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Parks, people and pixels: evaluating landscape effects of an East African national park on its surroundings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Landscapes surrounding protected areas, while still containing considerable biodiversity, have rapidly growing human populations and associated agricultural development in most of the developing world that tend to isolate them, potentially reducing their
Binford, Elizabeth   +7 more
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Geopolitics of Land Borders Closure in West Africa

open access: yesGlocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2020
This article discuss how a border policy of a particular country shaped the economic, political and security of the neigbouring countries. Border in the era of globalization, it is beyond a mere geographical demarcation that separates one country from ...
A. M. Maigari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

European experience of land resource potential development in the conditions of globalization

open access: yesZemleustrìj, Kadastr ì Monìtorìng Zemelʹ, 2021
The article analyzes the use of land resources of countries in the context of globalization. Investment-attractive regions have been identified, the socio-economic and political conditions of which contribute to the seizure of land by foreign investors ...
А. Chumachenko, Y. Kryvoviaz, O. Zhuk
doaj   +1 more source

Space, time and group identity in Jubilees 8-9

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
Jubilees 8-9 is a rewriting of Genesis 10. It changed a depiction of Israel’s identity in genealogical terms into one using spatial terms. This ideological construct was based on a Noah tradition and on Biblical texts describing the ideal borders of the ...
Pieter M. Venter
doaj   +1 more source

Oral tradition in the study of ulayat land disputes in West Sumatra

open access: yesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2010
Land is a society's potent symbol of wealth, social power, and culture. A long time ago, when extensive jungles and forests still abounded, there were probably no serious conflicts over land ownership.
Susi Fitria Dewi
doaj   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal characteristics and the national variations of borderland use change in Laos within the geopolinomical context

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023
Laos, the only landlocked country in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA), has established over 40 geopolinomical mechanisms with its neighboring countries (including China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar), leading to significant land-use change (LUC)
Yi Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The CDR Nexus: Convergence of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Land Restoration in Kajiado, Kitui, and Makueni Counties, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Experts have been calling for the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into local administrative units for decades. With the emergence of an international land restoration agenda, a growing interest exists to understand ...
Nijbroek, Ravic   +2 more
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The Impact of Trade with Border Effect on GDP per Capita: Global Evidence

open access: yesEconomies
Many countries worldwide share borders that offer several benefits, such as easier access, faster knowledge transfer, and more efficient trade diplomacy.
Hansen Tandra   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

LEGAL REVIEW OF LAND TENURE BY COMMUNITIES ON COASTAL AND COASTAL BOUNDARIES IN PALU CITY AND PARIGI MOUTONG REGENCY

open access: yesAl-Adl
Land acquisition, especially in coastal border areas and coastal areas, has been largely dominated by traditional/customary communities who have lived and inhabited the area for a long time, so that the occupation of land by law for many years has become
Manga Patila   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Framing the relationship between people and nature in the context of European conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A key controversy in conservation is the framing of the relationship between people and nature. The extent to which the realms of nature and human culture are viewed as separate (dualistic view) or integrated is often discussed in the social sciences. To
Agnoletti   +59 more
core   +3 more sources

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