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LAND-L Digest for Monday, May 12, 2014.

1. Land Update - 12 May 2014 - Land Policy & Practice
2. New Books - Review Copies

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A compilation of items recently posted to the Land Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News - 12 May 2014 WMBD Marks the Launch of Project Destination Flyways 11_May_2014: On this year's World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), 10-11 May 2014, the UN highlighted the role of sustainable tourism in conserving migratory birds along their flyways. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed support for raising awareness about the threats to migratory birds from habitat destruction, over-exploitation, pollution and climate change.  continued...   IPBES Interim MEP Report Calls for Improved Member Selection 9_May_2014: The Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), through Decision IPBES-2/2 (para 3), requested that the interim Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) prepare a report by June 2014, reflecting on "the lessons learned with regards to its functioning and how to improve it." The report, now published, highlights nine lessons learned. continued...   Zayed International Prize for the Environment Awards Announced 7_May_2014: The Zayed International Prize for the Environment Award has been awarded to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco in recognition of the efforts of the Prince Albert II Foundation to spur urgent action on climate change, biodiversity protection and water security. He received the Prize at a ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 7 May 2014. At the event, two additional Zayed Prizes were awarded in each of the '2nd Category for Scientific and or Technological Achievement in Environment,' and in the '3rd Category for Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society.' continued...   ICARDA Newsletter Documents Partnerships in Ethiopia, Jordan and Sudan 8_May_2014: The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) April 2014 Newsletter describes new and ongoing activities in Ethiopia, Jordan and Sudan, as well as efforts to safeguard ICARDA's genebank, which has been under threat due to civil conflict in Syria. continued...   Mountain Partnership Highlights Importance of Mountains to Water and Ecosystems in Post-2015 Agenda 7_May_2014: The Mountain Partnership has identified "water" and "ecosystems and biodiversity" as priority areas under which mountains should be included in the post-2015 development agenda. continued...   CIFOR Annual Report Celebrates 20 Years 5_May_2014: The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) released its 2013 Annual Report, which celebrates its 20th anniversary and highlights a shift in focus towards a landscape approach. continued...   Land Policy & Practice Calendar: Current & Upcoming Events Adaptation Futures 2014: Third International Climate Change Adaptation Conference Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil 12 May - 16 May Seventh Executive Forest Policy Course: People, Land Use and Forestry in the Pacific – Policy Challenges in the 21st Century Nadi, Western, Fiji 12 May - 23 May Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security Addis Ababa, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia 15 May - 17 May International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 19 May - 20 May World Mountain Forum 2014 Cusco, Peru 23 May - 24 May 46th GEF Council Meeting and GEF Assembly Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico 25 May - 30 May Ecosystems, Economy and Society: How Large-scale Restoration Can Stimulate Sustainable Development Washington D.C., US 29 May - 30 May World Environment Day 2014 worldwide 5 Jun 20th World Congress of Soil Science Jeju City, Jeju (Cheju-Do), Republic of Korea 8 Jun - 13 Jun 12th Session of the Open Working Group on SDGs New York City, US 16 Jun - 20 Jun CBD WGRI 5 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 16 Jun - 20 Jun 2014 World Day to Combat Desertification worldwide 17 Jun European Commission Conference on 'Land as a Resource' Brussels, Belgium 19 Jun 22nd Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry Rome, Lazio, Italy 23 Jun - 27 Jun UN Environmental Assembly of UNEP Nairobi, Kenya 23 Jun - 27 Jun    Subscribe to our iCalendar and your computer will gain access to all the events listed in our  Land Policy & Practice  Calendar ( Learn More | Subscribe ) Please send suggestions for articles to Lauren Anderson at lauren@iisd.org Funding for Land Policy & Practice has been provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Global Program Climate Change

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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:16:45 +0000
Subject: New Books - Review Copies

Dear all,

 

For the entire month of May, Routledge is offering Free to View Monographs in the Social Sciences! Click the link below to start reading:

 

Additionally, I am pleased to announce a selection of new and forthcoming titles by Routledge:

 

If you are a book review editor or have had a review proposal accepted by a journal/publication and would like to review any of these titles, please email Francesca.Galbo@taylorandfrancis.com  ensuring you provide a full delivery address, recipient name, contact telephone number and the title of the publication you are reviewing the book for.

 

Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuildin

Edited by Helen Young, Lisa Goldman

Sustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries. By degrading the natural resources that are essential to livelihoods and by significantly hindering access to those resources, conflict can wreak havoc on the ability of war-torn populations to survive and recover. This book explores how natural resource management initiatives in more than twenty countries and territories have supported livelihoods and facilitated post-conflict peacebuilding.

Read more...
Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

To be Published August 2014 by Routledge

 

 

Conflict, Negotiations and Natural Resource Management

A Legal Pluralism Perspective from India
Edited by Maarten Bavinck, Amalendu Jyotishi

This collection brings a diverse range of approaches to the question of pluralism, property and natural resource management in South East Asia. This significant contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature exploring indigenous people, legal pluralism, land rights and environmentalism is a timely and persuasive overview of the fundamental role of property rights in shaping how people manage natural resources.

Read more...
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

To be Published August 2014 by Routledge

 

 

Constitutions and the Commons

The Impact of Federal Governance on Local, National, and Global Resource Management
By Blake Hudson

This book looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its natural resources (or commons). Furthermore it considers how far the constitution facilitates the binding of constituent states or subnational units to honor the conditions of international environmental treaties.

Read more...

Published March 2014 by RFF Press

 

 

Thinking through Landscape
By Augustin Berque

This original book presents a philosophical reflection on human societies' attitude to the environment, informed by the history of the concept of landscape and the role played by the concept of nature in the human imagination.

Read more...

Published April 2014 by Routledge

 

 

Land Solutions for Climate Displacement
Edited by Scott Leckie

This book includes ten chapters of highly original and innovative research on the reality and dynamics of climate displacement in seven of the countries which are most seriously affected, or which will be in the future. The book includes both general analytical chapters as well as country-specific chapters on Bangladesh, Kiribati, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. All country chapters are written by nationals of those countries, lending a first-hand account of how these frontline nations are grappling with the human consequences of climate displacement.

Read more...

Series: Routledge Studies in Development, Displacement and Resettlement

To be Published May 2014 by Routledge

 

The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress
An Environmental History
By Cameron Muir

Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century. This book examines the ecological disorder and inequity at the heart of our food system. It tells the story of how the development of modern agriculture promised ecological and social stability but instead descended into dysfunction. Contributing to knowledge in environmental, cultural and agricultural histories, it explores how people have tried to live in the aftermath of 'ecological imperialism'.

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Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities

To Be Published May 2014 by Routledge

 

 

Confronting Land and Property Problems for Peace

Edited by Shinichi Takeuchi

This book includes ten chapters of highly original and innovative research on the reality and dynamics of climate displacement in seven of the countries which are most seriously affected, or which will be in the future. The book includes both general analytical chapters as well as country-specific chapters on Bangladesh, Kiribati, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. All country chapters are written by nationals of those countries, lending a first-hand account of how these frontline nations are grappling with the human consequences of climate displacement.

Read more...

Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

To be Published June 2014 by Routledge

 

Please send us your published reviews!

 

We'd be extremely grateful to receive any published reviews – for this or any other Routledge book you may have recently reviewed – so that we can add review quotes to our website and flyers, and circulate them via our social media accounts. Routledge will ensure we always quote your journal name - publicity for you too! Please feel free to email them to Francesca.Galbo@taylorandfrancis.com.

 

Best wishes,

Francesca

 

Francesca Galbo

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