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   Site Productivity and Forest Carbon Stocks in the United States: Analysis and Implications for Forest Offset Project Planning

   Forests

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2012

   États-Unis d'Amérique

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terre et investissements

   terrain forestier

   The documented role of United States forests in sequestering carbon, the relatively low cost of forest-based mitigation, and the many co-benefits of increasing forest carbon stocks all contribute to the ongoing trend in the establishment of forest-based carbon offset projects. We present a broad analysis of forest inventory data using site quality indicators to provide guidance to managers planning land acquisition for forest-based greenhouse gas mitigation projects.

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   Barriers and Bridges to U.S. Forest Service—Community Relationships: Results from Two Pilot Tests of a Rapid Social Capital Assessment Protocol

   Forests

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2012

   États-Unis d'Amérique

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terre et investissements

   terrain forestier

   Successful management of national forests in the United States requires Forest Service personnel to collaborate with the public, including individuals living in communities near national forest lands. Collaboration enables agency personnel to build long-term trusting and reciprocal relationships with local communities through their ongoing planning processes. However, frequently agency personnel do not have the tools or data necessary to measure the strength of relationships that exist between the agency and local communities.

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   Site Productivity and Forest Carbon Stocks in the United States: Analysis and Implications for Forest Offset Project Planning

   Forests

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2012

   États-Unis d'Amérique

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Régimes forestiers

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terre et investissements

   acquisition foncière

   The documented role of United States forests in sequestering carbon, the relatively low cost of forest-based mitigation, and the many co-benefits of increasing forest carbon stocks all contribute to the ongoing trend in the establishment of forest-based carbon offset projects. We present a broad analysis of forest inventory data using site quality indicators to provide guidance to managers planning land acquisition for forest-based greenhouse gas mitigation projects.

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   Good Practices in Realizing Women's rights to Productive Resources, With a Focus on Land: The Case of Indigenous Women with Examples

   janvier, 2012

   Canada

   Régimes forestiers

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terre et investissements
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   Highlands and Drylands : Mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions

   Articles et Livres

   décembre, 2011

   Afrique du Sud, Afrique australe, Amérique septentrionale, Asie central, Asie occidentale

   Restauration des paysages forestiers

   Terre et genre

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   changement climatique

   désertification

   remise en état des terres

   femme

   Dryland mountains are among the least-known environments in the world, and certainly one of the most overlooked by decision- and policy-makers. Dryland mountains have an outstanding strategic value. They act as water towers for surrounding dry lowland areas, as shown by the examples of the Rocky Mountains of North America, the Central Andes, the mountains of the Mediterranean Basin, the Sahara and Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia

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   Development of eco-efficient and sustainable urban infrastructure in Asia and Latin America: eco-efficiency and sustainable infrastructure in the United States and Canada

   Proyecto Ecoeficiencia y desarrollo de infraestructura urbana sostenible en Asia y América Latina (ROA/101)

   Rapports et recherches

   juillet, 2011

   Canada, États-Unis d'Amérique

   Régime urbain

   développement durable

   aménagement urbain

   This publication considers the fact that despite the important role of the business community in the creation and promotion of green technology and related services in Canada and in the United States, the experiences in both countries illustrate the limitations of the market in the promotion of sustainable urban growth. The two cases reviewed in this report, the most advanced and comprehensive systems of urban sustainability highlight the key role of the public sector in the design, integration, promotion and enforcement of sustainable policies for urban growth.

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   How Do Health and Social Insurance Programs Affect the Land and Labor Allocations of Farm Households? Evidence from Taiwan

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2011

   Taiwan, États-Unis d'Amérique

   Using a unique dataset of 703,287 farm operators from the Taiwanese Census of Agriculture merged to administrative records from the National Farmers' Health Insurance (FHI) program, we examine the effects of the enrollment in the FHI program on farmers’ on- and off-farm labor supply and the amount of land they allocate to Taiwan’s land retirement program. In order to account for non-random self-selection into the FHI we use a matching procedure to estimate the impact of the program on land and labor allocations.

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   Suburban sprawl in Riga region: the rise and fall of “American dream”

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2011

   Lettonie, États-Unis d'Amérique

   Régime urbain

   urbanisation

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   For the last 15 years, the agglomeration of Riga has expanded and one of the most important problems that Riga faces is movement of middle-class people to surrounding municipalities. This tendency is mostly referable to the processes in the USA during the second half of the 20th century. This research has first identified the history and causes of urban sprawl since the earliest times and has compared it with the situation in Riga Region.

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   Global Land Use Changes and Consequent CO2 Emissions due to US Cellulosic Biofuel Program: A Preliminary Analysis

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2011

   Brésil, États-Unis d'Amérique, Chine, Global

   utilisation des terres

   The economic and land use consequences of US biofuel programs and their contributions to GHG emissions have been the focal point of many debates and research studies in recent years. However, most of these studies focused on the land use emissions due to the first generation of biofuels such as corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, and biodiesel (e.g. [1, 2] [3, 4]). A quick literature review indicates that only a few attempts have been made to estimate these emissions for the second generation of biofuels which convert cellulosic materials into liquid fuels. Gurgel et al.

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    The future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability

    janvier, 2011

    Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Bélarus, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, Kazakhstan, Arménie, Europe orientale, Europe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie occidentale, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

    Terres, changement climatique et environnement

    Terre et sécurité alimentaire

    sécurité alimentaire

    changement climatique

    utilisation des terres

    pêches

    pauvreté

    agriculture

    The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.This final report of the Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project argues that decisive action needs to take place now. The report identifies five considerable challenges ahead: