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  What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from Satellite and Socioeconomic Data

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  Road network expansion is strongly associated with increased deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Pfaff analyzes the determinants of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
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  Comments on papers 29b (De Leeuw and Tothill 1990) and 28b (Scoones 1989)

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1990

  In their recent paper, de Leeuw and Tothill (1990) discussed the shortcomings of estimating carrying capacity (CC) of pastoral systems in Africa. They noted the difficulty of determining available forage per animal due to high annual and spatial variability in plant production, seasonal changes in forage quantity and quality, livestock species mix, and the use of supplemental feeds.
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  Land, water and local governance in South Africa: a case study of the Mutale River Valley

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 1999

  This study examines the use and management of natural resources in an area of South Africa at a time of profound political and social change. It takes as its focus the Mutale River valley, which lies almost entirely within Venda, a former black 'homeland' under the South African system of apartheid, and now part of the Northern Province.
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  Land, water and local governance: Botswana case study

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 1999
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  The decline of common property resources in Rajasthan, India

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1986

  This paper examines the decline of common property resources in the arid zone of Rajasthan in India and the factors underlying the decline.The article concludes that:well-intentioned public programmes like land reformcan deprive a region of its comparative advantage in a key economic activity (in this case livestock farming)privatisation raises the cost of livestock raising and, hen
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  Was Mrs Mutendi only joking? Access to timber in Zimbabwe's communal areas. [Campfire Programme]

  Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources, 1999
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  From liability to asset: Wildlife in the Omay Communal Land of Zimbabwe. [Campfire Programme]

  Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources, 1999

  [This document is hosted by Resource Africa]
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  Land Use in North-East China in the 1930s and After.

  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1997

  Land use in much of North-East China in the 1930s has been reconstructed and compared with that of today. North-East China, which was once called Manchuria in Japan or elsewhere, was a place of invasion and colonization by Japan till the end of World War II. This region currently comprises of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Province and Neimongol Autonomous Region (see Figure 1).
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  Tragedy of the Commons for Community-based Forest Management in Latin America?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997

  This paper considers the evidence surrounding the popular view that common property management regimes (CPMRs) of forest management in Latin America must inevitably break down in the face of economic and demographic pressures. The evidence shows that there have been both positive and negative experiences, with a number of policy implications.
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  Ancestor Spirits and Land Reforms: Contradictory discourses and practices on rights on land in South India

  Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, 1999

  This paper is about Untouchable ancestors' strong emotional attachment to their ancestral land. Ancestrors of Untouchables remain in their ancestral land at the margin of the village, whereas ancestors of high castes leave for the abode of ancestors, after expiating their sins by transferring them to Untouchables.

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