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Population pressure, land tenure, and tree resource management in Uganda: [PDF]

open access: yes
This study uses aerial photographs and survey data from sixty four parishes in east-central Uganda to identify the factors affecting conversion of woodlands and traditional grazing areas to agriculture.
Otsuka, Keijiro, Place, Frank
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Sharing Good News at Work to Collaborate and to Self‐Enhance: A Motivational and Reputational Perspective on Workplace Interpersonal Capitalization

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employees routinely experience work‐related positive events. In the wake of these events, employees sometimes share the good news with coworkers—a phenomenon known as workplace interpersonal capitalization. Research shows that such capitalization matters for how employees feel and act.
Trevor Watkins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individual Land Tenure and the Challenges of Sustainable Land Use and Management in a Semi-arid Region of China Individual Land Tenure and the Challenges of Sustainable Land Use and Management in a Semi-arid Region of China

open access: yesSustentabilidade em Debate, 2010
China’s farmland tenure, characterised by a household responsibility system (HRS) and collective landownership, has contributed to the continuation of poverty and natural resource deterioration in semiarid regions.
Yongjun Zhao
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Hornby D, Kingwill R, Royston L and Cousins B (eds) Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa (2017 University of KwaZulu-Natal Press)

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2018
This contribution provides a review of the book edited by Donna Hornby, Rosalie Kingwill, Lauren Royston and Ben Cousins, Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa.
Elmien (WJ) du Plessis
doaj   +1 more source

Back to Work! Perceived Overqualification, Proactive Helping Behaviors, and Work Adjustment Among Reentering Mothers

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the present study, we investigate the impact of perceived overqualification on the return‐to‐work process following maternity leave. Based on Person‐Environment (P‐E) fit theory's underutilized carryover mechanism, we hypothesized that returning mothers experiencing perceived overqualification would “carry over” their excess abilities to ...
Lisa Boenke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lever L’insécurité Foncière: Une Des Premières Clefs Du Développement?

open access: yesAfrican Studies Quarterly, 1999
This combination of three short papers discusses afforestation, land tenure, and environmnetal legislation in Madagascar. The second piece on tenure insecurity argues that ultimately the state has been poor at formal land tenure immatriculation ...
Alain Bertrand
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Shifting perspectives: exploring land tenure transformation through six community-based solar energy projects in the global south (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Namibia, Indonesia, and Peru)

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society
Background Sustainable development is not possible without sustainable energy, and while renewable energy minigrid and microgrid systems are regarded as a promising solution for achieving energy transition and supporting rural development in the global ...
Bouchra El Houda Lamhamedi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The reform of Maori land tenure and the quest for sustainability in New Zealand

open access: yes, 1997
Many of the countries of the Pacific region (including Australia and New Zealand) have a British colonial legacy. This history has had wide implications for the development of the region: economically, politically and socially.
M Jay   +3 more
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land markets : evidence from Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
Although early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, the need to secure rights in view of increased demand for land, options for registration of a continuum of individual or communal rights under new laws, and the scope for reducing
Ali, Daniel Ayalew   +2 more
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