Kapuas estuary, West Kalimantan
    Publicación revisada por pares
    Enero, 2014
    Indonesia

    Indonesia comprises more mangroves than any other country, but also exhibits some of the highest mangrove loss rates worldwide. Most of these mangrove losses are caused by aquaculture development. Monetary valuation of the numerous ecosystem services of mangroves may contribute to their conservation.

  3. Library Resource
    Eroding battlefields: Land degradation in Java reconsidered
    Publicación revisada por pares
    Septiembre, 2014
    Indonesia

    Land degradation has been a major political issue in Java for decades. Its causes have generally been framed by narratives focussing on farmers’ unsustainable cultivation practices. This paper causally links land degradation with struggles over natural resources in Central Java. It presents a case study that was part of a research project combining remote sensing and political ecology to explore land use/cover change and its drivers in the catchment of the Segara Anakan lagoon.

  4. Library Resource
    Enero, 2007
    India, Asia meridional

    This report investigates the threats to the livelihoods of Indian Lanjigarh locals after the arrival of a subsidiary of Vedanta. It presents the myths about Vedanta in relation to this project and unravels the truth behind each with evidence from official reports, journalists, Action Aid’s own field visits and first hand accounts of local people. The locals of Niyamgiri mountain, in Kalahandi District, Orissa, India have lived for decades by foraging in the forests, raising chickens and growing vegetables and rice.

  5. Library Resource
    Enero, 2007
    Myanmar, Asia oriental, Oceanía

    This report addresses the environmental and human rights situation faced by villagers and migrant workers in Shwegyin township of Nyaunglebin District, Pegu Division, Burma.

  6. Library Resource
    Green Peace
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Mayo, 2014
    Brasil
    A energia elétrica é uma das bases do desenvolvimento, consequentemente é um dos principais influentes na questão ambiental, estando no cerne das discussões do desenvolvimento sustentável.
     
    A Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte construída no Rio Xingu, no município de Altamira no Estado do Pará, passou desde o seu primeiro projeto por várias mudanças e discussões, principalmente na questão das terras indígenas, causando impactos na organização físico-territorial e sociocultural, além do desequilíbrio nas condições de saúde e alimentação.
     
  7. Library Resource
    Informes e investigaciones
    Octubre, 2015
    Myanmar

    This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District during the period between November 2014 to January 2015, including illegal logging, punishment, education, and livelihoods...

    In C--- village, Pa Heh village tract, primary school students who did not pass the examinations were punished by their teacher who made them sit down and stand up 500 to 1,000 times...

    Karen National Union (KNU) soldiers arrested two people found on a bamboo raft carrying logs which had been cut down on November 3rd 2014...

  8. Library Resource
    Agosto, 2013

    The book clarifies many policy, and
    technical issues that confront resettlement policymakers,
    and practitioners. It provides guidance on resettlement
    design, implementation, and monitoring, and, it discusses
    resettlement issues particular to development projects in
    different sectors, such as urban development, natural
    resource management, and the building of dams. Construction
    of infrastructure, a prerequisite for sustained

  9. Library Resource
    Marzo, 2012

    This paper explains how climate change
    may increase future migration, and which risks are
    associated with such migration. It also examines how some of
    this migration may enhance the capacity of communities to
    adapt to climate change. Climate change is likely to result
    in some increase above baseline rates of migration in the
    next 40 years. Most of this migration will occur within
    developing countries. There is little reason to think that

  10. Library Resource
    Diciembre, 2014

    This Handbook is intended to be a
    practical guide to help companies in the crop production
    industry develop and implement an environmental and social
    management system, which should help to improve overall
    operations. If a company has existing management systems
    for quality or health and safety, this Handbook will help to
    expand them to include environmental and social performance.
    Sections I and II provide background on environmental and

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