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Land grabbing for jatropha bio-fuel in Ghana : assessing the impact on households' livelihood in northern Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015-08-03)The research focus on the impacts of large scale production of jatropha cultivation for bio-fuel and it effects it has on the local farmers in their access to land, ensuring food security and their livelihoods in the four ... -
Land reform and populism : amending South Africa's constitution
(Master thesis, 2020)Land reform is a highly contentious issue in post-apartheid South Africa. Immediately after apartheid ended, the new African National Congress (ANC) government, on advice from the World Bank, adopted a willing buyer-willing ... -
Large-scale agricultural land development in post-war Liberia : investigating the Golden Veroleum and Sime Darby palm oil plantations
(Master thesis, 2019)The present research examines the impact of the large-scale agricultural land developments in post-war Liberia, particularly investigating Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum palm plantations. Liberia experienced two civil wars, ... -
Legal framework of NGOs : the registration challenges of NGOs in Ghana (a case study of NGOs operating in the greater Accra Region)
(Master thesis, 2022)Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have rapidly expanded in most developing nations, particularly those in Africa, as a result of governments' and the private sector's inability to fulfil socio-economic development ... -
Legal pluralism and differential access to land and forests : implication of REDD+ to women and migrant farmers at Western Region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015-08-04)Land is regarded as wealth creating and livelihood sustaining asset to gender and migrant farmers in the high forest zones in Ghana. However, the land tenure regime in Ghana is legally pluralistic and complex. Traditional ... -
Legal sanctioning of returnees : a comparative case study of Norway, Sweden and Denmark’s approach to returnees from Syria and Iraq
(Master thesis, 2020)From 2011 to 2016, about 560 foreign fighters travelled from Scandinavia to Syria and Iraq to participate in the Islamic State (IS) (Bjørnland, 2017; Säkerhetspolisen, 2017; Justisministeriet, 2019). Today, about 40 of the ... -
Legitimizing Puntland : exploring Puntland’s hybrid political order
(Master thesis, 2018)In the era of ‘new wars’ and state-failure, the state-building paradigm have shifted from the normative policy discourse towards a more pragmatic one with alternative approaches. In this, the Western ideal of statehood and ... -
Lessons learned form the context of state-building in Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2018)State-building is a popular approach to help states out of state weakness and state failure. Yet, state-building efforts have a long way to go to achieve desirable results. Reasons for inadequate state-building success ... -
A liberal approach to a not so liberal policy : refugees in international society
(Master thesis, 2020)The rising number of refugees, and (civil) conflicts, especially after the end of the cold war and the apparent triumph of liberalism poses a challenge to liberalism both as a theory and as a policy agenda. This thesis ... -
Life at a leisurely pace? : environmental impacts of leisure and work time reduction in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Consumption is the single largest contributor to global environmental degradation. Because work drives consumption, scholars have proposed work time reduction (WTR) as a policy to reduce environmental pressure, while ... -
Linguistic rights of the Finland-Swedes : good on paper, but not in practice?
(Master thesis, 2021)The Swedish language is one of two national languages in Finland and is spoken by 5,2 percent of the population. Despite having the status of a national language, the Finland-Swedes are sometimes referred to as a linguistic ... -
Linking SSR 2.0, human security & development : community-based approaches to policing and police reform in Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2014-11-05)The thesis presents the results of an exploratory study of perceptions which examines the debate over community-based approaches to policing in Afghanistan. Putting the security of the Afghan people rather than that of the ... -
Livelihood Challenges (Vulnerability) Among the Datoga Pastoralists in Basutu and Basodesh Ward (Tanzania)
(Master thesis, 2015-08-05)This thesis is about pastoralist’s risks to their livelihoods under scenarios of expected climate changes and non-climate change in resource tenure. The study aimed at exploring the livelihood challenge facing by Datoga ... -
Livelihood vulnerability assessment to the impacts of socio-environmental stressors in Raksirang VDC of Makwanpur District Nepal
(Master thesis, 2015-05-08)This study was conducted to estimate the level of livelihood vulnerability (Livelihood Vulnerability Index- LVI) for the Chepang community of Rakshirang Village Development Committee of Makawanpur district in Nepal and ... -
Living with climate change : vulnerability and adaptation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2020)The Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam is a region considered to be among the most exposed to climate change hazards in a global context. When the climate and conditions for farming are changing considerably, adaptation ... -
Local institutions responses to climate governance policies in adaptation to climate change : a case of small scale farmers in Alego Usonga-Siaya County in Kenya
(Master thesis, 2016-11-21)Alego Usonga-Siaya County in Kenya can be considered a climate change vulnerable area with larger population dependent on substance and rain-fed farming and other social-economic activities. Drawing on national climate ... -
Local people's perceptions of and participation in a community and state protection forest, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2017)This study explores the relationships between local people and forest protection initiatives in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The goal of this thesis has been to uncover interactions with and perceptions of local people ... -
Local perspectives on inland fisheries in Kavango River, Namibia : a socio-economic and ecological approach
(Master thesis, 2002-01-01)From ancient time fisheries has been a major source of food for humanity and provider of employment and economic benefits to those engaged in it. Namibia is an arid country and with limited freshwater fisheries, chiefly ... -
Local, livelihoods, community forestry and the REDD+: A case study of a REDD+ pilot project, Ludikhola watershed, Nepal.
(Master thesis, 2014-08-18)REDD+ mechanism is considered as a critical step towards curbing greenhouse gas emission and also to store carbon in the forest of developing countries. Nepal's community forests are benefiting a large number of local ... -
Loved and hated : perception and regulation of invasive Tromsøpalme (Heracleum laciniatum auct. Scand. non. Hornem.) in Tromsø (Norway)
(Master thesis, 2014-02-17)This study investigated how invasive Tromsøpalme (Heracleum laciniatum auct. Scand., non Hornem.) was perceived and regulated by locals on Tromsø Island. Although Tromsøpalme has negative impacts on biodiversity and a ...