Résultats de la recherche

1. Library Resource

   

   The impacts of Acacia decurrens plantations on livelihoods in rural Ethiopia

   Land Use Policy Volume 100

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2021

   Afrique sub-saharienne

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   This study was undertaken to examine local perceptions of the impacts of small-scale tree plantations, notably of Acacia decurrens (J.C. Wendl.) Willd., in Ethiopia’s Upper Blue Nile Basin. A particular focus of our study was on the different dimensions of livelihood sustainability centering on economic, social, human, physical, and natural capital. The unprecedented expansion of small-scale tree plantations in degraded agricultural land can be attributed to farmers’ efforts to overcome the problems of limited income options and land degradation.

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   Roots of inequity: How the implementation of REDD+ reinforces past injustices

   Land Use Policy Volume 50

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2016

   Kenya

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   tenure foncière

   systèmes de tenure

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   The extent to which REDD+ initiatives should be a mechanism to address poverty and provide other co-benefits apart from carbon storage, is hotly debated. Here, we examine the benefit distribution policy and practice of a prominent REDD+ project in Kenya with the aim of understanding the extent to which it addresses equity.

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   Assessing the relationship between land tenure issues and land cover changes around the Arabuko Sokoke Forest in Kenya

   Land Use Policy Volume 95

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   juin, 2020

   Kenya, Norvège

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terre et investissements

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   système d'information géographique

   couverture du sol

   changement de couvert végétal

   investissement foncier

   droit foncier

   tenure foncière

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   Land as an essential resource is becoming increasingly scarce due to population growth. In the case of the Kenyan coast, population pressure causes land cover changes in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, which is an important habitat for endangered species. Forest and bushland have been changed to agricultural land in order to provide livelihood for the rural population who are highly dependent on small-scale farming. Unclear land rights and misbalanced access to land cause uncontrolled expansion and insecure livelihoods.

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   Of mice and men: Why the unintended consequences of carbon markets matter

   Land Use Policy Volume 61

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   février, 2017

   Afrique

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   tenure foncière

   systèmes de tenure

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   Land tenure remains one of the most critical factors determining equity under REDD+, as we demonstrated through our previous article, ‘Roots of inequity: how the implementation of REDD+ reinforces past injustices”. Githiru responded to this paper, with some apparent challenges to both the empirical basis and theoretical arguments, that we had put forward.

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   The ‘new’ African customary land tenure. Characteristic, features and policy implications of a new paradigm

   Land Use Policy Volume 81

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   février, 2019

   République centrafricaine

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   régime coutumier

   réforme foncière

   droit foncier

   tenure foncière

   systèmes de tenure

   utilisation des terres

   droit de propriété

   recherche

   Most of the land in sub-Saharan Africa is governed under various forms of customary tenure. Over the past three decades a quiet paradigm shift has been taking place transforming the way such landl is governed. Driven in part by adaptations to changing context but also accelerated by neo-liberal reforms, this shift has created a ‘new’ customary tenure in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reviews some of the evidence and analyses the ways in which this neo-liberalisation of customary tenure has been transforming relations of production and how land is governed in sub-Saharan Africa.

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   Questioning the use of ‘degradation’ in climate mitigation: A case study of a forest carbon CDM project in Uganda

   Land Use Policy Volume 59

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   décembre, 2016

   Ouganda

   Restauration des paysages forestiers

   Régimes forestiers

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   changement climatique

   déboisement

   système d'information géographique

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   An urgent need to stop degradation is frequently cited as support for climate mitigation efforts involving forests. However, lessons learnt from social science research on degradation narratives are not taken into consideration. This creates a risk of problematic degradation narratives being used to legitimise forest carbon projects. This study examined a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) forest plantation in Uganda, where incomplete and partly contradictory evidence on land use change was interpreted in a way that overemphasised degradation.

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   Convergence of Romanian and Europe Union agriculture – evolution and prospective assessment

   Land Use Policy Volume 67

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   septembre, 2017

   Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, Hongrie, Roumanie, Ukraine, France, Allemagne

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   utilisation des terres

   agriculture

   évaluation

   recherche

   This paper presents forecasts related to the evolution of agricultural production in Romania, relative to the European Union average and to other countries (France, Germany, and Hungary) while taking into consideration the production potential of Romanian agriculture and opportunities to mobilize certain additional financial sources intended for the growth of intermediate consumption and implicitly of the value of agricultural production.

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   Hybrid land tenure administration in Dunoon, South Africa

   Land Use Policy Volume 90

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   janvier, 2020

   Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, République centrafricaine, Afrique australe, Afrique du Sud, Royaume-Uni

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   enregistrement foncier

   utilisation des terres

   tenure foncière

   recherche

   Hybrid land tenure administration occurs in a number of South Africa’s state-subsidised housing projects and in the informal settlements from which the housing beneficiaries tend to be drawn. Ownership is the tenure form in most of these housing projects. Under ownership the law only recognises registered land transactions. Non-government tenure administration in Dunoon was organised by street and area committees that are part of the local South African National Civics Association (SANCO) branch, a community based organisation (CBO).

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   Fencing elephants: The hidden politics of wildlife fencing in Laikipia, Kenya

   Land Use Policy Volume 51

   Publication évaluée par des pairs

   février, 2016

   Kenya

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   délimitation

   utilisation des terres

   recherche

   Gestion foncière durable

   Conservation is a fundamentally spatial pursuit. Human–elephant conflict (HEC), in particular crop-raiding, is a significant and complex conservation problem wherever elephants and people occupy the same space. Conservationists and wildlife managers build electrified fences as a technical solution to this problem. Fences provide a spatial means of controlling human–elephant interactions by creating a place for elephants and a place for cultivation. They are often planned and designed based on the ecology of the target species.

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    Female labor outcomes and large-scale agricultural land investments: Macro-micro evidencefrom Tanzania

    Land Use Policy Volume 82

    Publication évaluée par des pairs

    mars, 2019

    République-Unie de Tanzanie

    Terre et investissements

    Terres, changement climatique et environnement

    investissement foncier

    utilisation des terres

    recherche

    échelle (cartographie)

    This paper examined the extent to which Large-scale Agricultural Land Investments (LALIs) has delivered on its promises (e.g. increased productivity, job creation, and rural development, particularly for rural women). We conducted empirical analyses using the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) dataset (macro evidence), which was complemented with two case studies of LALIs in Kilombero district, Morogoro region, Tanzania (micro evidence). The findings from the study revealed that the LALIs have limited effect on agricultural wage.