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Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Possible Responses in Asian Agriculture

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2008
Asia

Our unsustainable way of life is causing a crisis in our environment at a global scale. Climate change is threatening the future of our planet. The crisis is largely our own doing, and we also have the means to solve it, if we are willing to act on it. Farmers, fishers, and indigenous peoples, who live close to nature for their survival, are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. But they also have a special role to play in addressing climate change. What they need for survival - sustainable and ecological friendly practices - are also what are needed to heal our planet.

Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2016
Global

Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their significance for carbon sequestration at a global level, along with recent change trends. Remote sensing data show that in 2010, 43% of all agricultural land globally had at least 10% tree cover and that this has increased by 2% over the previous ten years.

Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs

Reports & Research
September, 2016
South America
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia

A new report offers evidence that the modest investments needed to secure land rights for indigenous communities will generate billions in returns—economically, socially and environmentally—for local communities and the world’s changing climate. The report, Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, quantifies for the first time the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect forests, with a focus on Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia.


 



Utopías en la era de la supervivencia. Una interpretación del buen vivir.

Reports & Research
October, 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean

Utopías en la era de la supervivencia. Una interpretación del Buen Vivir, hermosa escritura-investigación del colombiano Omar Felipe Giraldo.

Dos acontecimientos inseparables: la manera como habitamos la Tierra, y la manera como la Tierra permite que la habitemos. Abya Yala significa buen vivir-tierra generosa, tierra en florecimiento. Para los quechuas, buen vivir se expresa como sumak kawsay, dos palabras con fuerza ética en tanto que se refieren a cómo habitar el ethos, o sea la casa del hombre, la tierra generosa, madre nutricia y permanente, que permite el permanecer.

Una visión del tema de la tierra y el territorio orientada hacia los pueblos indígenas: Un enfoque posible

Reports & Research
June, 2012
Italy

Este documento se trata de una ruta de posible convergencia en torno a principios básicos sobre la manera de abordar la cuestión territorial de los pueblos indígenas a partir de los principios que rigen la comunidad internacional y han sido consagrados en varios documentos de las Naciones Unidas, y de las experiencias concretas que los participantes en este debate han adquirido y siguen acumulando en materia de tierra y territorios autóctonos.

Seguro Agrario Universal Pachamama

National Policies
May, 2012
Bolivia

Exposición de William Ibarra del Instituto Nacional de Seguro Agrario (INSA) para el seminario "Mecanismos de financiación a la actividad agropecuaria de Bolivia: aporte desde tarija" realizado el 25 de mayo de 2012 en el salón de reuniones del Hotel Viña del Sur de la ciudad de Tarija , Bolivia.