* Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica - IPDRS
Desde el principio de año, varios países de Sudamérica están sufriendo el impacto de copiosas y persistentes lluvias. Los medios de información dan cuenta de los desastres que está produciendo el agua implacable, sobre todo en las zonas más pobres y vulnerables de las ciudades y el campo, con imágenes de ríos desbordados,  avanzando por sobre poblaciones y caminos prácticamente inermes. Es menos común ver noticias sobre el impacto en la producción campesina. Este artículo se enfoca, precisamente, en esa perspectiva.

Determining 9,775 hectares as sustainable use zone in Virakchey National Park in Ta Veng district of Ratanakiri province, and granting the land for agro-industry and rubber plantation investment to Hoang Anh Andong Meas Co., Ltd.

Determining 1,950 hectares as sustainable use zone in Lumphat Wildlfie Sanctuary in Lumphat district of Ratanakiri province, and granting the land for agro-industry and rubber plantation investment to Mkot Pich Development Agro-Industry.

Determining 8,825 hectares as sustainable use zone in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in Lumphat district, Ratanakiri province, and granting the land for agro-industry investment to Daun Penh Agrico Co., Ltd.

Establishing a rational forest policy is a difficult task for many countries. One of the reasons for this is that different policy sectors - such as energy policy, foreign trade policy, are closely linked to forest policy and the interests of a multitude of actors need to be accommodated. Moreover, the unregulated exploitation of forests promises large profits. 

The Congo Basin Forest Partnership aims to reconcile forest conservation with forest use. This article explains what a “policy network” of this sort can achieve and where its limits lie.

Carbon labels for food are a new strategy of industrialised countries to reduce climate change-relevant gas emissions in agriculture. However, not every label includes the measurement of all emissions and may disadvantage and even exclude exporting farmers from developing countries. Policy-makers should reconsider this approach or at least focus on fair and non-discriminatory labels.

In January 2011 the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) launched an online knowledge resource offering researchers and opinion leaders easy access to research and information on Africa. The Africa Portal will establish a forum to share important insights on Africa with policymakers and the general public, explained SAIIA.

Countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region were the first in the developing world to go through rapid urbanization. Today, the region is the second most urbanized region in the world. This urbanization process has been accompanied by sharp social contrasts and economic disparities, a buoyant informal housing and land development process and increased local democracy and municipal autonomy, coupled with active social urban movements. This makes the Latin America and Caribbean region a unique landscape in the study of land and housing for the poor. 

1. As Brazil embarks on a period of intensive infrastructure development—fueled by the upcoming World Cup, Olympics, and the government‘s ongoing Growth Acceleration Plan—it is an opportune time to review its experiences with land acquisition and displacement of affected persons, and to assess the extent to which its resettlement practices match up to international standards.

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Determining 6,718 hectares as sustainable use zones in Preah Monivong "Bokor" National Park in Chum Kiri and Chhouk districts of Kampot province, and granting the land for agro-industry investment to Virtus Green Plantations (Cambodia) Pte., Ltd.