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Climate change and land tenure

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Policy Papers & Briefs
november, 2008
Global

Land Tenure Working Paper 2. This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of climate change. It assesses the implications of ongoing anthropogenic climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions for land tenure and the role that land policy can play in climate change adaptation planning in the developing world.

AFRA News

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Institutional & promotional materials
oktober, 2008
Africa
South Africa

AFRA Newsletter No. 64 

Agricultural Set-aside Programs and Grassland Birds: Insights from Broad-scale Population Trends

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Peer-reviewed publication
oktober, 2008
United States of America

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary set-aside program in the United States designed to amelioratesoil erosion, control crop overproduction, enhance water quality, and provide wildlife habitat by replacing crops with other forms of land cover. Because CRP includes primarily grass habitats, it has great potential to benefitdeclining North American grassland bird populations.

Perception and Value of Nature in Urban Landscapes: a Comparative Analysis of Cities in Germany, Chile and Spain

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Peer-reviewed publication
september, 2008
Chile
Germany
Spain

Cities are not socially homogenous, but divided into socially and structurally differentiated sub-units. Likewise, the individuals of a community, city or neighbourhood present specific behavioural patterns and uses with respect to their public green areas.

From Ecosystem Ecology to Landscape Ecology: a Progression Calling for a Well-founded Research and Appropriate Disillusions

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Peer-reviewed publication
augustus, 2008

In this paper, 1) a delineation of main theoretical, methodological and applicative issues of landscape ecology, 2) a comparison between landscape and ecosystem ecology, 3) a critical overview of actual limits of landscape ecology, are depicted.

DETERMINANTES DA ADOÇÃO DE SISTEMAS DE USO DA TERRA EM PÓLOS DE PRODUÇÃO AGROPECUÁRIA NO ESTADO DO ACRE, AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA

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Conference Papers & Reports
juli, 2008
Brazil

A expansão da agricultura e da pecuária tem sido considerada como a principal causa do desmatamento que se processa na Amazônia. A decisão de escolha do sistema de uso da terra é um elemento determinante dos níveis de desmatamento e fatores relacionados às características da família e Ao ambiente socioeconômico antecedem as decisões de adoção desses sistemas.

Determinantes de desmatamento em pólos de produção agropecuária no estado do Acre, Amazônia Brasileira

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Conference Papers & Reports
juli, 2008

O desenvolvimento da agricultura e da pecuária na Amazônia tem resultado na expansão dos desmatamentos, o que contribui para emissão de gases de efeito estufa na atmosfera e redução da biodiversidade. A evolução dos desmatamentos realizada pelos produtores rurais é condicionada por características das famílais produtoras e pelo ambiente socioeconômico.

The use of ‘ecological risk‘ for assessing effects of human activities: an example including eutrophication and offshore wind farm construction in the North Sea

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Peer-reviewed publication
juli, 2008

This paper takes the move from the uncertainty surrounding ecosystem thresholds and addresses the issue of ecosystem-state assessment by means of ecological integrity indicators and ‘ecological risk‘. The concept of ‘ecological risk‘ gives a measure of the likelihood of ecosystem failure to provide the level of natural ecological goods and services expected/desired by human societies.