Over ten million people have been displaced from protected areas by conservation projects. Forced displacement in developing countries is a major obstacle to reducing poverty. It should no longer be considered a mainstream strategy for conservation and only applied in extreme cases following international standards.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2004Guinée équatoriale, République centrafricaine, Cameroun, Congo, Inde, Gabon, Thaïlande, Océanie, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie méridionale, Asie orientale
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2005Angola, Afrique sub-saharienne
What are the dynamics of land tenure in the CAS (Conda, Ambuim, and Sumbe) area in Angola? What are its opportunities and risks? This paper reveals a denial of land access rights to communal farmers, whose livelihoods are centred on land.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2004Angola, Guinée équatoriale, Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Bélarus, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, Kazakhstan, Arménie, Nauru, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie orientale, Océanie
This report explores how, across the world, the revenues from oil, gas and mining that should be funding sustainable economic development have often been misappropriated and mismanaged. Specifically, it analyses five major examples of this problem: Kazakhstan, Congo Brazzaville, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nauru.The report argues that in these countries, governments do not provide even basic information about their revenues from natural resources. Nor do oil, mining and gas companies publish any information about payments made to governments.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2004République démocratique du Congo, Afrique sub-saharienne
This report explores how the illicit trade in cobalt and copper in Katanga (south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) is contributing to the destruction of the country’s economy, the environment as well as the livelihoods of thousands of Congolese people.As the report demonstrates, the volume of the illegal mineral trade is immense. In March 2004 the Central Bank of Congo reported the DRC produced 783 tonnes of cobalt metal.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2005Tchad, Cameroun, Afrique sub-saharienne
Will an oil pipeline investment agreement between the governments of Chad and Cameroon and a consortium led by ExxonMobil, including Chevron and Petronas pose a serious threat to human rights in Chad and Cameroon?
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2005Angola, Afrique sub-saharienne
By applying a template for risk assessment to the operations of the Canadian company DiamondWorks in Angola during the 1990’s, this report highlights the complex and dynamic interplay of commerce and conflict.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2005République démocratique du Congo, Afrique sub-saharienne
This report documents human rights abuses linked to efforts to control two key gold mining areas, Mongbwalu (Ituri District) and Durba (Haut Uélé District) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Findings of the report include:competition to control the gold mines and trading routes has spurred the bloody conflict that has gripped this area since the start of the Congolese war in 1998 and continues to the presentafter 2003 two armed groups, one backed by Uganda and the other by Rwanda, fought for the control of gold-mining areas and trade routeseach group won a gold-rich area but battles
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesmars, 2004Angola, Afrique
Contains an executive summary and 3 main chapters: on national, provincial and policy context; access to land and natural resources in Bie Province; and key issues for CARE programming � the promotion of livelihood security and equity. Within these chapters are sections on the proposed new Land Law; land administration and decentralisation; land use and availability and mechanisms of access to land; land tenure systems in the study sites.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresseptembre, 2004Burkina Faso, Mauritanie, Gambie, Mali, Zimbabwe, Namibie, Australie, Bolivie, Canada, Guinée, Niger, Cameroun, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, Afrique du Sud, Ouganda, Italie, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Cambodge, Inde, Fédération de Russie, Mexique
In recent years, local people and rural communities have assumed increasing prominence in strategies for natural resource management.This paper briefly reviews some of the central legal issues that are associated with this shift. In doing so, its goals are limited. It does not ad dress fundamental questions about when, where and what kind of management works, nor attempt to identify the political, social, economic and environmental ingredient s for success – subjects on which there is a huge, if still inconclusive, literature.
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