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FAO and Traditional Knowledge: The Linkages with Sustainability, Food Security and Climate Change Impacts

Reports & Research
July, 2018
Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Iran, Argentina, India, Niger
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary tenure
climate change
land governance
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
In developed and developing countries all over the world, farmers and indigenous and local communities have traditional knowledge, expertise, skills and practices related to food security and to food and agricultural production and diversity. Since its creation in 1945, FAO has recognized the significant contributions these make to food and agriculture, and the relevance of on-farm/in situ and ex situ conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture.
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Report of the 24th Session of the Committee on Forestry

Reports & Research
September, 2018
Equatorial Guinea, United States of America, Dominican Republic, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Costa Rica, Poland, Netherlands, Latvia, Austria, Iran, Finland, Thailand, Morocco, Japan, Italy, Norway, Sudan, Brazil, Cuba
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
Report of the 24th Session of the Committee on Forestry
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Report of the Twenty-Third session of the Committee on Forestry

Reports & Research
December, 2016
France, Slovakia, Belgium, Peru, Jamaica, Canada, Iran, Costa Rica, Thailand, Switzerland, Republic of Korea, Japan, South Africa, Italy, Tanzania, Brazil, Russia, China, Mexico, Norway, Lebanon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
sustainable development
Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2016/REP
Session: Sess. 23
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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems : GIAHS Information Sheet

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Chile, Germany, Peru, Canada, Iran, Republic of Korea, Kenya, Morocco, Japan, Philippines, Italy, Tanzania, Tunisia, India, China, Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
intensive land use
farmers
farming systems
land use
land-use planning
land degradation
<p>The purpose of this sheet is to provide comprehensive set of information on GIAHS Programme in a single document which summarizes all the core information uploaded in the website and written in the previously released sources.</p> The overall goal of the global initiative is to identify and safeguard Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity and knowledge systems through catalyzing and establishing a long-term programme to support such systems and enhance global, national and local benefits derived through thei
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FAO's work on climate change: Forests and Climate Change

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Algeria, Fiji, Nigeria, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Chile, Burkina Faso, China, Iran, Guyana, Niger, Ethiopia, Thailand, Morocco, Malaysia, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, Tunisia, Senegal, Turkey, Uruguay
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
climate change
land governance
community forestry
forest land
The publication aims to provide a broad range of data and statistics on forests, and the impact and benefits that forestry has on our environment. It also offers some general information and data about the impact forests and forestry can have in mitigating the effects of climate change, as well as information concerning how they are, in turn, affected by climate change.
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Urban and peri-urban forestry and greening in west and Central Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Cyprus, Yemen, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Oman, Uzbekistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Bahrain, Georgia, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Central Asia, Western Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
land governance
sustainable land management
land use
land tenure
poverty
forest land
urban forestry
FAO has initiated a series of global and regional sector outlook studies to examine linkages between forests and societies and to indicate emerging opportunities and challenges. The Forestry Outlook Study for West and Central Asia (FOWECA) has considered these issues through an extended consultative process in 23 different national contexts in West and Central Asia.
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Land & Water Days 2015

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Canada, Iraq, Italy, Austria, Iran, Pakistan, Gabon, Cuba
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
natural resources management
water management
The Land and Water Days are jointly convened by FAO, IFAD and WFP as part of efforts aimed at reaching effective and lasting impacts for land and water actions on the ground.
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Poverty alleviation and food security in Asia: land resources

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Fiji, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Netherlands, Laos, Tonga, Iran, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Bhutan, Maldives, Mongolia, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
sustainable land management
land use
environment
land management
poverty
Abstract not available.
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Report of the Twentieth Session of the Near East Forestry and Range Commission

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Iraq, Cyprus, Iran, Ethiopia, Jordan, Morocco, Libya, Turkey, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Lebanon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
rangelands
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2012/REP
Session: Sess.20
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Report of the Third Session of the Agriculture, Land and Water Use Commission for the Near East (ALAWUC) – (Doha, Qatar, 9 - 11 March 2004)

Reports & Research
March, 2004
Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, Turkey, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
natural resources management
water management
Session: Sess. 3