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Working governance for working land

Science, 2018
The lifting of economic sanctions on Iran in early 2016 raised hopes among conservationists that much available to protect the country's unique and threatened biodiversity. Unfortunately, on 4 November, economic sanctions were reimposed, likely leading to serious repercussions on biodiversity conservation.
Brockington, Dan, Adams, William M, Agarwal, Bina, Agrawal, Arun, Büscher, Bram, Chhatre, Ashwini, Duffy, Rosaleen, Fletcher, Robert, Oldekop, Johan A   +8 more
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Securing and Managing Community Land: Lessons from Kenya

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2022
This paper was presented in the 2021 Conference on Land Policy in Africa held in Kigali, Rwanda, in November 2021. It is based on a three-year study by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI), in partnership with the International ...
IBRAHIM MWATHANE, Mwenda Makathimo, Robert Kibugi, Elvin Nyukuri   +3 more
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Govern land as a global commons [PDF]

Nature, 2017
Felix Creutzig calls for international coordination of land use to ensure everyone has access to its fruits.
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Certification schemes and the governance of land : enforcing standards or enabling scrutiny? [PDF]

, 2013
Given the challenges of upholding human rights in countries where land grabbing has been most acute, attention has turned to alternative regulatory mechanisms by which better land governance might be brought about. This essay considers one such approach:
Fortin, Elizabeth, Richardson, Ben, Fortin, Elizabeth R M, Richardson, Ben 1982   +3 more
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Policy and Legislative criteria for acquisition and granting of land for investment purposes in Kenya [PDF]

, 2016
Kenya is currently implementing a number of large scale infrastructure and development projects aimed at transforming the country into a newly industrializing, middle-income country.
Land Development and Governance Institute, IDRC   +1 more
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Locating Cities and Their Governments in Multi-Level Sustainability Governance [PDF]

, 2021
Cities and their governments are increasingly recognized as important actors in global sustainability governance. With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, their role in the global endeavor to foster sustainability has once again ...
Hickmann, Thomas, Thomas Hickmann, Global Sustainability Governance, Environmental Governance   +3 more
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Safeguards for communities during acquisition of land for investment purposes [PDF]

, 2016
High levels of poverty and a predominantly rural population raise questions of vulnerability to manipulation during large scale land acquisitions in Kenya.

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Exploring the role of empathy when intervening at deep leverage points of human–nature relationships

Ecosystems and People
Despite being qualitatively different, wickedly complex problems are often still tackled in the same way as simple challenges. We draw on the concept of leverage points from systems thinking to suggest that simple solutions target shallow leverage points
Melissa Robson Williams, Suzanne Vallance, Flo van Noppen, Ronlyn Duncan   +3 more
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Factors Determining Farmers’ Access to and Sources of Credit: Evidence from the Rain-Fed Zone of Pakistan

Agriculture, 2020
This study investigates the factors that affect farmers’ access to agricultural credit and its role in adopting improved agricultural technologies in the rain-fed zone of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Using logistic models, we assess and compare the
Ayat Ullah, Nasir Mahmood, Alam Zeb, Harald Kächele   +3 more
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Facilitating Community Transition to Sustainable Land Governance: A Study of a Communal Settlement in South Africa

, 2023
Land is a fundamental resource that provides a foundation for the economy. Despite a wide range of studies on land governance systems, there is a lack of literature that analyzes the ability of communities to manage a change to different land governance ...
Pinfold, Nicholas, Nicholas Pinfold, Mokhele, Masilonyane, Masilonyane Mokhele   +3 more
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