natural resources

Hierarchies of Rights: Land and Investments in Africa

The main aim of the research program is to analyse how struggles related to large-scale investments into natural resources affect small-holders’ rights to land in Sub-Saharan Africa. It tests the…
Mozambique
Tanzania
foreign investment
human rights
land ownership
natural resources
political power
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Department of Society and Globalisation (RUC)
University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Institute of Resource Assessment, Tanzania
University of Eduardo Mondlane, Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration, Mozambique
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark
Total grant
9,969,902
http://www.ruc.dk/hierarchies

Property, Access and eXclusion (AX)

AX examines how each set of actors along Ghana’s charcoal chain gain or maintain access to benefits. Access, defined as the ability to benefit from things, is controlled and maintained via a broad…
Ghana
regulations
access
natural resources
property rights
value chain
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
Faculty of Science (UCPH)
Department of Food and Resource Economics (UCPH)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dept. of Silviculture and Forest Management, Ghana
University of Ghana (UG), Institute of African Studies, Ghana
Tropenbos International - Ghana programme, Ghana
Total grant
8,876,494
http://www.ifro.ku.dk/AX

Analysis and modeling of Geological Basins in Vietnam - GEUS2 - Phase 3

Oil and gas constitute an important sector in Vietnamese society. About 20 per cent of national revenue is generated by oil and gas and this sector employs many Vietnamese. In October 2009, GEUS…
Vietnam
assessment
fuel oils
geological basins
geology
models
natural gas
natural resources
oil and gas industry
surveys
training
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark
Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI), Hanoi, Vietnam - Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Vietnam - Hanoi University of Science (HUS), Vietnam
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Department of Geosciences & Natural Resource Management (IGN), Denmark
Total grant
6,388,869

Monitoring Matters: Comparative Analysis of Innovative Approaches

Monitoring of natural resources and resource use by professional scientists is often costly and hard to sustain, especially in developing countries, where financial resources are limited. Moreover,…
Bhutan
Ghana
Madagascar
Namibia
Nicaragua
Philippines
Tanzania
resource management
data collection
monitoring
natural resources
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) - Prior to 2012
Department of Agriculture and Ecology (LIFE) - Prior to 2012
Total grant
8,104,832
http://www.monitoringmatters.org/

Analysis and modelling of Geological Basins in Vietnam - GEUS1 - Phase 2

Oil and gas constitute an important sector in Vietnamese society. About 20 per cent of national revenue is generated by oil and gas and this sector employs many Vietnamese. In 2005, GEUS started phase…
Vietnam
assessment
fuel oils
geological basins
geology
models
natural gas
natural resources
oil and gas industry
surveys
training courses
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark
Total grant
8,559,429
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