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草根的力量
⼟地保护组织应对⽓候变化的解决⽅案Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasNovembro 2022As communities worldwide make protecting the climate a priority, land trusts and conservancies of all sizes and capacities are seeking greater clarity in how to address climate change through...
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The Effects of Payments for Environmental Services on Peri-Urban Land Change in Mexico City's Conservation Zone
Documentos de TrabalhoJunho 2022Julia C. Bausch, Elizabeth Tellman, Alison Acosta-Oakes, Amy Lerner, Enrique Castelán-Crespo, and Bertha Hernández-AguilarIn many cities of the developing world, informal settlements are a key place for people with low incomes to access housing. Informal urbanization drives land-use change at the urban periphery:...
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From the Ground Up
How Land Trusts and Conservancies Are Providing Solutions to Climate ChangeInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasFevereiro 2022James N. Levitt and Chandni NavalkhaAs communities worldwide make protecting the climate a priority, land trusts and conservancies of all sizes and capacities are seeking greater clarity in how to address climate change through...
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The Evolution of a Land Trust
Placing Social Transformation at the Center of the Conservation EffortDocumentos de TrabalhoSetembro 2021Fernando Lloveras San MiguelThis narrative examines the evolution of a land trust, Para la Naturaleza (PLN) in Puerto Rico, as it navigated a vast array of challenges. These challenges led Para la Naturaleza to transform itself...
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Green Infrastructure in Patagonia
Sharing the Recent Chilean Land Conservation Experience with the European Conservation CommunityDocumentos de TrabalhoNovembro 2018Tilmann Disselhoff and Tom KirscheyThis paper attempts to capture some of the early lessons from the creation of a new National Park Network in Chilean Patagonia. We argue that the National Park Network of Patagonia constitutes green...
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Case Study: Tourism, Conservation, and Contestation in Florianópolis, Brazil
OutroOutubro 2018Allison BridgesThis case study explores how the intersecting urban development agendas of multiple stakeholders can work to accelerate sustainable outcomes in land use.
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Strengthening Urban Resilience through Nature
The potential of ecosystem-based measures for reduction of landslide risk in Rio de JaneiroDocumentos de TrabalhoJunho 2018Wofram Lange, Simone Sandholz, and Udo NehrenEcosystem-based measures have a high potential to replace or build on engineered solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), not only in rural but also in urban...
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The Global Reach of Land Trust Organizations
Documentos de TrabalhoFevereiro 2015This paper is a summary of the author’s reflections gained from the many interactions he has had over the past 18 months with land trust practitioners, academics and government agency leaders on...