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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Bangladesh, Honduras, Mozambique, Zambia, Mali, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Pakistan, Canada, Italy, Thailand, Nepal, Laos, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Cambodia, Mongolia, Kenya

    Ce document analyse les études de cas de projets qui font appel à une approche fondée sur les moyens d’existence durables ou des principes fondés sur des moyens d’existence durables et dans lesquels on peut mesurer les effets de la réduction de la pauvreté. Ce document n’est pas une étude comparative entre une approche fondée sur les moyens d’existence et une approche non fondée sur les moyens d’existence et en tant que tels, les développements de cas « traditionnels » n’ont pas été pris en considération.

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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
    Cambodia, Niger, Thailand, Africa, Asia, Europe, Northern America

    Volume I of the proceedings on the above theme, which was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 11 to 14 February 2003. The three primary objectives of the symposium were to provide a forum (i) to review and synthesize the latest information on large rivers; (ii) to raise the political, public and scientific awareness of the importance of river systems, the living aquatic resources they support and the people that depend on them; and (iii) to contribute to better management, conservation and restoration of the living aquatic resources of large rivers.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2004
    Nepal, Pakistan, Switzerland, United States of America, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Oman, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia, India, Republic of Korea, Thailand, 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
    December, 2004
    Egypt, United States of America, Chile, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Cambodia, India, Senegal, Colombia, Thailand

    The Expert Consultation was convened by FAO in order to elaborate guidelines on the policies and actions needed to increase the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security. The twenty-fifth session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, held in Rome from 24 to 28 February 2003, requested FAO to develop such guidelines as part of its series of technical guidelines on the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

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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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