land use change

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Job Opportunity: Land data researcher and advocacy consultant

9 September 2020

Global

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

1 September 2020

Indonesia

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has identified nearly 3,500 hectares (8,650 acres) of peatland clearing in pulpwood plantations in Sumatra supplying Asian Pulp & Paper.

Blogs

COVID-19, reverse migration, and the impact on land systems

7 October 2020

Authors:

Dr. Sébastien Boillat

Dr. Julie Zähringer

India

Global

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world abruptly, affecting nearly all of humanity with breath-taking speed.

Land-use planning implementation uncertainty in Bamako District

1 July 2020

Authors:

Dr. Founémakan Sissoko

Mali

I recently published a study on urban policy implementation context in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. It was published in January 2020 by African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Science.

Land Use Change, Zoonoses and the Future

29 June 2020

Authors:

Jeet Singh

India

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Events

EADI webinar: Land conflict in Myanmar

22 June 2020

Location

Online

United States

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US

Myanmar

Myanmar faces enormous development challenges in the midst of a rapidly changing and uncertain political and economic landscape. The European Journal of Development Research is pleased to present a special issue on development challenges in Myanmar. In this webinar, we draw on the findings of two papers within the special issue, examining land conflict in Myanmar.

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Library

A Review of Changes in Mountain Land Use and Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Practice

Peer-reviewed publication

September 2020

Norway

United States of America

Global

Global changes impact the human-environment relationship, and, in particular, they affect the provision of ecosystem services. Mountain ecosystems provide a wide range of such services, but they are highly sensitive and vulnerable to change due to various human pressures and natural processes. We conducted a literature survey that focused on two main issues.