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El proceso de formación y transformación de los recortados “derechos” coloniales a tierras de los indígenas sujetos a dominio colonial es un tema desigualmente conocido en los territorios que integraron la gobernación del Tucumán casi hasta fines del siglo XVIII.
La biodiversidad y la estabilidad del Iberá están reguladas por el régimen de fluctuación climático- hidrológico que ha determinado distintos modelos de ajuste de las poblaciones animales y vegetales a la periodicidad de la oferta de agua.
Favelukes, G. (2015). El país en un libro. Parcelas, mensuras y territorio en catastros tempranos en la Argentina. Redes, 21(40), 177-195.
Less than 2% of the land available worldwide is owned by women. Why is the issue of land so gendered? What approaches and lessons learned can development professionals utilise to address the issue of gender and land?
The Integrated Drylands Development Programme (IDDP) is a global UNDP initiative to promote sustainable development in the drylands, and advance the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
In Africa, the pursuit of gender equality in inheritance rights remains one of the most difficult challenges due to its entrenched patriarchal characteristics. This is also the case in the rural communities of South-Eastern Nigeria.
Across Africa, land is integral to identity and existence. Access to, and ownership of land for women is often problematic – particularly when laws and culture collide.
A partir de un estudio de caso de la comunidad de Toacazo, en Cotopaxi, en su nuevo libro Víctor Bretón argumenta que las raíces del Movimiento Indígena Ecuatoriano se encuentran en las luchas indígenas alrededor de la tierra, luchas que han caracterizado los Andes desde el régimen de hacienda.
The biofuel boom has become a core issue in Zimbabwean land and development debates. Biofuels require large tracts of land for production; and the land acquisition programmes by the various state, non-state actors and individuals have been termed ‘land grabbing’.