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Renewable Energy and Land Use in India: A Vision to Facilitate Sustainable Development

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land degradation
India has committed to reduce emissions with a goal to increase renewable energy production to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Achieving this objective will involve rapidly increasing the deployment of solar and wind energy, while at the same time addressing the related challenges of the financing requirements, environment impacts, and power grid integration. Developing energy on lands degraded by human activities rather than placing new infrastructure within natural habitats or areas of high production agriculture would reduce cumulative impacts and minimize land use conflicts.
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Potential Indicators of Soil Health Degradation in Different Land Use-Based Ecosystems in the Shiwaliks of Northwestern India

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2019
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
land degradation
Identifying the importance of soil biology in different land use systems is critical to assess the present conditions of declining soil (C) and global land degradation while regulating soil health and biogeochemical nutrient cycling. A study was undertaken in a mixed watershed comprising of different land use systems (agricultural, grassland, agroforestry, and eroded); situated in the Shiwalik region in the foot hills of the lower Himalayas in India, a fragile ecosystem susceptible to land degradation.
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Coffee, Farmers, and Trees—Shifting Rights Accelerates Changing Landscapes

Forests

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
land tenure
Deforestation and biodiversity loss in agroecosystems are generally the result of rational choices, not of a lack of awareness or knowledge. Despite both scientific evidence and traditional knowledge that supports the value of diverse production systems for ecosystem services and resilience, a trend of agroecosystem intensification is apparent across tropical regions. These transitions happen in spite of policies that prohibit such transformations.
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Gender Inequality in Inheritance Laws: The Case of Agricultural Land in India

January, 2019
India
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
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Policy Challenges 2019-2024|Regulations and Resources

Understanding Land Conflict in India and Suggestions for Reform

Reports & Research
June, 2019
India
Land Conflicts
post-conflict settings
land policies
land conflicts
land dispute
An estimated 7.7 million people in India are affected by conflict over 2.5 million hectares of land, threatening investments worth $ 200 billion.1 Land disputes clog all levels of courts in India, and account for the largest set of cases in terms of both absolute numbers and judicial pendency.
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SPATIAL SIMULATION BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) AND CELLULAR AUTOMATA (CA) FOR LAND USE CHANGE MODELING IN SINGARAJA CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA

Reports & Research
May, 2019
Indonesia, India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
geographical information systems
geographical information systems
land use
land use
land use change
Singaraja is the second largest city after Denpasar in Bali. The magnitude of the potential of the region both trade and services, agriculture and tourism in Buleleng Regency has given a very broad impact not only on the economy but also the use of land. Economic development in the city of Singaraja cause some effects such as population growth, an increasing number of facilities (social, economic, health, and others), as well as changes in land use. Changes in land use have a serious impact on the environment in the city of Singaraja.
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Interview. Over 2 billion people impacted by land degradation

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2019
India
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land rights
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
migration
Between 1981 and 2003, nearly a quarter of global land got degraded, says UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw.
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Changing ecosystem services are increasing people's vulnerability in semi-arid regions : an ASSAR cross-regional insight

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2019
Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa
land use change
Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) researchers collaborated to understand the complex changes and patterns in semi-arid vegetation and socio-ecological systems. Ecosystems were mapped using a cross-regional coarse scale study, relying on climate data to capture global and regional trends. Finest spatial scale mapping relied on LANDSAT to show changes in land use and land cover. Details of observed changes are provided for Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ghana, West Africa, and India. Links to referenced studies are embedded in the report.
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Annual Report 2018

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
development
farming systems
poverty
rangelands
research
water management
ICARDA continued to play a critical role in the development, improvement, and dissemination of climate-resilient crop varieties last year. The varieties strengthened food and nutritional security and provided a critical defense against extreme temperatures, water scarcity, and the emergence of new pests and diseases.
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The Legal Boundaries of ‘Public Purpose’ in India and South Africa: A Comparative Assessment in Light of the Voluntary Guidelines

Volume 8 Issue 10

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2019
Southern Africa, South Africa, India
VGGT
boundaries
expropriation
land acquisitions
assessment
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) call for governments to clearly define the term ‘public purpose’ to allow for judicial review of the goals of expropriations of property. However, recent research indicates that national-level legal frameworks that govern expropriation decision-making not only vary greatly from country to country but also often fail to comply with the VGGT standards on expropriation. This creates the potential for unpredictable and, in some cases, arbitrary applications of expropriation law in practice.