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Awnetypan amazad: políticas indígenas do habitar e gestão territorial-ambiental em terras indígenas

Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2019
América Latina e Caribe
América do Sul
Brasil

Este artigo apresenta uma análise etnográfica acerca das políticas do habitar entre o povo Wapichana segundo modos específicos de relações com lugares. Em seguida aborda como essas formas próprias de habitar entraram em relação com a agenda de gestão territorial e ambiental de terras indígenas no Brasil por meio da elaboração de um Plano de Gestão Territorial e Ambiental – PGTA. Ao trazer esse encontro, o objetivo é destacar algumas dificuldades de translação na comunicação intercultural.

Agroextrativismo e pagamentos por serviços socioambientais: reflexões a partir das Reservas Extrativistas da Terra do Meio (PA)

Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2019
América Latina e Caribe
América do Sul
Brasil

No contexto de aumento de propostas de sistemas de pagamentos por serviços ambientais e também de reconhecimento crescente da contribuição dos povos tradicionais para a sociobiodiversidade e o combate às mudanças climáticas, esse artigo apresenta um processo em curso de identificação das contribuições socioambientais de povos tradicionais da Terra do Meio.

Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
Décembre, 2019
Kenya

In Kenya, the total land area of the country is 58 million hectares (ha), of which only around 10% is classified as arable land. As of January 2020, the Land Matrix had recorded a total of 14 concluded deals in the country, totalling 269 411 ha, or just 0.46% of the total land area. Although this is a relatively small land footprint, these deals may still have significant implications for local communities and indigenous people. It is important to note that in this country profile, regional filters were used to sort and extract the data on the Land Matrix online platform.

Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka

Reports & Research
Décembre, 2019
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom

ABSTRACTED FROM PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION: The purpose of the mission was to gather accurate and up-to-date information from a range of sources about a number of issues concerning the treatment of Tamils including the government’s attitude to diaspora activities and the treatment of members of diaspora groups, in particular members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). The mission was also interested in gathering information about the treatment of members and former members of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE).

Hoja Informativa N.º 5. Deforestación en comunidades nativas (CCNN): la necesidad de entender el contexto

Institutional & promotional materials
Décembre, 2019
South America
Peru

Esta hoja informativa presenta resultados cuantitativos y cualitativos sobre la deforestación en las comunidades nativas, así como mapas detallados sobre la deforestación entre 2001 y 2015 y sus posibles causas en las más de 1300 CCNN tituladas. También realiza un análisis a partir de la región, el pueblo indígena, la densidad poblacional, los años de ocupación del lugar y la distancia de carreteras. Se presentan detalles sobre las 10 CCNN más y menos deforestadas, sobre todo en San Martín y Ucayali, las regiones de trabajo del proyecto ProTierras Comunales (PTC).

Land conflicts between Economic Land Concessions and smallholder farmers in Bousra commune (Cambodia): What Are the Policy Implications?

Reports & Research
Décembre, 2019
Cambodia

In 2007-8, the Cambodian government granted Economic Land Concessions (ELC) to two rubber companies, namely Socfin-KCD and Dak Lak Mondulkiri Aphivath in Bousra commune, Mondulkiri province. Through a comparative approach, the Case study examines the impact of these rubber concessions on local land tenure systems. It examines how each company took into consideration the land claims of affected people and communities, and the effectiveness of the conflict resolution approach.

Aspectos Técnicos para la implementación de proyectos urbanos en territorios indígenas y de afrodescendientes de Nicaragua

Manuals & Guidelines
Octobre, 2019
América Latina y el Caribe
América central
Nicaragua

Los aspesctos técnicos mencionados en este documento tienen como objetivo socializar una seria de normativas y procedimientos que tendrian que ser establecidos en territorios de poblaciones indígenas y de afrodescendientes, para discutir sobre la realización de proyectos urbanos en estas áreas de Nicaragua. El documento esta dividido en dos partes importantes:

Tecnical aspects for the implementation of urban projects in indigenous and Afro-descendant territories of Nicaragua

Manuals & Guidelines
Octobre, 2019
Latin America and the Caribbean
Central America
Nicaragua
The technical aspects mentioned in this document are intended to socialize a series of regulations and procedures that would have to be established in territories of indigenous and Afro-descendant populations, to discuss the implementation of urban projects in these areas of Nicaragua. The document is divided into two important parts:
 
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La ventaja de América Latina y el Caribe - La agricultura familiar: un factor decisivo para lograr la resiliencia de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición

Peer-reviewed publication
Septembre, 2019
América Latina y el Caribe

Según un nuevo informe presentado hoy por el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), los proyectos de desarrollo que integran las inversiones en los pueblos indígenas rurales, los jóvenes y las mujeres con medidas para adaptarse al cambio climático tienen más probabilidades de tener éxito en América Latina y el Caribe.

The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices

Reports & Research
Août, 2019
Africa
Kenya
Latin America and the Caribbean
United States of America
Asia
Global

The climate crisis demands urgent action, yet we live in a politically polarized and paralyzed world. As governments and other actors struggle over climate change, our environment is irreversibly changing. A United Nations report on the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services revealed that three-quarters of the earth’s land-based environment has been significantly altered by human actions.