In this study, analysis of land use and suitability maps for 2 contrasting mountainous ecosystems was used to identify areas where a change from existing to potential land use was required. A socioeconomic survey was carried out to select locations for implementing 2 land management packages with the full participation of farmers.

This paper presents an ex-ante cost-benefit analysis of larg

Jordan is one of the world's most water-deficit countries with only about 4% of the total land area considered arable. As a consequence agricultural production is greatly constrained by limited natural resources. Therefore, a major challenge for the country is to promote the sustainable use of natural resources for agricultural purposes. This challenge is being made harder by the ongoing processes of degradation due to increased population pressure, which undermine any social and economic development gains.

This atlas aims to provide the reader with key pointers for a spatial analysis o

Property ownership is a male domain in Jordan, where women are dependent on men for housing. A patriarchal pattern of power dominates both inheritance and property. While the inheritance rights of women are formally enshrined in the constitution, in Islamic law (Sharia), and in the customary law particularly common in the steppe regions, female heirs continue to face social pressure to renounce their rights in favor of male heirs. Most women either do not receive the share of inheritance that the law entitles them to or they are simply denied their right to housing and land.

In Congo-Brazzaville, tree planting projects intended for carbon markets have proliferated over the past four years. This concerns large-scale developments of monocultures initiated by oil companies under the seductive term of carbon neutrality and promises of job creation for communities. But in reality, they are neither a solution to the climate crisis nor a benefit for the communities of Congo.

As the world races to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the role of carbon markets remains deeply contested. Yet the nuances of ‘carbon rights’ — which generally refer to the rights “to benefit from sequestered carbon and/ or reduced greenhouse gas emissions”1 — remain underexamined. This is particularly the case for rights to ‘biosequestered carbon’, which is carbon removed from the atmosphere and stored in vegetation, soils and the ocean.

As a climate change mitigation strategy, emission reduction projects, such as those related to forest carbon, are bein

Les écosystèmes de mangroves, reconnus pour leurs nombreux biens et services, font face