El presente estudio estudio muestra cómo el cambio climático ocasiona reducciones en la producción, los rendimientos y el valor de la tierra de los agricultores de Nicaragua. Además, se cuantifica el efecto directo de las variaciones en temperatura  y precipitación sobre la producción, rendimientos y el valor de la renta de la tierra. El documento analiza algunos de los efectos potenciales del cambio climático sobre el sector agropecuario de Nicaragua.

El cambio climático representa una seria amenaza para las sociedades centroamericanas por sus múltiplesimpactos previstos en la población y en los sectores productivos. En términos fiscales constituye un pasivo público contingente que afectará las finanzas públicas de los gobiernos por varias generaciones.

Seminario Regional sobre Estilos de Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente en América Latina

Resumen Pese a la importancia del mercado de tierras, se han estudiado pocos modelos de funcionamiento que permitan tomar en cuenta la heterogeneidad de las explotaciones agrícolas, el papel de la incertidumbre en la toma de decisiones y el efecto de las distintas políticas del gobierno. A diferencia de otros factores productivos, la tierra es un factor productivo inmóvil, durable y no reproducible. Su precio reacciona en parte como el de un factor productivo, pero también como el de un activo que permite la reserva de valor.

The current land administration system in Pakistan aims at land revenue assessment and tax collection for the fiscal purposes. This system is organised or structured on the traditional land registers and cadastral maps in paper formats, and their maintenance is mainly dependent on the hard works of the local land administrator so called “Patwari” at the grass-root level within his jurisdiction.

Brazil has become an agricultural powerhouse, producing roughly 30 % of the world’s soy and 15 % of its beef by 2013 – yet historically much of that growth has come at the expense of its native ecosystems. Since 1985, pastures and croplands have replaced nearly 65 Mha of forests and savannas in the legal Amazon. A growing body of work suggests that this paradigm of horizontal expansion of agriculture over ecosystems is outdated and brings negative social and environmental outcomes.

Despite the challenges and constraints faced by my Ministry in the last financial year, we were able to register major achievements which include; commencement of the process of consultation on the development of a National Land Policy; submission of the Mortgage Bill to Parliament, approval of the National Land Use Policy by Cabinet; preparation to launch Global Campaigns on Secure Tenure and Good Governance; piloting Systematic Demarcation in Iganga district where 785 parcels of land were prepared; aerial mapping of selected towns in West Nile region; completion of the first phase of the

The article examines the various ways to ensure land rights and also recommends different mechanism to settle land dispute. It is also intended to highlight the problems of present land administration of Bangladesh and to suggest the reformation of the land administration for proper management of land. Land turns around the life of the people of Bangladesh.

In an agrarian economy like Bangladesh, the importance of land in the production process need not be overemphasized. Personal possession of land is considered to be a symbol of social prestige and security. Land plays a very important role in both income generation and social life in various ways. In view of the scarcity of land and the future population management, the ministry of land has a very important role to be played in the Delta Plan 2100 formulation project. The input from the ministry of land for the delta plan 2100 formulation project is summed up hereinafter.

Driving Dispossession: The Global Push to “Unlock the Economic Potential of Land,” sounds the alarm on the unprecedented wave of privatization of natural resources that is underway around the world. Through six case studies — Ukraine, Zambia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Brazil — the report details the myriad ways by which governments — willingly or under the pressure of financial institutions and Western donor agencies — are putting more land into so-called “productive use” in the name of development.

This manual outlines dispute resolution mechanisms, procedures and strategies that are or will be put in place by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Justice’s Special Mediation Boards (Land) to promote the resolution of a variety of housing, land and property disputes in the country. Sri Lanka has a long history and experience utilizing collaborative resolution methods to address a wide variety of disputes, and many recent positive experiences with mediation.