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Documentos de política y resúmenes
Abril, 2014
Colombia
By Anthony Piaskowy, Communication and Urban Specialist for USAID's Land Tenure and Property Rights Division.
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Documentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2014Asia oriental, Asia, ChinaAlmost two decades have passed since China first enacted legislation to protect farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use. Yet hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land are still developed to urban area each year, raising the question of whether the legislation is effective in preserving farmland from development. This paper examines the effectiveness of the Basic Farmland Protection Regulation in protecting high-quality farmland from urban development in China in the first decade after it came into effect (1995‒2005).
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Enero, 1970Farms 25/77 NQ and 27/77N0, located in North East District, were acquired by the Government
from the freeholder, Mr Blackbeard in 1990. The purchase followed the recommendations of the
consultants appointed to conduct the feasibility study of the Lower Shashe dam (SMEC, 1990), and
had the objective of providing compensatory land for Matopi villagers who need to be relocated
before flooding of the reservoir.
During the latter part of 1990, the Tati Land Board proposed compensating Matopi residents by
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Informes e investigacionesGlobalNEW YORK (17 September, 2014)—US$1.64 billion, the funds pledged to date by three major multi-lateral initiatives at the United Nations and World Bank in preparing for the evolving REDD+ carbon market, would expand the demarcation, registration, and titling of rights of the local communities and Indigenous Peoples living on 450 million hectares, an area almost half the size of Europe, according to new research released by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education).
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Documentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2014América del Sur, ChileThis paper presents what is known about the role of agrarian reform and the subsequent counter reform in producing a successful dynamic evolution of Chilean agriculture.
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Publicación revisada por paresArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2015Water, sanitation, and hygiene can have a profound effect on health and nutrition. A growing base of evidence on the link between sanitation, child height, and well-being has come at an opportune time, when the issue of sanitation and nutrition in developing countries has moved to the top of the post-2015 development agenda.
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Documentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2002América del Sur, BrasilThis report identifies the links among economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in Brazil. It examines the effects of (1) a major devaluation of the Brazilian real (R$); (2) improvements of infrastructure in the Amazon to link it with the rest of Brazil and bordering countries; (3) modification of land tenure regimes in the Amazon agricultural frontier; (4) adoption of technological change in agriculture both inside and outside the Amazon; and (5) fiscal mechanisms to reduce deforestation." -- from Author's Abstract
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Documentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2004En el mundo entero, los gobiernos buscan cada vez más gestionar sus bosques con la colaboración de la gente que vive cerca de ellos. Por lo general, los ministerios forestales o sus equivalentes lo hacen ofreciendo a la población local acceso a productos forestales seleccionados o a tierras de bosques, ingresos provenientes de los recursos forestales u oportunidades de comunicarse con las autoridades forestales gubernamentales.
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Publicación revisada por paresArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2015How can family farmers best contribute to their country’s agriculture needs as well as broader development goals? First, we should determine which farmers can be profitable and assist them in doing so. Second, for those who aren’t profitable, we need to help them shift to other economic pursuits.
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Documentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 1998África subsahariana, África, GhanaLand tenure institutions in customary land areas of Sub-Saharan Africa have been evolving towards individualized ownership. Communal land tenure institutions aim to achieve and preserve the equitable distribution of land (and hence, income) among community members. Uncultivated forestland is owned by the community or village, and as long as forest land is available, forest clearance of forest is easily approved by the village chief.
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