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In the debate on climate change, it is frequently argued that the number of “climate refugees” is going to grow world-wide. So far, however, only little evidence has been provided of links between climate change, environmental changes and migration.
Tropical forage grasses and legumes as key components of sustainable crop-livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have major implications for improving food security, alleviating poverty, restoring degraded lands and mitigating climate change.
China has a longstanding tradition of using biogas for decentralised energy supply. Already, there are nearly 42 million household digesters in the rural areas, a figure set to double by 2020. But the country has even more ambitious plans.
Guest commentary by Robert Primmer, Land Tenure and Climate Change Specialist, Evaluation, Research, and Communication (ERC) Project.
German Development Cooperation has developed an approach for the sustainable production of charcoal that has proved to have a considerable impact in Northern Madagascar.
A guest post by Robert Oberndorf, Resource Law Specialist, Tenure and Global Climate Change Project
Soils around the world are degrading rapidly, reducing ecosystem diversity and some important functions, threatening food and other human securities, and increasing vulnerability to climate change. This is a vicious cycle created by and leading to further unsustainable land-use practices.
More than three times as much carbon is stored in soils across the world as it is in the atmosphere, making them one of the most important global carbon sinks.
This issue brief presents an overview of REDD+ and the associated tenure and property rights challenges and opportunities.
Spanish Translation
Release Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013File: Land Tenure and REDD+: Risks to Property Rights and Opportunities for Economic Growth