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حبـّات وقطرات

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Italy
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
water management
food security
natural resources management
: 16 2002
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Environmental Action Strategy for Sustainable Development in Italy.

National Policies
January, 2002
Italy
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
fisheries
natural disasters
land management
coastal areas
The Environmental Action Strategy for Sustainable Development in Italy is a strategic instrument with a national coverage which sets out the goals to be attained for sustainable development and outlines related measures and actions to be undertaken. The national environmental action strategy ensures continuity to the European Union action, namely through the Sixth Environmental Action Plan, with the targets regarding social cohesion, full employment and environmental protection approved by the Council of Europe in Lisbon and Göthenburg.
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Contested Terrain: Oxfam, Gender, and the Aftermath of War

Reports & Research
December, 2001
Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Australia, Germany, Poland, Macao S.A.R, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Eastern Asia
Land & Gender
land rights
The topic of gender relations in the context of conflict covers highly sensitive terrain, not only within the war-torn society, but for intervening institutions. Like other international humanitarian agencies, Oxfam Great Britain (GB) has faced difficult questions about whether its presence has sometimes done more harm than good. External agencies also have to ask themselves whether their interventions impact negatively on women and gender relations.
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Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis?

Reports & Research
December, 2001
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa
water management
More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.
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SIAT - Sistema de Avaliação de Terras

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Spain
land suitability
The purpose of this work was to adapt the MicroLEIS - Land Evaluation Information System developed in Spain to the Brazilian Southeast conditions. Twelve (12) variables were considered, as follows: A - Relief Factor: 1) Slope; B - Soil Factor: 2) Effective depth, 3) Texture, 4) Stoniness, 5) Drainage, 6) Salinity; C - Erosion Factor: 7) Erodibility, 8) Slope, 9) Vegetation density, 10) Rainfall erosivity; D - Bioclimatic Deficiency Factor: 11) Frost, 12) Available water. For each of them, the control parameters were changed, according to conditions of the soils of the State of São Paulo.
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Irrigated Land Value Estimates from Land Prices

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Spain
land economics
Este trabajo calcula el valor del regadío en la provincia de León a partir de datos de precios de la tierra desagregados por aprovechamiento y comarca. El valor de los beneficios asociados al regadío puede averiguarse comparando dos parcelas de tierra "iguales" excepto por el hecho de que una de las tierras sea de secano y la otra de regadío.
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Document national de prospective - L' Algérie

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Algeria, Portugal, Africa
Forest Tenure
forestry
forest land
natural resources management
sustainable development
The outlook for the forestry sector in Algeria in the context of the current socio-economic and political environment. Likely scenarios to the year 2020 are presented and key issues affecting future development are outlined.
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Recursos Genéticos Forestales

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Australia, Albania, Cuba
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
research
La Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales Mundiales (ERF 2000) recientemente publicada, se basó en un esfuerzo intensivo de cinco años realizado por la FAO en cooperación con los organismos nacionales de casi todos los países del mundo, un gran número de centros de investigación e instituciones académicas y una serie de organizaciones internacionales, regionales y no gubernamentales.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2001
France, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Asia
natural resources management
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Conservation agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Tanzania, Kenya, Bolivia, Malawi, Brazil, Italy, Africa
farming systems
land use
land management
land
The purpose of this publication is to show how conservation agriculture can increase crop production while reducing erosion and reversing soil fertility decline, improving rural livelihoods and restoring the environment in developing countries. Soil organic matter and biological activity in the rooting zone, stimulated by continual additions of fresh organic material (crop residues and cover crops) are the basis of conservation agriculture, as described in the first chapter.