This list contains 357 entry(ies).
Timely action to prevent, reduce and reverse land degradation can improve food and water security, contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, and avoid conflicts and migration.
Organization(s):
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
Author(s):
- Costa Neto, Joaquim de Britto
Organization(s):
- Brazil, Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente, Instituto Florestal
The thoughtful integration of built and natural environments in urban areas to advance social and economic goals has become a 21st century imperative.
Author(s):
- Hughes, J.
- Taylor, E.
- Juniper, Tony
Organization(s):
- Scottish Wildlife Trust, UK
Considering the increasing recognition of the role of benefit sharing in facilitating transboundary water cooperation, the IUCN BRIDGE GBM project is facilitating development of a Transboundary Benefit Sharing Strategy (TBSS) for the Meghna Basin.
Author(s):
- Sinha, Vishwa
- Glémet, Raphaël
- Mustafa, M. Golam
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
La deforestación y la degradación de ecosistemas es un problema global e impacta su capacidad de proveer una gran diversidad de bienes y servicios.
Author(s):
- Raes, Leander
- Nello, T.
- Nájera, M.
- Chacón, O.
- Meza Prado, Kelly
- Sanchún, A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
- IUCN
Author(s):
- Alexander, Sasha
- Dudley, Nigel
Organization(s):
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
Organization(s):
- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in acquiring farmland for agricultural investments in lower-income countries.
Author(s):
- Polack, Emily
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Côte, Muriel
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- International Development Research Centre, CA
This study documents the terrestrial and aquatic habitat types and floral and faunal species richness found in the Sampur area and current threats to biodiversity in the area.
Author(s):
- Wadugodapitiya, A.
- Weeratunga, Vimukthi U.
- Goonatilake, S. de A.
- Chandranimal, D.
- Perera, Nishan
- Asela, C.
This publication presents the findings of the physical, ecological, archaeological and socio-economic assessments of Delft Island; a map of Delft Island, illustrating its present land-use patterns, as well as areas that should, potentially, be earmarked for future development and conservation act
Author(s):
- Goonatilake, S. de A.
- Ekanayake, S. P.
- Kumara, T. P.
- Liyanapathirana, D.
- Weerakoon, D. K.
- Wadugodapitiya, A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka, [Government]
Agricultural investments involving the acquisition of long-term rights over large areas of land in developing countries have been the focus of much debate in recent years.
Author(s):
- Djiré, Moussa
- Keita, Amadou
- Diawara, Alfousseyni
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- Group d'Etudes et de Recherche en Sociologie et Droit Appliqué (GERSDA), ML
Agricultural investments involving the acquisition of long-term rights over large areas of land in developing countries have been the focus of much debate in recent years.
Author(s):
- Mujenja, Fison
- Wonani, Charlotte
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Inclusive business models have attracted renewed interest in recent years, as part of wider debates about growing agricultural investment in developing countries. This report discusses joint ventures in South Africas agricultural sector.
Author(s):
- Lahiff, Edward
- Davis, Nerhene
- Manenzhe, Tshililo
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
- FAO
- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), ZA
Designing a pro-poor land recordation system is the first attempt to fill the gaps in the development of new forms of land recordation to assist the implementation of a continuum of land rights approach at scale.
Organization(s):
- Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
- University of Twente, NL
The Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) was a five-year program implemented by IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and funded by DGIS (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands).
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
It is commonly claimed that forest tenure reform that provides rural people with rights to access and use of forest resources can contribute to improved forest management and poverty alleviation.
Author(s):
- Fisher, R. J.
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- de Silva, Janaka
- Ingles, A. W.
- Shepherd, Gill
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This paper describes Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy interventions in the Wassa Amenfi West Landscape in the western region of Ghana. The landscape extends over an area of about 120,000 ha. It is a mixed landscape with a variety of agricultural uses; the most important is cocoa farming.
Author(s):
- Nyame, Samuel Kofi
- Okai, Michael
- Adeleke, Adewale
- Fisher, R. J.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The aim of this manual is to strengthen the community of practitioners who are using an innovative range of visual techniques in dealing with conservation and development situations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Arizona State University, US
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- James Cook University, AU
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, US
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Belarus ranks 8th among the world's countries in terms of peatland CO2 emissions and occupies 3rd place in CO2-emissions per unit land area. In recent years, tens of thousands of hectares of drained peatlands in Belarus have been rewetted.
Author(s):
- Tanneberger, Franziska
- Wichtmann, Wendelin
Concerns about food and energy security, coupled with increasing returns from agriculture, have increased interest in agricultural investments in developing countries. Public debates about 'land grabbing' have questioned the socio-economic impacts of large-scale land acquisitions.
Author(s):
- Cooke, Fadzilah Majid
- Toh, Sumei
- Vaz, Justine
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- University of Malaysia Sabah, MY
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
- FAO
Over the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Cette étude examine les coûts de conservation et la valeur des avantages liés à la biodiversité pour la zone couverte par le projet QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) et ses alentours, mettant particulièrement l'accent sur le complexe forestier de Tsitongambarika (TGK).
Author(s):
- Anstee, Stuart
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
Este estudio analiza los costos de la conservación y el valor de los beneficios asociados con la biodiversidad en y alrededor del área del proyecto QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), con especial atención al bosque Tsitongambarika (TGK).
Author(s):
- Anstee, Stuart
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
This study examines the costs of conservation and the value of benefits associated with biodiversity around the QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) project area, with a focus on the Tsitongambarika (TGK) forest complex.
Author(s):
- Anstee, Stuart
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
There are two principles here, both reflecting the natural world. The first is that natural systems are based on cycles, for example water, nitrogen and carbon. Secondly, there is very little waste in natural systems.
