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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan +5 more
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Urban community gardens in Cape Town, South Africa: navigating land access and land tenure security. [PDF]
GeoJournal, 2023 Kanosvamhira TP, Tevera D.
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INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE AND LAND USE IN ALASKA: COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT [PDF]
Through the utilization of qualitative methods such as archival analysis, semi-structured interviewing, comparative and extended case studies, and observation, this paper closely examines two related Alaska Native communities.
Hirsch, Brian H., Jacobs, Harvey M.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
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New land tenure fences are still cropping up in the Greater Mara. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Løvschal M +3 more
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Ethiopia: Reforming Land Tenure
Review of African Political Economy, 2008 Land policy in Ethiopia has been controversial since the fall of the military socialist derg regime in 1991. While the current Ethiopian government has implemented a land policy that is based on state ownership of land (where only usufruct rights are given to land holders), many agricultural economists and international donor agencies have propagated ...
Crewett, W, Korf, Benedikt
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Incorporating Land Tenure Security into Conservation
, 2018 Insecure land tenure plagues many developing and tropical regions, often where conservation concerns are highest. Conservation organizations have long focused on protected areas as tenure interventions, but are now thinking more comprehensively about ...
Brian E. Robinson +16 more
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Land Improvements Under Land Tenure Insecurity: The Case of Liming in Finland [PDF]
This article solves and characterizes optimal decision rules to invest in irreversible land improvements conditional on land tenure insecurity. Economic model is a normative dynamic programming model with known parameters for the one period returns and ...
Myyra, Sami, Pietola, Kyosti
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Implementing potential climate‐smart practices through diverse partnerships
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Climate change is one of the greatest threats to society, negatively impacting agriculture and crop yields. Globally, agriculture is also one of the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting sectors. Climate‐smart practices that are developed through diverse partnerships with scientists and practitioners are needed to decrease GHG emissions. We implemented
Kristina J. Bartowitz +6 more
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Land Tenure and Cotton Farmers' Land Improvement: Evidence from State-Owned Farms in Xinjiang, China. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Li B, Wang R, Lu Q.
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