The Amazon forest greatly influences the global climate and may be coming under increasing threat due to climate change. This report explores the relationship between the Amazon, climate, and the changes in this relationship that are underway as a result of forest destruction and the release of…

Este livro é resultado de muitos anos de reflexões e de pesquisas desenvolvidas pelos autores dos capítulos que o compõem. Como especialistas nos temas abordados, apresentam aqui trabalhos que dão continuidade à produção científica que vem desenvolvendo, sendo que parte dela encontra-se…

La reforma agraria y las invasiones a fincas privadas o del gobierno son temas tratados desde hace mucho tiempo en Guatemala; se han discutido desde la fallida reforma agraria impulsada por el ex presidente Juan Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán hasta la actualidad. Este artículo inicia con una sucinta…

La ciudad es una matriz física y simbólica de la modernidad de nuestras sociedades y es en ella donde más se evidencian las tensiones y contradicciones del desarrollo urbano no-sostenible en nuestra región (concentración de la riqueza y de los vínculos con la globalización económica, severas…

Este artículo aborda asuntos vinculados a la demanda, precio y extranjerización de la tierra en Uruguay. Ofrece información censal, datos sobre la evolución de la demanda y del precio de la tierra entre 1980 y 2005, e hipotesis que explican los procesos del mercado de tierras. El autor termina…

Esta tese, intitulada Índios e Terras Ceará: 1850-1880, analisa o aparente desaparecimento dos povos indígenas no Ceará, na segunda metade do século XIX, contextualizado por diferentes processos de territorialização e de relações interétnicas, e também respaldado pelo silenciamento oficial…

Abstract

This report highlights the potentially significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle and the importance of considering secondary effects, particularly with regard to water, resulting from the widespread adoption of global climate change mitigation measures. It is recommended that the implicit…

The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when they do occur. Project activities will include: 1. Identifying critical points of erosion and…

Access to water is a widely debated topic as water scarcity is looming large before several developing countries. The traditional approach of water as a public good is giving way to reforms which consider water as an economic good. This paper critically reviews legal and policy issues around the…

This report summarises the results of a monitoring and evaluation project of Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) in Honduras. The project’s aim was to analyse institutional basis for an IFM system in Honduras, which could be accomplished by developing working relationships with the State Forest…

This report looks at the changes needed to ensure that gold mining will benefit development in resource rich countries, for example by generating revenue and creating jobs.With reference to case studies from Honduras and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the report outlines further changes…