What Drives the Global Land Rush? [PDF]
This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological ...
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Sentinel-1 Noise Suppression Algorithm for High-Wind-Speed Retrieval in Tropical Cyclones
Remote SensingSentinel-1 cross-polarization (cross-pol) SAR data, known for their unsaturated backscattering characteristics, hold strong potential for high-wind-speed retrieval in tropical cyclones (TCs).
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Foreign land claims and acquisitions in Madagascar: What reality? what regulations on the ground? [PDF]
, 2010 In 2009, the 1.3 million hectare agricultural project planned in Madagascar by South Korean company Daewoo Logistics exemplified the paradoxical position of the Malagasy State concerning land management.
Andrianirina Ratsialonana, Rivo +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsAdopting processing technologies and innovative food preservation is crucial for improving the food security and nutritional status of rural populations in Tanzania and other countries in the Global South.
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Pro-poor land tenure and democratic governance. Discussion paper No. 3.Oslo: Oslo Governance Centre. [PDF]
, 2008 This discussion paper provides a review of how different forms of land tenure reform relate to decentralization and local governance, in theory and practice.
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Pacific connections for health, ecosystems and society: New approaches to the land-water-health nexus [PDF]
, 2016 Renewed effort to understand the social-ecolog- ical context of health is drawing attention to the dynamics of land and water resources and their combined influence on the determinants of health.
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The PPCC Dongtou Model for Social Capital Participation in Blue Bay Restoration
Haiyang Kaifa yu guanli, 2022 In order to effectively ensure the construction of marine ecological restoration projects and achieve efficient area governance, this paper took the Dongtou Blue Bay Restoration Project as an example to analyze in detail the operation mode of the ...
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Smooth the Dying Pillow: Alaska Natives and Their Destruction [original paper] [PDF]
, 1988 A slightly revised version of this paper was published as: Conn, Stephen. (1990). "Smooth the Dying Pillow: Alaska Natives and Their Destruction." Law & Anthropology: Internationales Jahrbuch für Rechtsanthropologie [International Yearbook for Legal
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Governance and Deforestation Due to Agricultural Land Expansion [PDF]
This article examines the effect of governance on forest cover in developing countries. We develop a theoretical model that explains how governance, particularly corruption control and politically stability, affects deforestation due to agricultural land
Gregmar I. Galinato, Suzette P. Galinato
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Good Governance of land and natural resources : Balancing local and global interests [PDF]
This report presents the results of a seminar on ‘good governance of land and natural resources; balancing local and global interests’. Three case studies were presented on large-scale land acquisitions, biofuels – fuelling development in Brazil and ...
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