Water transfers to growing cities in sub-Sahara Africa, as elsewhere, seem inevitable. But absolute water entitlements in basins with variable supply may seriously affect many water users in times of water scarcity. This paper is based on research conducted in the Pangani river basin, Tanzania. Using a framework drawing from a theory of water right administration and transfer, the paper describes and analyses the appropriation of water from smallholder irrigators by cities. Here, farmers have over time created flexible allocation rules that are negotiated on a seasonal basis.

O objetivo deste artigo reside na análise do caso do Jardim Botânico da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, onde, ao longo do tempo, se instalou a Comunidade do Horto, por meio de ocupações consolidadas em área da União Federal. A questão encontra-se judicializada ea partir de processos iniciados nos anos 1980 (nos quais a própria União é parte autora) que visaram à retirada dos moradores.

Esta versión número 94 de la serie Diálogos que ustedes, nuestros/as suscriptores, reciben quincenalmente, es el último envío del año 2012 que está finalizando. El artículo comienza con un breve recuento de la escalada de asesinatos de líderes campesinos e indígenas que están luchando por acceso, restitución y seguridad jurídica de la propiedad de la tierra en varios países sudamericanos. Luego se repasan algunos datos sobre hitos del desarrollo rural y la integración en la región.

A top United Nations official has urged the Burmese government to allow access to Kachin internally displaced persons (IDPs) in rebel-controlled areas of northernmost Burma.

Baroness Valerie Amos, the UN under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told a press conference in Rangoon on Friday that conditions for displaced civilians remain dire and there was no reason to restrict access.

Estudio sobre los conflictos por el control y aprovechamiento de recursos naturales, territoriales y ambientales entre los años 2011 y 2012 a la luz del actual debate sobre el desarrollo en el Bolivia.

The economies of many countries such as the Gulf and Southern African States are to a considerable extent sustained by financial flows from extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels. The discovery of such fortunes, in sufficiently viable quantities, can be a significant national blessing for effectively addressing development challenges. However, experience in other countries has shown that financial resources obtainable from mineral and fossil fuel extraction – the Extractive Industry, have not always assisted economic and social development.

 This paper explores the development of a pilot PES scheme in the Tarangire ecosystem of Tanzania in response to specifi c wildlife declines and policy constraints. It charts the development of this initiative from its genesis based on PES experiences in Kenya. This paper specifi cally explores the questions of whether the utilization of free-market enterprise tools to achieve conservation goals infl uences Maasai livelihood diversifi cation in ways that are compatible with conservation.

This thematic report is the fifth in a series on housing, land and property rights, and tenure, and land conflict in Liberia. It examines land tenure and conflict from a Liberia/Cote d’Ivoire cross-border perspective within the context of forced displacement caused by the 2010 post-election crisis.

El boletín Apuntes de esta quincena contiene en la sección Diálogos un artículo sobre la problemática alimentaria en Colombia que se viene agudizando en los últimos años, producto de la violencia, del desplazamiento permanente de campesinos hacia las ciudades.

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The Government reports that the total estimated number of IDPs in Rakhine reached 115,000 people, including over 36,000 newly displaced in late October.

Up to 75,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by insecurity in Kachin and northern Shan States which started in June 2011.

The Government indicates that at least 17 people were killed and 114 injured due to an earthquake in upper Myanmar.

A terra é um dos fundamentos da cultura e da própria existência dos povos indígenas. A terra é dotado de valor simbólico, além de ser uma propriedade. Por isso, é um símbolo da luta indígena de auto-preservação e auto-determinação. Você luta pela terra, além do espaço territorial em si. Ele simboliza a preservação da existência dos diferentes povos indígenas. Nesta linha de pensamento, este ensaio visitar a história contemporânea do processo dos direitos indígenas no Brasil, com base em estereótipos e preconceitos sobre suas identidades até o conteúdo da legislação específica.