Essays about: "land contracts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words land contracts.

  1. 1. Effectiveness of the Costa Rican Payments for Ecosystem Services program in mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions: Trends in carbon stocks 2012-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Noelia Solano Guindon; [2023]
    Keywords : Payments for ecosystem services; ecosystem services; carbon stocks; greenhouse gas emissions; mitigation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Payments for ecosystem services (PES), a mechanism of incentives or compensation to landowners for provision of ecosystem services, have grown as a tool for meeting conservation goals. The Costa Rican payments for ecosystem services (PSA) program is one of the best-known examples because of being one of the most established. READ MORE

  3. 2. Avgörande faktorer för att lyckas starta lantbruksföretag från grunden : hur inträdesbarriärer har hanterats vid inträde i lantbruksbranschen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Filip Blomqvist; Gustaf Stråkander; [2019]
    Keywords : lantbruksföretag; jordbruk; lantbruksbranschen; inträdesbarriärer; barries to entry; avgörande faktorer;

    Abstract : Lantbruksbranschen är kapitalintensiv i förhållande till andra branscher, i Sverige är efterfrågan stor på åkermark och den förväntas bli än större. I kombination med en ökad efterfrågan på mark och arrende i med och ett begränsat utbud har priserna ökat, vilket har orsakat svårigheter att skapa en stabil och lönsam verksamhet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Darlene Rini; [2018]
    Keywords : Urban fire risks; informal settlement fires; urban fire risk management; GIS; URDI; urban disasters; risk indexing; fire statistics; Metro Manila; Quezon City; Science General;

    Abstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Contractualization of Human Rights - State-Investor Contracts in the Agri-Business Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Lotte Carlijn van der Vaart; [2017]
    Keywords : State-Investor Contracts; Contractualization of Human Rights; Corporate Social Responsibilities; Principles for Responsible Contracts; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : An increase in large-scale agricultural investment in land has been going on since the global food crisis in 2008. Import-dependent countries have acquired large plots of land to secure food supplies. The investments had disastrous impacts on the local communities living on the land before the investment took place. READ MORE

  6. 5. Storleksexpansion av lantbruksföretag genom sidoarrende : beaktade faktorer i beslutsprocessen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Torgny Pettersson; [2017]
    Keywords : arrende; beslutsprocess; företagsutveckling; heltidslantbruk; sidorarrende; storleksexpansion;

    Abstract : The numbers of full time farmers that cultivate in excess of 100 hectares increase steadily. At the same time the number of famers is decreasing and the farms grow larger. This result in a redistribution of the arable land and causes the share of land as well as average farm size farmed by full time famers to increase. READ MORE