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Transforming Canadian Federal Governance in a Polycrisis

Canadian Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Since 1995, scientific consensus has linked human activity to climate change, yet the political and financial power of the carbon economy remains entrenched. Under conditions of polycrisis, many states continue to miss emissions targets and, in some cases, retreat from climate commitments.
Ann Dale, Colin Dring, Leslie King
wiley   +1 more source

Rural Land Rights, Markets, and Structural Transformation: A Review of a Ugandan Case

Land
Uganda is gradually transitioning from communal to private land tenure systems. However, establishing privatized land rights has faced ongoing criticism, particularly concerning their impact on vulnerable groups.
Noel Kishaija, Bálint Heil
doaj   +1 more source

In-migration, customary land tenure, and complexity: exploring the relationship between changing land tenure norms and differentiated migrant livelihoods in Brong Ahafo, Ghana. [PDF]

Popul Environ, 2017
Sward J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Improving efficiency in conservation planning by modeling species‐specific responses to threat abatement

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Reversing ongoing biodiversity loss requires effectively managing anthropogenic threats. Although conservation actions can mitigate these threats, prioritizing and targeting such actions remain challenging because species respond differently depending on the nature of the threats and their biological traits.
Camila Guerrero‐Pineda, Kailin Kroetz, Leah R. Gerber, Gwenllian D. Iacona   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using the capabilities approach to achieve people‐centered conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Top‐down interventions carried out by state and nonstate institutions to conserve biodiversity and improve the lives of forest‐proximate people (FPP) in the Global South tend to reflect economistic understandings of human well‐being. More progressive and people‐centered conservation projects are guided by normative visions of how the world ...
Arthur Rodrigues, Felipe P. L. Melo, Lucas Alencar, James Angus Fraser, Luke Parry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Regulating the Nexus: Ethiopia’s Policy and Legal Frameworks on Renewable Energy Development and Land Tenure Rights

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and Background Ethiopia has emerged as a regional leader in clean energy development, guided by key national frameworks such as the Macroeconomic Reform Policy, the Ten-Year Development Plan, and the Climate-Resilient Green Economy Strategy ...
Alelegn Wenedem Agegnehu
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of deforestation outcomes in potential other effective area‐based conservation measures across Latin America

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recognizing conservation contributions from areas outside protected areas (PAs), including other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs), is increasingly central to meeting global biodiversity targets. However, little is known about which areas could qualify as OECMs and whether they support forest conservation.
Nicolás Esteban Lara‐Rodríguez, Daniel Callo‐Concha, Bibiana Betancur‐Corredor, Christian Borgemeister   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender dimensions of land policy in contemporary Mozambique : a case study of Ndixe village, Marracuene District, southern Mozambique [PDF]

, 2001
Bibliography: leaves 269-288.In this thesis, I set out to investigate women's rights to the land and how these are shaped by gender relations. I investigate the meaning and significance of 'customary' tenure in the present day context, some 25 years after
Waterhouse, Rachel
core  

Threat Integration Model for Sagebrush (TIMS): A framework for using spatial decision support tools for strategic management of invasive annual grasses and conifers in sagebrush ecosystems

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
The Threat Integration Model for Sagebrush (TIMS) combines multiple spatial decision support tools to provide a unified, actionable map of sagebrush ecosystem conditions across the western United States. TIMS improves upon existing tools by including multiple threats in the same map (invasive annual grass [IAG] and conifer encroachment), characterizing
Geoffrey Bedrosian, Alexander V. Kumar, Jason R. Reinhardt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Money and federal autocracy: 1913 and the quiet inversion of the American constitutional order

Economic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract The American Revolution affirmed that sovereignty inheres by nature in each Citizen, and collectively in the People. The Constitution completed a structure in which authority flowed from Citizens to their several State republics, and from the States to a Union holding only delegated powers. 1913 inverted that order.
James Turk
wiley   +1 more source