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    Journal Articles & Books
    September, 2004
    Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Gambia, Mali, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Guinea, Niger, Cameroon, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Cambodia, India, Russia, Mexico

    In recent years, local people and rural communities have assumed increasing prominence in strategies for natural resource management.This paper briefly reviews some of the central legal issues that are associated with this shift. In doing so, its goals are limited. It does not ad dress fundamental questions about when, where and what kind of management works, nor attempt to identify the political, social, economic and environmental ingredient s for success – subjects on which there is a huge, if still inconclusive, literature.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, India, Sudan, Nauru, Cambodia, Asia

    The first in a new series of biennial reports, this publication describes FAO priorities and activities in the Asia-Pacific region during 2002 and 2003. The introduction contains a succinct analysis of the main socio-economic developments affecting agriculture in the region. Other sections describe the challenges facing the region and present solutions in support of food security and poverty alleviation while protecting the region's natural resource base.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Micronesia, Namibia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Iceland, Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, Philippines, Nauru, Kiribati, Japan, Australia, Tuvalu, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Cambodia

    There is much interest in using customary marine tenure (CMT) as a basis for community-based fisheries management (CBFM) in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The laws of PICs lend general support to the use of CMT or tradition in fisheries management. Still, only modest efforts in the use of CMT-based community fisheries management in the PICs are observed. Further legislative action can enhance CMT use in community fisheries management.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    France, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Asia

    An outcome of the second phase of a joint FAO-ESCAP pilot project, this document provides the study reports of three countries – Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar – in their efforts to transform their national water visions to action in the quest for better management of water resources in the region. The process of formulating national water visions serves as a guide for integrated water resources management in all sector activities and at all levels of water resources management.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2004
    Bangladesh, United States of America, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Asia

    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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    Journal Articles & Books
    February, 2004
    Asia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

    This book, “Shaping the Asian Peasant Agenda: Solidarity Building Towards Sustainable Rural Development in Asian Rural Communities”, portray the perspectives of AFA and AsiaDHRRA on the agrarian and agricultural situation in their own countries and of the sub-region. It contains country reports, workshop results and lectures of keynote speakers and resource persons, presented during the sub-regional conferences conducted by AFA from August till October of 2003.

  7. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2004
    Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

    Rice is a very important commodity in our lives, as it is the staple food of about 3 billion, or three quarters, of the people in the world. Two hundred fi fty million farmers depend on rice cultivation. Ninety percent of the world’s rice is produced and consumed in Asia.


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