Countries retain powers of compulsory acquisition in order to enable governments to acquire land for specific purposes. The nature of these powers and the ways in which they are used are invariably sensitive and have wide implications, including from the perspective of international agreements on human rights and their national expressions. Compulsory acquisition is disruptive for those who are affected and whose land is taken and, if done poorly, will have serious negative impacts on people and their livelihoods.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2008Global
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2008Global
Soil information, from the global to the local scale, has often been the one missing biophysical information layer, the absence
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2008Global
The articles in this volume supplement FAO Land Tenure Studies 10, Compulsory acquisition of land and compensation. The latter publication explains what compulsory acquisition and compensation are and what constitutes good practice in this area. This current volumes introductory article provides an overview of these issues. The issue of compulsory acquisition from a human rights perspective is also addressed here as are the concepts of market value, compensation value and just terms compensation.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2008South-Eastern Asia
Under present and foreseeable economic and social trends in the Asia-Pacific region, can we achieve sustainable forest management and better realize the potential of forests and forestry to contribute to improved human well-being?
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2008Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Germany
This country profile describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in Azerbaijan. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of the country and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2008Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Sweden, Italy
This country profile describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in Armenia. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of the country and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2008Global
Because of their lower social and economic status, as well as physiological needs, women are often more vulnerable to nutritional problems. When it comes to sharing food resources in the home, women and girls can lose out. Indeed, the full realisation of the right to food for women depends on parallel achievements in the right to health, education, access to information and access to resources such as land.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2009Sub-Saharan Africa
Over 2008 large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have increased. This report discusses key trends and drivers in land acquisitions, the contractual arrangements underpinning them and the way these are negotiated. It also analyses the early impacts on land access for rural people in recipient countries with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2008Africa
In many parts of Africa, legal services organisations have developed innovative ways for using legal processes to help disadvantaged groups have more secure land rights. Their approaches, tools and methods vary widely – from legal literacy training to paralegals programmes, from participatory methodologies to help local groups register their lands or negotiate with government or the private sector through to legal representation and strategic use of public interest litigation.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2008Zambia, Kenya, Africa
Based on field research conducted by two grassroots organizations, CINDI-Kitwe in Zambia and GROOTS Kenya, to map and document cases of property grabbing from children, in particular those who became orphans due to AIDS. Includes problem analysis and study objectives; presenting children’s experiences in Zambia and in Kenya; conclusions and lessons learned.
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