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Mountain Catchment Areas Act.

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Legislation
September, 1970
Namibia

This Act makes provision for the conservation, use, management and control of land situated in mountain catchment areas. "Mountain catchment area" means any area declared by the Minister under section 2 to be a mountain catchment area.

Preservation of Farm and Forest Lands (Code of Virginia: Title 3.2. Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food; Chapter 2; secs. 3.2-200 through 3.2-206)

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Legislation
December, 1949
United States of America

This Chapter of the Code of Virginia provides for the preservation of farm and forest lands in Virginia. It establishes the Office of Farmland Preservation as a continuation of the Agricultural Vitality Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of Virginia.

State of the world's forests 2011

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Journal Articles & Books
Global

The ninth biennial issue of State of the World’s Forests, published at the outset of 2011, the International Year of Forests, considers the theme ‘Changing pathways, changing lives: forests as multiple pathways to sustainable development’. It takes a holistic view of the multiple ways in which forests support livelihoods.

State of the world's forests 2009

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Journal Articles & Books
Global

What will be the impact on forests of future economic development, globalized trade and increases in the world's population? The 2009 edition of the biennial State of the World's Forests looks forward, with the theme "Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future".

Securing land tenure for women in Cameroon's forest societies: a marginalized position seen and maintained

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Peer-reviewed publication
Cameroon

Land capital occupies a prominent place in production activities in Africa. In forestry companies, women workers of production excellence, do not enjoy the same rights as the male agent in terms of access to land. This article attempts to question the foundations of this societal injustice while highlighting the various shadows that overwhelm women's tenure security in the forest zone.

Forestry and natural resources law 2002

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Legislation & Policies
Sudan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
The Act consists of 6 Chapters divided into 61 articles. Chapter I contains preliminary provisions. Chapter II provides for the management of renewable natural resources. Chapter III deals with reserved areas. Chapter IV pertains to the protection of forests and renewable resources outside of reserved areas for public interest. Chapter V refers to the act of Confiscation.

Forest Reference Level FRL

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Reports & Research
Sudan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
This document presents the submission of Sudan’s first sub-national Forest Reference Emission Level/ Forest Reference Level (FRL) to the UNFCCC. The proposed FRL includes the values of the average annual change in carbon stock due to deforestation (786, 202 t. CO2 /y) over the reference period and accumulated CO2 removals (-344,458 t.