USAID welcomes The Coca-Cola Company’s recently announced commitments to ensure that its sugar suppliers protect the land rights of local communities. Coca-Cola - the world’s largest purchaser of sugar - agreed to revise its corporate Supplier Guiding Principles to incorporate principles that recognize and safeguard local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ rights to land and natural resources.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresnovembre, 2013Afrique du Sud, Guatemala, Brésil, Colombie, Philippines, Thaïlande, Inde
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2016Brésil
1. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, visited Brazil from 7 to 17 March 2016, at the invitation of the Government. The purpose of the visit was to identify and assess the main issues currently facing indigenous peoples in the country and to follow up on key recommendations made in 2009 by the previous mandate holder, following his visit to Brazil.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresmai, 2014Argentine, Bolivie, Brésil
Repasa la legislación agraria desde la reforma de 1953, pasando por la constitución del 2009 y la legislación boliviana hasta septiembre del 2013.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresmars, 2016Brésil
Con la noción de la reexistencia, como la reinvención creativa de las circunstancias propias, el documento técnico muestra a los siringueros dentro del sistema-mundo colonial y capitalista, como un movimiento que propone la Reserva Extractivista como la mejor forma de defender y construirse autónomamente, aglutinando una perspectiva de clase, las relaciones de género y la relación con la naturaleza…
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuin, 2016Brésil
Con la noción de la reexistencia, como la reinvención creativa de las circunstancias propias, el documento técnico muestra a los siringueros dentro del sistema-mundo colonial y capitalista, como un movimiento que propone la Reserva Extractivista como la mejor forma de defender y construirse autónomamente, aglutinando una perspectiva de clase, las relaciones de género y la relación con la naturaleza…
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuillet, 2016République-Unie de Tanzanie, Japon, Malaisie, Madagascar, Chine, Namibie, Indonésie, Australie, République populaire démocratique de Corée, Argentine, République de Corée, Sri Lanka, Brésil, Nouvelle-Zélande, Amérique centrale, Amérique septentrionale, Océanie
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.
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Stated versus Revealed Preferences and Take Up in an Incentives for Conservation Program
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuin, 2016Brésil, Amérique latine et CaraïbesUse of conditional cash transfers has become widespread in development policy given their success in boosting health and education outcomes. Recently, conditional cash transfers are being used to promote pro-environmental behavior. While many of these Payments for Environment Services (PES) programs have been successful, it has been hypothesized that those with less favorable outcomes have been subject to low additionality, whereby landholders already conserving their land self-select into the program.
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Lessons Learned from an Exchange of Brazilian Experiences with Africa
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2012Brésil, Afrique, Amérique latine et CaraïbesThis publication is the result of an initiative to promote an exchange between Brazil and African countries on lessons learned about the role of community forestry as a strategic option to achieve the goals of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). The initiative was supported by the World Bank with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and coordinated by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS) with support from the National Forestry Agency International (ONFI).
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Brazil
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2012Brésil, Amérique latine et CaraïbesDoing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 10 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency.
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Low Carbon Emissions Scenarios in Brazil
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2010Brésil, Amérique latine et CaraïbesThis report synthesizes the findings for the energy sector of a broader study, the Brazil low carbon study, which was undertaken by the World Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated effort towards reducing national and global emissions of greenhouse gases while promoting long term development. The main aim of the study is to examine the potential for abating Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in Brazil in the energy area and to assess the relative costs of doing so for the time frame 2010-2030.
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