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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2014Côte d'Ivoire
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Library ResourceVideosAugust, 2014Ghana, Nigeria
In Big Men, director Rachel Boynton has achieved a tour-de-force of documentary filmmaking. Taking a large, complex and much-contested phenomenon -- the oil business as it is conducted in under-developed countries such as Ghana and Nigeria -- she has crafted an edge-of-your-seat, character-driven drama that is also a clear and enlightening film about the global dealings behind petroleum, a crucial resource that touches everyone's life.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsAugust, 2014Africa
Pastoralism has been under pressure due to a number of factors including climate change, population pressure and socioeconomic dynamism. These factors have affected the relationships among different pastoral groups and the functioning of the customary institutions in managing natural resources. Interference of the state structures into pastoral areas, land alienation for large scale investment and delineation of protected area from communal grazing areas have negatively affected the relationships between pastoralists and the state.
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Master of Science Thesis
Reports & ResearchAugust, 2014South AfricaWater security is influenced by the complex interplay between ecological, socio-political, governance and water management systems. Achieving water security is essential for ensuring sustainable development, and challenges with water security are closely linked to the overall experience of poverty that many countries throughout the world, including South Africa, confront. These problems can broadly be understood through three main factors: water availability, access and usage; water governance and management underpin these factors.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2014Mozambique
O programa conhecido por ProSAVANA tem sido objecto de um amplo debate na sociedade. O presente texto não pretende fazer uma apresentação do programa. Tem por objectivo principal reflectir sobre a evolução dos principais elementos/paradigmas das políticas agrárias subjacentes às opções do programa.
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Library ResourceLegislationAugust, 2014Mozambique
Lei de Petróleo em Moçambique (Lei N.21/2014 de 18 de Agosto)
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Library ResourceLegislationAugust, 2014Mozambique
Lei de Minas em Moçambique (Lei N.20/2014 de 18 de Agosto)
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2014Zambia
BarotseFloodplain, Western Province of Zambia
•Multiple demographic, socioeconomic and climatic challenges and vulnerabilities
•Variety of livelihood opportunities: flood –provide fish & aquatic plants; water subside –fertile ground to cultivate crops
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Legal Framework and Realities on the Ground
Peer-reviewed publicationAugust, 2014TanzaniaBeginning in the mid-1970s through to the 1980s, Tanzania experienced a severe socio-economic crisis. In an attempt to turn things around the abating economy and accelerate economic growth, the government embarked on a broad range of radical policy, legislation, and institution reforms, which opened doors for foreign direct investments (FDIs) and further initiatives have been taken to create an enabling environment for investments to flourish in the country.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2014Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Zambia, Chile, Burundi, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Austria, Congo, Bangladesh, Guyana, Armenia, Colombia, Kenya, Australia, Uruguay, Botswana, Argentina, Chad, Togo
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/REP
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