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Refazendo Nós numa Terra Arrasada:

A Prática Ecológica em Terra Sonâmbula, de Mia Couto.

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2011
Africa, Mozambique, Southern Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
O foco deste trabalho é a representação dos espaços presentes no romance Terra Sonâmbula (COUTO, 1999). Ele traz à tona a guerra civil em Moçambique (1976-1992), desencadeada por duas facções distintas que lutam por um mesmo fim: a conquista do poder político no país, após a independência colonial. Os espaços a serem abordados sofrem transformações, em meio a essa guerra. Nesse contexto, articularemos uma discussão com base na teoria ecofeminista, por sua pertinência e contribuição ao debate sobre relações de humanos e de não humanos no meio ambiente.
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Fighting for land security in Southern Africa

January, 2010
Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land governance
land
It has emerged quite clearly from Urban LandMark’s work in South Africa – and increasingly in the region – that the emergence of more sophisticated property markets has taken place locally and in most larger cities in the region. While there might be a need to assist these markets to develop further, in particular the need to build market institutions and professions, these groupings tend to increase their own capacities as the markets develop, mostly with little assistance.
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Urban land markets in Southern African cities

January, 2011
Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land & Investments
land governance
land
land markets
The cities in southern Africa reflect the rapid urbanisation characteristic of sub-Saharan Africa in general. Angola, Botswana and South Africa have the highest levels of urbanisation with about 60% of their population living in cities in 2010 and this percentage is expected to rise to about 80% by 2050.
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Water rights in informal economies in the Limpopo and Volta basins

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Africa
water management
Most African countries underwent water legislation reform since the 1990s, through

which existing plural legal systems were changed into nation-wide permit systems, in

which the state acts as custodian of the nation’s water resources. Although globally

heralded as the best way to manage water resources within the broader context of

Integrated Water Resource Management, this project examines the problematic

implications of the new laws for the majority of the rural and peri-urban poor. Since time
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CPWF Annual Report 2009

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Eritrea, Peru, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Middle Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
The CPWF was designed to be different. Developed in response to a call for change in a previous round of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system

reform, the CPWF was intended to foster cross-CGIAR cooperation and find ways to bring in new partners. Over time the CPWF has successfully broadened the CGIAR’s sources of

innovative research on water and food. Through its broad partnerships, the program conducts research that leads to positive impact on the poor and to policy change. The CPWF does this by
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Making the most of agricultural investment

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Honduras, United States of America, Kenya, Mali, United Kingdom, Ghana, Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia, Colombia, Mozambique, Japan, South Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, Malawi, Madagascar, Italy, Netherlands, Argentina, India, Vietnam, Brazil
land governance
farmland
land use
land administration
land economics
land rights
land access
right of access
land management
land tenure
landowners
land ownership
land
Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in agricultural investment. In many cases, this new momentum has translated into large-scale acquisitions of farmland in lower- and middle-income countries. Partly as a result of sustained media attention, these acquisitions have triggered lively if polarised debates about “land grabbing”. Less attention has been paid, however, to alternative ways of structuring agricultural investments that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions.
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Aliments Énergétiquement Intelligents Pour Les Gents et le Climat

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, United States of America, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Ukraine, China, Zimbabwe, Portugal, India, Sri Lanka, France, New Zealand
natural resources management
Le but principal de ce document est de présenter la situation énergétique actuelle du secteur alimentaire du point de vue de la demande et de l’approvisionnement, et d’identifier les moyens de rendre l’ensemble de la filière agro-alimentaire énergétiquement plus intelligent.
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Land tenure and natural disasters

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Angola, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Belgium, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Liberia, Philippines, Madagascar, Tanzania, Portugal, Ecuador, Netherlands, Sudan, Africa, Americas, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
land governance
land tenure
natural disasters
land management
land access
The impacts of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis have been increasing steadily since the 1950’s, particularly for developing countries. According to a World Bank external evaluation report “natural disasters destroyed US$652 billion in property worldwide in the 1990s alone – an amount 15 times higher in real terms compared to the 1950s. Approximately 2.6 billion people were affected by natural disasters over the past ten years, compared to 1.6 billion in the previous decade.
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Angola, Burkina Faso, United States of America, Zambia, Mali, Germany, Namibia, Eswatini, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Cameroon, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Senegal, Papua New Guinea, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
property rights
customary law
customary tenure
common lands
land governance
land tenure
land rights
Indigenous Peoples
common property
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
Given the recent trend of granting vast areas of African land to foreign investors, the urgency of placing real ownership in the hands of the people living and making their livelihood upon lands held according to custom cannot be overstated. This study provides guidance on how best to recognize and protect the land rights of the rural poor. Protecting and enforcing the land rights of rural Africans may be best done by passing laws that elevate existing customary land rights up into nations' formal legal frameworks thereby making customary land rights equal to documented land claims.
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Africa’s changing landscape

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Angola, Qatar, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Mali, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Liberia, South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Africa
land policies
land
Access to arable productive land in African has been in decline due to the pressure of growing population trends and worsening land degradation as a result of climate change. Recent high profile land purchases covering thousand of hectares of prime agricultural land have raised concerns over equitable land access. Major expansions in regional land markets have increased investor interest in land acquisitions. Perceptions of land availability and competitive land prices have driven demand for prime agriculture land.