Latin America: A regional perspective on its forest policy and economics

Submitted by Marianela Arguello on

This final paper in the Special Issue on Latin America summarizes the contributions of the 15 previous and more specialized papers under the themes of 1) defining characteristics of Latin American forestry and its comparison with forestry in other parts of the world, 2) policies that make a difference specifically for  Latin America and 3) Latin America's developing forest industry.

Conservation, Land, Policy Design

Central and South America. In Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Submitted by Marianela Arguello on
EfD Authors:

Profound economic, ethnic, and social inequalities are exacerbated by climate change. High levels of widespread poverty, weak water governance, unequal access to safe water and sanitation services, and lack of infrastructure and financing reduce adaptation capacity, increasing and creating new population vulnerabilities. 

Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry, Policy Design

Governance of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) for livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Submitted by Marianela Arguello on
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This document summarizes the governance analysis of bovine livestock NAMAs, or low-emission cattle farming initiatives, that are either underway or in formulation in LAC. It focuses on the legal and institutional frameworks and the key aspects related to stakeholder framework structure and design, associated with an effective and sustainable governance model. 

Agriculture, Climate Change, Conservation

Modeling crop production under climate change in Southeast Nigeria: Agroecology as a response

Submitted by Agha Inya on

Nations of the world have seen unprecedented changes in climate variables in recent decades. But it is unclear to what extent climate change has impacted and will impact food systems in some developing regions, and how policymakers can frame an approach to encouraging adaptation and advancing climate-smart agriculture.

Agriculture, Climate Change