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Do cultural taboos regulate hunting in transitioning Indigenous communities? The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India

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, Achili Mihu, Iho Tapo, Alinji Rondo, Jibi Pulu, Marcus Rowcliffe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Changing Technology: The Impacts of a Changing Cost Structure on Land Tenure Arrangements in the Mississippi Delta, 1996 - 2004 [PDF]

Genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties have changed many aspects of cotton production in the United States. The advent of GM varieties has fueled the ongoing trend of increasing farm size and fewer farmers.
Anderson, John D., Ibendahl, Gregory A., Laughlin, David H., Thompson, W. Michael, II   +3 more
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Joint social‐ecological outcomes of private land conservation: An evidence synthesis with a well‐being perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Private land conservation (PLC) can contribute to sustainability by improving biodiversity and human well‐being but can also result in negative outcomes for people and nature if poorly designed. Informing PLC design to achieve objectives for joint biodiversity and well‐being is challenging because most evaluations assess ecological and social ...
Erica Cseko Nolasco, Brooke A. Williams, Angela M. Guerrero, Anazelia M. Tedesco, Nanda Kaji Budhathoki, Kerrie A. Wilson, Ayesha Tulloch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Tenure in England and Wales 2007 [PDF]

The report presents a repeat of a 1989-90 postal survey to explore the land tenurial changes in England and Wales that have resulted from legislative and structural change.
Butler, Allan J., Winter, Michael
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Building on Custom: Land Tenure Policy and Economic Development in Ghana [PDF]

, 2006
This Note addresses the intersection of customary and statutory land law in the land tenure policy of Ghana. It argues that improving the current land tenure policy demands integration of customary land law and customary authorities into the statutory ...
Blocher, Joseph
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Disentangling conservation asymmetries through socio‐economic transboundary factors across the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest of South America

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecoregions are often defined based on homogeneous biophysical and ecological conditions and are optimal spatial units for designing conservation strategies. However, transboundary ecoregions such as the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest (APAF) experience asymmetrical conservation outcomes, understood here as cross‐border differences, resulting from ...
Lía Montti, N. Ignacio Gasparri, Ahuvit Trumper, Claudia Amicone, Alberto Anticoli, Sarah L. Burns, Sergio Casertano, Ana Eleuterio, Marie‐Joe Gennerich, Lukas Giessen, M. Virginia González, Manuel Santos Silva, Fabricio Vázquez, Santiago J. E. Velazco, Alberto Yanosky, Gustavo A. Zurita, María Piquer‐Rodríguez   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

LAND MARKETS AND LEGAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE PERI-URBAN AREA OF ACCRA GHANA: INFORMANT INTERVIEWS AND SECONDARY DATA INVESTIGATIONS [PDF]

The peri-urban area of Accra is experiencing a rapid transformation. A robust urban and agricultural land market has emerged, characterized by purchases, rapidly rising real land prices, and outsiders from Accra acquiring agricultural holdings for ...
Cochrane, Jeffrey A., Kasanga, R. Kasim, King, Rudith, Roth, Michael J.   +3 more
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Shifting the paradigm: An Indigenous knowledge‐based stewardship plan to replenish boreal caribou in Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations' homelands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Indigenous Peoples in northern Alberta, including Dené and Cree of the Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations (ACFN and MCFN), have been using Indigenous laws and stewardship principles to care for their homelands for thousands of years. Since ACFN and MCFN signed Treaty 8 with Canada in 1899, Alberta's land management policies and
Lori Cyprien, Sebastien Fekete, Susan M. Leech, Brian Aih Shing Fung, Anne Hervieux, Chris Wagner, Kalene Gould   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slow, stealthy and steady – capacity development to address land tenure issues in development programmes: experiences of the IFAD/GLTN TSLI-ESA Project

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2019
Land and natural resource tenure security is a central yet often neglected area for economic development and poverty reduction in the developing world. Land is fundamental to the lives of poor rural people.
Agatha Achieng Wanyonyi, Solomon Mkumbwa, Harold Liversage   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring legal tenure security in Malaysia: does formal titling ensures rights to land owners?

Cogent Social Sciences
One of the main objectives of establishing a land management system is to acquire land tenure security. Although there are several layers to the idea of tenure security, the most widely held opinion is that obtaining such security has frequently been ...
Shahrul Natasha Halid, Jady Zaidi Hassim
doaj   +1 more source