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THE LAND SECTOR NON-STATE ACTORS (LSNSA)

Journal Articles & Books
сентября, 2011
Kenya

kenya land alliance download :Memorandum On Continued Engagement With The Ministry Of Lands On Land Reforms Presented To: The Ministry Of Lands. The approval by the public of the Constitution at the referendum on August 4, 2010 and its promulgation on August 27, 2010 heralded a new dawn of governance in Kenya. Through its broad provisions, it is expected that it will spur social and economic development and secure the land rights of all Kenyans, by among others guaranteeing them ownership, control and access to natural resources.

Calculating Multi-hazard City Risk

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
сентября, 2011
Eastern Asia
Oceania

Nearly half of East Asia population lives in cities and the region is urbanizing so rapidly that built up areas are projected to increase faster here than in any other region in the next twenty years. Still, more than half of slum dwellers around the world live in East Asia. These are the people most vulnerable to disaster impacts.

Protected Areas Act 2011 (No. 14 of 2011).

Legislation
сентября, 2011
Guyana

This Act provides for the establishment of the Protected Areas Commission, the Protected Areas Trust and a Trust Fund and empowers the Minister to declare national protected areas. It applies to the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, fishery zone and continental shelf as defined in the Maritime Zones Act 2010. The Act alos provides with respect to the National Protected Areas System and allows village councils to apply to the Commission for village lands or any part thereof to be recognised as an Amerindian protected area.

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (No. 101).

Legislation
сентября, 2011
Australia

This Act aims to implement obligations that Australia has under the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, create incentives for people to carry on certain offsets projects and to increase carbon abatement in a manner that is consistent with the protection of Australia’s environment and that improves resilience to the effects of climate change.The Act sets up a scheme for the issue of Australian carbon credit units in relation to eligible offsets projects.

Deforestation in the Ayeyarwady Delta and the Conservation Implications of an Internationally Engaged Myanmar

Reports & Research
сентября, 2011
Myanmar

... Myanmar is a country of huge biodiversity importance that is undergoing major political change, bringing with it new international engagement. This includes access to international markets, which will likely spur investment in export-oriented agriculture, leading to increased pressures on already threatened ecosystems. This scenario is illustrated in the Ayeyarwady Delta, the country’s agricultural heartland sustaining high deforestation rates. Using the Delta as a model system, we use an integrated

The New Forests Company and its Uganda plantations

Reports & Research
августа, 2011
Uganda

London-based New Forests Company (NFC) would seem to be the design blueprint of how a young modern company should conduct a major land investment in Africa in a responsible way. Oxfam’s investigations reveal that serious allegations by people who were evicted from land to make way for NFC’s operations remain unresolved. How will the company respond?

Adapting to Climate Variability

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
августа, 2011

Adaptation to human-induced climate change is currently receiving a lot of attention in international development circles. But throughout human existence, natural resource-dependent people have exploited and coped with the effects of climate variability on the ecosystems from which they derive a living. Learning from this experience can help inform the design of appropriate policies for responding to human-induced climate change.

Pago de servicios ambientales: Logros y fracasos de un mecanismo de Mercado para detener la deforestación. El caso de Costa Rica (1996 a 2000)

Journal Articles & Books
августа, 2011
Costa Rica

El Pago de Servicios Ambientales fue promulgado por ley en Costa Rica en 1996 para aprovechar la naciente propuesta internacional del mercado del carbono. Sin embargo, las contradicciones políticas que han caracterizado la discusión sobre la disminución del calentamiento global, han retrasado el despegue de este mercado. Entre tanto, Costa Rica tiene listo un esquema de protección del bosque que cifra todas sus esperanzas en el éxito de este incierto mercado.

State of the Cities Report 2011 - Towards resilient cities

Conference Papers & Reports
июля, 2011
South Africa

South African cities are under the national and international spotlight again. Community protests over service delivery, disputes about councillor selection, mismanagement and underspending of municipal budgets, and recurrent billing problems have attracted growing public concern. Yet cities have also been fêted for rekindling a spirit of national unity during 2010, delivering world-class transport schemes and leading the economy out of recession.