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Artigos e Livros
Dezembro 2012
Estados Unidos

Land ownership in the United States is understood as a bundle of sticks representing rights to sell, lease, bequeath, mine, subdivide, develop, and so forth. The right of exclusion allows owners to prevent others from exercising a right of access. Historically, access and then exclusion contributed to a sense of self-determination and personal freedom in the American landscape.

Artigos e Livros
Dezembro 2012
Nova Caledônia
Oceânia

Little is known about the effects of mud crabs population patterns on their exploitation. We used complementary approaches (experimental, fisher-based) to investigate how small-scale variations in density, size and sex-ratio related to the ecology of S. serrata may impact fishing practices in New Caledonia.

Artigos e Livros
Dezembro 2012
Tanzânia
Emirados Árabes Unidos

This paper examines how tourism as a form of land use and economic development is a critical site of struggle over the meaning of neoliberalism, landscape and land rights in northern Tanzania.

Artigos e Livros
Dezembro 2012
Tanzânia
Mali
Zâmbia
África

In developing countries, forests play an important role in supplying goods and services. These ecosystems are under many stresses due to unsustainable management practices, lack of clarity on tenure and access rights, and persistent pressure for land-use change. Climate change is exacerbating the impact of these stresses on both forest ecosystems and forest dependent people.

Artigos e Livros
Relatórios e Pesquisa
Julho 2012
África
Quênia

The acquisition of land by foreigners in developing countries has emerged as a key mechanism for foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as the category of international investment that reflects the objective of a resident entity in one economy to obtain a lasting interest in an enterprise resident in another economy.

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Artigos e Livros
Relatórios e Pesquisa
Julho 2012
Quênia

The acquisition of land by foreigners in developing countries has emerged as a key mechanism for foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as the category of international investment that reflects the objective of a resident entity in one economy to obtain a lasting interest in an enterprise resident in another economy.

Artigos e Livros
Dezembro 2011
Indonésia

This article presents a system dynamics (SD) method to examine the problem of forest degradation. The model developed takes a system-oriented view of forest management, embracing both social and biophysical factors affecting deforestation. Social factors examined are socio-economic variables or elements that influence behaviour and decision-making choices at the household level.

Relatórios e Pesquisa
Dezembro 2011
Quênia

This thesis argues that incorporating pastoral land rights into the formal

system requires identifying and securing pastoralists’ rights on migration

corridors and dry season pastures in a manner that, first, reflects their

customary practices about ‘where’ and ‘when’ they require access to the

Relatórios e Pesquisa
Dezembro 2011
Paquistão

For decades, efforts to distribute agricultural land more equitably consistently excluded women. Then, a groundbreaking research project made women part of the discussion. It set the stage for a provincial campaign that for the first time in Pakistan’s history transferred land to poor women.

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