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Sustainable recommendation domains for scaling agricultural technologies in Tanzania

Peer-reviewed publication
Juin, 2017
Tanzania

Low adoption of sustainable intensification technologies hinders achievement of their potential impacts on increasing agricultural productivity. Proper targeting of locations to scale-out particular technologies is a key determinant of the rate of adoption. Targeting locations with similar biophysical and socio-economic characteristics significantly increases the probability of adoption. Areas with similar biophysical and socio-economic characteristics are referred to as recommendation domains (RDs).

Design of a decision support tool for visualising E. coli risk on agricultural land using a stakeholder-driven approach

Peer-reviewed publication
Juin, 2017
Global

Enabling knowledge exchange between scientists and decision-makers is becoming increasingly necessary to promote the development of effective decision-support tools (DSTs) for environmental management. Participation of stakeholders in the design process beyond a basic level of consultation is essential for promoting trust in modelled outputs and accelerating eventual uptake of resulting tools and models by end-user communities. This study outlines the development of a DST to visualise and communicate the spatial and temporal patterns of E.

Climate Change in Afghanistan - What Does it Mean for Rural Livelihoods and Food Security?

Reports & Research
Juin, 2017
Asie

Climate change in Afghanistan is not an uncertain, “potential” future risk but a very real, present threat— whose impacts have already been felt by millions of farmers and pastoralists across the country. In this report, it is shown how drought and flood risks have changed over the past thirty years, and what impact this has had on rural livelihoods and food security in the country. The aim is to inform national-level prioritisation of areas and livelihoods groups for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes.

A comparative assessment of land management approaches in Bhutan

Peer-reviewed publication
Juin, 2017
Bhutan

Arable land in Bhutan is under serious threats of land degradation. Proper land management approach is needed to control soil erosion problems. This study is an attempt to characterize and document the conventional and the community-based land management approaches, applied in Chukha and Dagana districts, respectively. The study tried to make a comparative assessment of their social, economic and environmental impacts on the participating farmers.

Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Panel: Land Rights for Sustainable Life on Land

Journal Articles & Books
Policy Papers & Briefs
Juin, 2017
Africa
Americas
Asia
Oceania

The Sustainable Development Goal 15 “Life on land” commits world leaders to work together to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) for safeguarding life on land. One of the objectives that comprise LDN is to reinforce responsible governance of land tenure. Land rights are a key factor for achieving LDN. This publication by the UNCCD CSO Panel aims to analyze and highlight the linkages between land rights and land degradation with the objective of offering policy recommendations to enhance land rights for both the prevention of land degradation and the recovery of degraded lands.

Pastoral property rights in Central Asia

Journal Articles & Books
Juin, 2017
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Mongolia

This paper examines the roles of the state, international organisations and the public in pastoral land reform in the Central Asian republics and Mongolia. In recent years new legislation has been passed in most of these countries, often driven by environmental concerns. In the development of these laws, international organisations tend to promote common property regimes, whilst governments usually emphasise individual security of tenure, each using environmental arguments taken from quite different bodies of theory.

Insecure land rights for women threaten progress on gender equality and sustainable development

Reports & Research
Juin, 2017
Global

Driven by the urgency of a global rush for land and extracted resources and unprecedented urbanization, hastened by the growing impact of climate change and frequency of natural disasters, women have been at the center of human rights violations worldwide regarding their rights and access to land.

Integración de la Agricultura en los Planes Nacionales de Adaptación (PNA). Estudio de caso Uruguay

Reports & Research
Juin, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean
Uruguay

Este estudio de caso sobre Uruguay es parte de una serie de estudios de caso de países que describe los pasos a dar para formular e implementar los Planes Nacionales de Adaptación (PNA). Los estudios de caso se enfocan en la adaptación en el sector agropecuario, que incluye la silvicultura, ganadería y pesca. La serie se propone brindar información valiosa a los diseñadores de políticas nacionales obtenida de sus colegas de Asia, África y América Latina que se encuentran en el mismo proceso de construcción del PNA para abordar los múltiples desafíos del cambio climático.

Ciclos de vida de la propiedad y del hogar, mercados y cambios en el uso y la cobertura de la tierra en la Amazonia brasileña

Journal Articles & Books
Juin, 2017
Brazil

Las etapas iniciales del asentamiento fronterizo en la Amazonia brasileña se caracterizaron
por la gran intensidad de la afluencia de flujos migratorios, la deforestación y la rotación
de la propiedad. Cuarenta años más tarde, los hogares rurales están más orientados
al mercado y han desarrollado estrategias para adaptarse al ambiente local. A partir
de teorías sobre la demografía de los hogares y de la renta ofertada (bid-rent), en este
trabajo se propone un marco conceptual para los cambios en el uso y la cobertura de

Análisis espacial del riesgo de establecimiento de Lymantria dispar en bosques nativos de Sudamérica

Journal Articles & Books
Juin, 2017
Venezuela
Chili
Uruguay
Argentine
Amérique du Sud

Lymantria dispar es una plaga cuarentenaria ausente de Sudamérica, para la que se ha elaborado un plan de vigilancia fitosanitaria regional, debido su elevado riesgo de introducción involuntaria a través del comercio. El objetivo de este trabajo fue estimar la distribución geográfica potencial de L. dispar en una nueva área utilizando un enfoque deductivo, a fin de priorizar ambientes en riesgo para su monitoreo preventivo. En Sudamérica se evaluó la susceptibilidad de la cobertura boscosa ante diferentes escenarios climáticos.

Resolución Nº 179 - Adopta el Plan Nacional de Construcción y Mejoramiento de Vivienda Social Rural.

Regulations
Juin, 2017
Colombie

La presente Resolución adopta el Plan Nacional de Construcción y Mejoramiento de Vivienda Social Rural (PNVSR), formulado por el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, cuyo objetivo general es garantizar condiciones de vida digna a las personas que habitan el campo a través de una solución de vivienda social rural subsidiada ajustada a las condiciones del entorno rural, regional y cultural, que cuente con una solución alternativa de agua potable y saneamiento básico, enfoque diferencial en el acceso, participación activa en la ejecución de las comunidades beneficiadas y asistencia té

Regulations on impact assessments (No. 854 of 2017).

Regulations
Juin, 2017
Norvège

These Regulations, established by Royal Decree pursuant to Act No. 71 of 2008 and the EEA Agreement Annex XX No. 1 letter a (Directive 2014/52/EU) and no. 1 letter g (Directive 2001/42/EC), seek to ensure that consideration for the environment and society is taken into account during the preparation of plans and initiatives, and when considering and on what conditions plans or initiatives may be implemented.