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COVID-19, racismo estructural e inversión comunitaria
Notas para una recuperación justa
October 2020, Spanish
A continuación, un extracto de un resumen de publicación elaborado por el Centro para la Inversión Comunitaria, del Instituto Lincoln de Políticas de Suelo. Para leer o descargar el resumen completo, visite https://bit.ly/cci-ajustrecovery. Por naturaleza, las crisis son épocas de alteración. Nuestras actividades habituales y los modelos mentales arraigados, cosas que parecen naturales […]
October 2020, Spanish
A continuación, un extracto de un resumen de publicación elaborado por el Centro para la Inversión Comunitaria, del Instituto Lincoln de Políticas de Suelo. Para leer o descargar el resumen completo, visite https://bit.ly/cci-ajustrecovery. Por naturaleza, las crisis son épocas de alteración. Nuestras actividades habituales y los modelos mentales arraigados, cosas que parecen naturales […]
Center for Geospatial Solutions: Think Globally, Map Locally
October 2020, English
In the 1980s, not long after China had opened up to global trade and commerce, the nation’s farmland began succumbing to rapid urbanization. The explosive growth of cities consumed an estimated 7 million to 12 million acres of prime farmland from 1987 to 1995. This pattern led to dramatic changes in the landscape and […]
October 2020, English
In the 1980s, not long after China had opened up to global trade and commerce, the nation’s farmland began succumbing to rapid urbanization. The explosive growth of cities consumed an estimated 7 million to 12 million acres of prime farmland from 1987 to 1995. This pattern led to dramatic changes in the landscape and […]
Mensaje del presidente
Centro de Soluciones Geoespaciales: Pensamiento global, mapeo local
October 2020, Spanish
En la década de 1980, poco después de que China se hubiera abierto al mercado y el comercio internacionales, las tierras agrícolas del país empezaron a sucumbir a la súbita urbanización. Entre 1987 y 1995, el crecimiento explosivo de las ciudades consumió entre tres y cinco millones de hectáreas de tierras agrícolas excelentes. Este […]
October 2020, Spanish
En la década de 1980, poco después de que China se hubiera abierto al mercado y el comercio internacionales, las tierras agrícolas del país empezaron a sucumbir a la súbita urbanización. Entre 1987 y 1995, el crecimiento explosivo de las ciudades consumió entre tres y cinco millones de hectáreas de tierras agrícolas excelentes. Este […]
Land Lines, October 2020
October 2020, English
October 2020, English
Global Conservation
International Land Conservation Network Appoints Regional Representatives
October 2020, English
The onset of the pandemic led the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) to recast plans for a global conservation congress earlier this year, shifting from an in-person gathering for 300 people in Barcelona to a series of virtual webinars. Like many organizations, ILCN saw a surprising benefit emerge from this unexpected change of plans: […]
October 2020, English
The onset of the pandemic led the International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) to recast plans for a global conservation congress earlier this year, shifting from an in-person gathering for 300 people in Barcelona to a series of virtual webinars. Like many organizations, ILCN saw a surprising benefit emerge from this unexpected change of plans: […]
Land Matters Podcast
Episode 15: Confronting a COVID Recession
October 2020, English
The tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic is evident in so many ways, beginning with the death toll—more than 1 million deaths worldwide to date, and more than 210,000 of those in the United States alone. Economies are in turmoil, with staggering job losses and huge reductions in GDP. But for some time now, one […]
October 2020, English
The tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic is evident in so many ways, beginning with the death toll—more than 1 million deaths worldwide to date, and more than 210,000 of those in the United States alone. Economies are in turmoil, with staggering job losses and huge reductions in GDP. But for some time now, one […]
Land Conservation
Fernando Lloveras San Miguel of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico Wins the Kingsbury Browne Fellowship and Conservation Leadership Award
October 2020, English
Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, executive director of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, has been named the new Kingsbury Browne Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the recipient of the Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award from the Land Trust Alliance (LTA). For the past 17 years, Lloveras has led the Trust, which manages and protects […]
October 2020, English
Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, executive director of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, has been named the new Kingsbury Browne Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the recipient of the Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award from the Land Trust Alliance (LTA). For the past 17 years, Lloveras has led the Trust, which manages and protects […]
Opening Doors
Land Banks and Community Land Trusts Partner to Unlock Affordable Housing Opportunities
October 2020, English
Earlier this year, Kizzy Jefferson closed on her first house. The newly finished three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence in Acre Homes, a historically Black neighborhood in Northwest Houston, sold for $75,000, less than a third of the city’s median single-family home price of $250,000. Long considered an unusually affordable city, Houston has experienced the same soaring […]
October 2020, English
Earlier this year, Kizzy Jefferson closed on her first house. The newly finished three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence in Acre Homes, a historically Black neighborhood in Northwest Houston, sold for $75,000, less than a third of the city’s median single-family home price of $250,000. Long considered an unusually affordable city, Houston has experienced the same soaring […]
