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MEMORIA DEL XI FORO DE LA TIERRA ALC 2020

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Conference Papers & Reports
October, 2020
América Latina y el Caribe

Esta memoria recoge las ponencias de los especialistas y representantes de organizaciones de la sociedad civil que participaron en el XI Foro de la Tierra ALC denominado “Desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe: impacto y propuestas para la gobernanza de la tierra” , realizado del martes 13 al viernes 16 de octubre de forma virtual debido a la situación de emergencia sanitaria mundial por la

How Important Are Resistance, Dispersal Ability, Population Density and Mortality in Temporally Dynamic Simulations of Population Connectivity? A Case Study of Tigers in Southeast Asia

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Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2020
Global

Development of landscape connectivity and spatial population models is challenging, given the uncertainty of parameters and the sensitivity of models to factors and their interactions over time.

Chinese Investment into Tissue-Culture Banana Plantations in Kachin State, Myanmar

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Reports & Research
October, 2020
China
Myanmar

In the last decade, Myanmar’s Kachin State has seen a boom in tissue-culture banana plantations driven by cross-border Chinese investors. This Case Study compiles field research and publicly available knowledge about the scale of the production and its economic, social and environmental consequences.

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Argentina

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Reports & Research
October, 2020
Argentina

As with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Argentina has experienced an intense process of deforestation and loss of natural vegetation in the last few decades. As the eighth-largest country in the world, with a total mainland area of more than 2.7 million km2 , this not only has significant implications for the region, but globally too.

All That Glitters is Not Gold: Turmoil in Zimbabwe’s Mining Sector

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Reports & Research
October, 2020
Zimbabwe

Executive Summary

Violence has spiked in Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector, costing hundreds of people their lives and triggering a police operation that led to the arrest of thousands. Media and government blame artisanal miners, who dig using little mechanisation and often without licences but are the country’s main gold producers.

Land Matters

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Reports & Research
September, 2020
Africa
Uganda

Responsible Land Policy in Uganda (RELAPU) is a project implemented by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). BMZ created the Special Initiative “One World, No Hunger”, aimed to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty.

DECLARACIÓN DE LA XIII ASAMBLEA REGIONAL DE MIEMBROS DE LA ILC ALC

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Institutional & promotional materials
September, 2020
América Latina y el Caribe

Declaración emitida por las 50 organizaciones integrantes de la ILC ALC, de 16 países de América Latina y el Caribe, reunidas virtualmente en la XIII Asamblea regional y en el XI Foro de la Tierra de América Latina y el Caribe 2020 que se realizó sobre el tema: “Desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe: impacto y propuestas para la gobernanza de la tierra”, después de reflexionar sobre la desi

Farmer-herder conflict in sub-Saharan Africa?

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Reports & Research
September, 2020
Africa

This report responds to heightened concerns over rising levels of farmer-herder conflict across a wide band of semi-arid Africa. We assess the quantitative evidence behind this general impression and review the explanations in the scientific literature, in the light of known issues with long-standing attitudes towards pastoralism and mobile populations.

TERRITORIOS INDÍGENAS Y ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS APORTAN Y ASEGURAN VIDA

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Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2020
Nicaragua

Este policy brief resume los principales hallazgos de una investigación reciente de la ENI-Nicaragua en 12 comunidades indígenas de los territorios miskitu en la región autónoma del caribe norte de Nicaragua sobre los conflictos generados por la pérdida de bosques y la imposibilidad de que las familias puedan convivir en el territorio como históricamente lo han hecho .

Managing Conflicts with Local Communities over the Introduction of Renewable Energy: The Solar-Rush Experience in Japan

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Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Japan

A worldwide introduction of renewable energy has been required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Concomitantly, this has caused conflict between renewable energy development and local communities over landscape changes. This study aims to clarify the factors of conflict and find a way of conflict management.

Mapping Environmental Conflicts Using Spatial Text Mining

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Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Republic of Korea

Mapping the characteristics and extent of environmental conflicts related to land use is important for developing regionally specific policies. However, because it is only possible to verify the frequency of conflicts on a specific predetermined subject, it is difficult to determine the various reasons for conflicts in a region.