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Informe sobre la situación de las personas y comunidades defensoras de los derechos humanos ambientales en México, 2021

Reports & Research
March, 2022
Mexico, Northern America
Land & Corruption
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
conflict of interest
environment
land conservation
land conflicts
El informe pretende visibilizar la situación de violencia estructural que enfrentan las personas y comunidades defensoras de los derechos humanos ambientales, de la tierra y del territorio en México, a través del monitoreo, registro y análisis de las agresiones perpetradas en su contra en razón de su labor. Con ello se pone a la vista información de las cifras generales de dichas agresiones, las cuales lamentablemente no son alentadoras.
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La Palma Aceitera desde la Palabra de las Mujeres

Diagnóstico de la palma aceitera (Elais guineensis Jacq.) y sus efectos en los territorios de Chiapas

Reports & Research
August, 2020
Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico, Northern America
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
land grabbing
palm oil industries
women
El monocultivo de la Palma Aceitera ha crecido de manera exponencial en el estado de Chiapas, sobre todo en los últimos 20 años. En la actualidad, conforme datos oficiales, se estima que el 43.74% de palma aceitera sembrada en México, se encuentra en Chiapas. Esta situación, ha traído graves consecuencias para la vida de los pueblos y mujeres indígenas.
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Birds and Bioenergy within the Americas: A Cross-National, Social–Ecological Study of Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, United States of America, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
biodiversity
land use
land use change
Although renewable energy holds great promise in mitigating climate change, there are socioeconomic and ecological tradeoffs related to each form of renewable energy. Forest-related bioenergy is especially controversial, because tree plantations often replace land that could be used to grow food crops and can have negative impacts on biodiversity.
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Memorial Parking Trees: Resilient Modular Design with Nature-Based Solutions in Vulnerable Urban Areas

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Canada, Chile, Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, United States of America, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
geographical information systems
land-use planning
sustainable land management
urban areas
Nature-based solutions (NbS) include all the landscape’s ecological components that have a function in the natural or urban ecosystem. Memorial Parking Trees (MPTs) are a new variant of a nature-based solution composed of a bioswale and a street tree allocated in the road, occupying a space that is sub-utilised by parked cars. This infill green practice can maximise the use of street trees in secondary streets and have multiple benefits in our communities. Using GIS mapping and methodology can support implementation in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
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Identification of Property Boundaries Using an IFC-Based Cadastral Database

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, United Kingdom, Mexico, Malta, Malaysia, Panama, Romania, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
boundaries
property
Property boundaries have a significant importance in cadaster as they define the legal extent of the ownership rights. Among 3D data models, Industry Foundation Class (IFC) provides the potential capabilities for modelling property boundaries in a 3D environment. In some jurisdictions, such as Victoria, Australia, some property boundaries are assigned to the faces of building elements which are modelled as solids in IFC. In order to retrieve these property boundaries, boundary identification analysis should be performed, and faces of building elements should be extracted.
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Evaluating land administration systems: a comparative method with an application to Peru and Honduras

Reports & Research
October, 2015
Honduras, Panama, Peru, United States of America
land
land administration
This article develops a methodology for the evaluation of land administration systems. We propose a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators with benchmarks for each one of them that signal possible venues to improve the administration’s structure and budgetary/management arrangements, in order to bring about the following goals: (1) to contribute to public sector financing through taxes; (2) to encourage the productive and sustainable use of land, and (3) to facilitate access to land for low-income citizens.
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Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Tenure Security in Brazilian Favelas

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States of America
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
tenure security
This paper examines willingness to pay for housing tenure security in favelas in six Brazilian states, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco and in the north-east, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo in the south-east, and Rio Grande do Sul in the south, using data from the national household survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios, PNAD) for 2002.
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Vertical integration in Mexican community forestry

Reports & Research
July, 2013
Mexico, United States of America
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
forestry
While research has revealed the role of common property in risk diversification, poverty alleviation and resource management, few studies identify how common property management systems fill that role uniquely where market mechanisms or private property rights fail. To address that gap, the present research develops a consistent framework for analyzing local level production where community organizations have vertically integrated into the wood products industry, using common property forest as a source of raw material.
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Achieving mangrove conservation and sustainable use in Mexico through community-based Management Units for Wildlife Conservation within and beyond Protected Areas

Reports & Research
April, 2018
Mexico, United States of America
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
forestry
Mangroves are valuable socio-ecological ecosystems that provide vital goods and services to millions of people, including wood, a renewable natural capital, which is the primary source of energy and construction material for several coastal communities in developing countries. Unfortunately, mangrove loss and degradation occur at alarming rates. Regardless of the protection and close monitoring of mangrove ecosystems in Mexico during the last two decades, mangrove degradation and the loss of biodiversity is still ongoing.
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Sustainable Land Management for Climate and People. Science-Policy Brief 03

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ethiopia, Nicaragua, United States of America
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
desertification
land degradation
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
biodiversity
Land provides crucial ecosystem services for human existence and human well-being, including provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural services. Those services provide among others the production of fresh air, food, feed, fuel and fibre. They regulate the risks of natural hazards and climate change, offer cultural and spiritual values to our society, and support key ecological functions such as nutrient and water cycling, filtering and buffering, and are central to economic vitality.