Author(s):
- Jones, Andy
- Jiggins, Janice
- Pimbert, Michel
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
This study examines the four options being considered by the European Commission for dealing with indirect land use change (ILUC) arising from the use of biofuels under the Renewable Energy Directive.
Organization(s):
- Ernst and Young, UK
- IUCN
- ePURE (European Renewable Ethanol Association), BE
- Neste Oil, FI
- Partners for Euro-African Green Energy (PANGEA), BE
- Riverstone Holdings, US
- Shell Corporation
"An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions.
This report forms part of a project aiming to develop a South-South-North partnership to reshape the impact of a predicted large-scale expansion in global biomass energy use towards greater poverty reduction and maintenance of ecosystem services in developing countries.
Author(s):
- Black, Mairi
- Richter, Goetz M.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- Imperial College, UK
- Rothamsted Research, UK
This report documents how the spread of biofuels is affecting land access for poorer groups in Mozambique, and what actions are being taken, successfully and unsuccessfully, to secure land access for poorer groups.
Author(s):
- Nhantumbo, Isilda
- Salomão, Alda
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Der derzeit prognostizierte Klimawandel wird für Natur und Landschaft ebenso wie für die Landnutzung tiefgreifende, wenn auch noch nicht in allen Details und Konsequenzen absehbare Folgen haben.
Author(s):
- Haaren, Christina von
- Saathoff, Wiebke
- Bodenschatz, Tina
- Lange, Martin
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Terrestrische und semi-terrestrische Lebensräume an den Küsten von Nord- und Ostsee stehen im besonderen Maße im Spannungsfeld verschiedenster Nutzungsansprüche. Bemühungen zum Erhalt naturnaher Biotope konkurrieren in diesem Bereich u.a.
Author(s):
- Ellwanger, Götz
- Finck, Peter
- Schröder, Eckhard
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
This publication provides an overview of some the most important land-related environmental and climate change problems that the world is facing. Land, environment and climate change offers an overview of the relationship between land tenure, land management approaches and the environment.
Organization(s):
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Cette publication ambitieuse se concentre sur les leçons apprises pendant dix ans dapproches appliquées de la conservation dans le cadre du Programme régional pour lenvironnement en Afrique centrale (CARPE), qui opère dans neuf pays couvrant lintégralité du Bassin du Congo.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Tchamou, Nicodème
- Yanggen, David
Organization(s):
- Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
- United States, AID
This ambitious publication focuses on lessons learned from ten years of applied conservation approaches of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), which operates in nine countries spanning the entire Congo Basin.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Tchamou, Nicodème
- Yanggen, David
Organization(s):
- Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
- United States, AID
During the past several years, biofuels in rich countries have come to be regarded as an important option for reducing consumption of petroleum, which is a main policy goal as a result of recent high oil prices, energy security concerns, and global climate change.
Author(s):
- Sulle, Emmanuel
- Nelson, Fred
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Author(s):
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Vermeulen, Sonja
- Leonard, Rebeca
- Keeley, James
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- FAO
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
Parks and Carrying Capacity is an important new work for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and researchers in outdoor recreation, park planning and management, and natural resource conservation and management, as well as for professional planners and managers involved with park and ou
This volume, the proceedings of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2004 Nairobi Colloquium, surveys global experience in implementing land use policies along the sustainable development continuum.
Author(s):
- Chalifour, Nathalie J.
- Kameri-Mbote, Patricia
- Lye, Lin Heng
- Nolon, John R.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Les zones humides, espaces de transition entre la terre et l'eau, constituent un patrimonie naturel remarquable.
Author(s):
- Aulong, Stéphanie
- Bonnet, Bernard
- Goyet, Sylvie
- Lutz, Marc
- Mathevet, Raphaël
Organization(s):
- Institut de Recherches et d'Applications des Méthodes de Développement (IRAM), FR
- MedWet
- Tour du Valat, FR
Author(s):
- Aulong, Stéphanie
- Bonnet, Bernard
- Goyet, Sylvie
- Lutz, Marc
- Mathevet, Raphaël
Organization(s):
- Institut de Recherches et d'Applications des Méthodes de Développement (IRAM), FR
- MedWet
- Tour du Valat, FR
The participatory land-use survey report is a major baseline activity of the Community Base Haor Resource Management Project. The survey was done in Pagnar and Sanuar-Dakuar haors.
Author(s):
- Islam, M. Anisul
- Haque, Md Rakibul
- Jahan, Sharoar
Organization(s):
- IUCN Bangladesh
- Sustainable Environment Management Programme (SEMP)
- UNDP
- Bangladesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest
Among the various innovative instruments linked to the Kyoto Protocol is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which offers developed countries a chance to offset some of their greenhouse gas emissions by funding development projects in areas such as renewable energy and forestry.
Author(s):
- Manguiat, Maria Socorro Z.
- Verheyen, Roda
- Mackensen, Jens
- Scholz, Gerald
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- UNEP
Author(s):
- Nellemann, C. (Christian)
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- UNEP, Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
Author(s):
- Hillstrom, Kevin
- Hillstrom, Laurie Collier
This paper examines some of the UK government's proposals against economic valuation criteria.
Organization(s):
- Institute of Economic Affairs, UK
Author(s):
- Gutman, Garik
- Janetos, Anthony C.
- Justice, Christopher O.
- Moran, Emilio F.
- Mustard, John F.
- Rindfuss, Ronald R.
- Skole, David
- Turner, B. L. (Billie Lee)
- Cochrane, Mark A.
Author(s):
- Nair, P. K. R.
- Rao, M. R.
- Buck, Louise E.
Organization(s):
- Wageningen University, NL
The mountainous region of Chitral, which recently became the first district in Pakistan to have a conservation strategy, is renowned for its rugged landscape and unique culture.
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