Loss and Damage
Using Remote Sensing to Uncover Changes in Haiti’s Land Use
Narratives of Haiti’s degraded landscapes are as notorious as narratives of its political instability. How Haitians use their land, and its level and quality of vegetative cover have spurred millions in aid funding and have been the source of intense academic debate surrounding environmental well being of the country. Pressures like land grabs, climate change, […]
Article: Accounting for Non-Economic Loss: Climate Displacement and the Meaningful Omission of the [...]
Dr. Robert Albro, Research Associate Professor in the American University Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, recently published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Policy on the necessity of incorporating into loss-and-damage policy the intangible, non-economic loss of cultural heritage incurred as a result of climate displacement. Titled “Accounting for non-economic […]