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Livelihood strategies and land use changes in response to conservation: Pitfalls of community-based forest management in Madagascar

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011
Madagascar

Faced with the low success rates of protected areas in conserving natural forests and supporting rural development, the Malagasy government recently chose to transfer forest resource management to local communities. Feedback about the implementation of this new policy suggests that agriculture continues to drive deforestation.

The analysis on the change of farming lands in the territory of middle Lithuania

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Conference Papers & Reports
Décembre, 2011
Lettonie
Lituanie

Land means the basic part of the natural environment, the basic instrument of human life, activity and immovable property, which is being disposed of in the process of land relation. Land should be used when coordinating private and public interests as well as environment protection requirements.

Policy solutions in the U.S

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2011

The paper focuses on relocation, retreat, zoning, insurance, and subsidy as major dimensions of coastal hazard mitigation measures that have resurfaced as potent forces for combating coastal inundation and climate change. It reviews the issues surrounding the practice of these measures and discusses compatibilities of policies, engineering measures, and natural defense.

Is agricultural zoning exclusionary?

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Conference Papers & Reports
Mai, 2011

In rapidly suburbanizing areas, minimum lot sizes of ten acres or greater are often used to discourage residential development and to maintain agricultural critical mass. Because of significant development pressure in these places, there is a good chance these lot size regulations will bind.

The analysis on the change of farming lands in the territory of middle Lithuania

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Décembre, 2010
Lithuania

Land means the basic part of the natural environment, the basic instrument of human life, activity and immovable property, which is being disposed of in the process of land relation. Land should be used when coordinating private and public interests as well as environment protection requirements.

Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2010

In human‐dominated regions, protected areas are complemented by other conservation strategies (e.g., restrictive zoning, incentive payments) to maintain biodiversity and other ecosystem services. These strategies are often not mutually exclusive, with many areas covered by multiple (tiered) management strategies.

Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia

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Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
Décembre, 2010
Indonésie
Asie orientale
Océanie

The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed.

Zoning Regulation as Land Use Control Instrument

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Peer-reviewed publication
Août, 2010
United States of America
Indonesia
Singapore

One of local government authorities is the implementation of land use planning. Due to implementation land use planning, controlling is needed as effort for the implementation is appropriate with the planning. According to Spatial Planning Act No.26/2007, land use control instruments are zoning regulation, permit, incentive and disincentive, and sanction.

Role of Land Use Patterns in Limiting the Spread of Equine Influenza in Queensland During the 2007 Epidemic

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2009
Australie

In 2007, an epizootic of equine influenza (EI) occurred in Australia, involving parts of the states of Queensland and New South Wales. Following an extensive control program, the disease was eradicated within 4 months, after infecting more than 75 000 horses on over 10 000 properties.