Skip to main content

page search

IssuesenvironmentLandLibrary Resource
There are 6, 186 content items of different types and languages related to environment on the Land Portal.
Displaying 3025 - 3036 of 4151

Land degradation in Afghanistan

Reports & Research
May, 2007
Afghanistan

Land is very important natural resource to the human being as it provides the basis for more than 95% of human food. On the broader context, land has many other functions, e.g. provision of biological habitats and physical and connective space; regulation of hydrology and climate; storage of minerals, raw materials and historical/pre-historical records; and as a buffer to control waste and pollution. Expanding human requirements and economic activities are placing ever increasing pressures on land resources, creating competition and conflicts and resulting in suboptimal use of land.

Brazilian Amazon Deforestation and land governance

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Brazil
This article ́s aim is to show that the main cause of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest is the lack of land governance. The deforestation occurs manly because property rights are not clearly establish, and occurs on land ruled directly or indirectly related to the state. After making a literature review on the Amazon region deforestation causes it will show, with data from PRODES (published by IMAZON, IPAN and ISA), on deforestation for the Amazon region and for the states revealing the main landowners types in which deforestation occurs more frequently.

Land grab in Brazil caused by lack of land governance

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2015
South America
Brazil

Brazil has the fifth-largest national land area in the world and this land resource represents a critical asset for the country’s urban, agricultural, and economic development, also providing essential environmental services. Nevertheless, it has a historical lack of governance over its lands, failing to provide secure land rights and to control the extensive frauds resulting in public and private land grabs. The objective of this study is to depict evidence of these land grabs and propose a typology for analyzing them.

Doing Business Economy Profile 2016

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Brazil
Doing 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 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation.

BRAZILIAN RURAL PROPERTY TAXATION AND ITS RECENT STRUCTURAL CHANGES

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Brazil
The article aims to evidence existing gap between the declarations for ITR and the amount that should be collected. To better understand its limitations, a historical backgroung is outlined along with its mechanisms and known frauds. All legal and regulatory changes were presented as well.
 
To achieve this objective, different databases were used to evidence disparities. The agricultural census and information from the National Treasury were the official references, as technical surveys and market values were parameters of contrast.

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2019 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2019

Institutional & promotional materials
April, 2020
Latin America and the Caribbean

En el Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe de la CEPAL se presenta un conjunto de estadísticas básicas que caracterizan la situación económica, sociodemográfica y ambiental de la región referidas a un período en particular. Esta información forma parte del conjunto de estadísticas disponibles en CEPALSTAT, el portal de bases de datos y publicaciones estadísticas de la CEPAL http://estadisticas.cepal.org/cepalstat/ [en línea].

Environmental dimension in development planning

Reports & Research
November, 1985
South America
Central America

Contiene algunas consideraciones sobre la crisis de desarrollo que sufre la region y sus consecuencias sobre la crisis de la planificacion y el medio ambiente. Analiza formas de incorporar la dimension ambiental a la planificacion, entre ellas, la investigacion sobre recursos naturales y evaluacion de los mismos, la preparacion de cuentas o inventarios del patrimonio natural y cultural. Evalua las formas institucionales adoptadas para la planificacion del desarrollo y presenta el analisis costo-beneficio como una herramienta de apoyo a la politica ambiental.