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    Forest land conversion dynamics: a case of Pakistan
    Peer-reviewed publication
    November, 2016
    Pakistan

    The present research focuses on estimating forest area change with respect to the ongoing forest land conversion. The study tests the hypothesis that forest land is being converted to the selected land use categories with high growth tendency and controlling deforestation rate to its half of the present level would significantly improve the land cover under forest. The rate of forest land conversion to other land use categories is analyzed and then compared with the total area expanded under three land use classes.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2016
    Cameroon, Africa, Middle Africa

    This study base on existing scientific literature makes an economic evaluation of carbon stocks gained under different deforestation and forest degradation scenarios (100, 50 and 25% avoided deforestation) during a 20 years period (2010–2030). It analyzes the associated financial commitments to achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction, and further discusses deforestation avoidance in the context of the 2035 emergence ambition of Cameroon.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2016
    Mozambique

    As comunidades a serem reassentadas e as hospedeiras, do Distrito de Palma, Província de Cabo Delgado, em consequência da implementação do Projecto de Gás Natural Liquefeito continuam na incerteza, quanto ao seu futuro. Não sabem quando deixarão suas terras para os novos lugares e nem conhecem o Plano de Reassentamento, que se diz terem aprovado e assinado. Por outro lado, por instruções de quem de direito, os lideres das comunidades abrangidas restringem quaisquer contactos de indivíduos ou grupos de pessoas visitantes, com as comunidades locais.

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    Counties, Devolution, and the National Land Commission

    Journal Articles & Books
    Reports & Research
    October, 2016
    Kenya

    Kenya's new constitution, inaugurated in August 2010, altered the institutional structure of the state in complex ways. The general motivation behind reform was to enhance the political representation of ordinary citizens in general and that of marginalized ethno-regional groups in particular, and to devolve control over resources to the county level. In the land domain, reform objectives were as explicit and hard-hitting as they were anywhere else.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2016
    Angola, Slovenia, United States of America, Spain, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Central African Republic, Kenya, Morocco, Colombia, Serbia, Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe

    These guidelines are the result a consultative process that involved a large number of practitioners from both developed and developing countries. Two meetings were held in Glasgow and Delhi and a tentative outline was agreed upon. The guidelines are intended to provide a reference framework for decision makers and planners to adequately plan, design and manage the forest and trees in and around their cities.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2016
    Kenya, Spain, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Italy, United Kingdom, Malawi, Norway, Africa

    Soil loss is a major threat to the agricultural development in Malawi and by extension is also a major hindrance to the overall economic development of the country since the Malawian economy is dependent on agriculture. Not only does soil loss reduce the cultivable soil depth but it also takes away the fertile soils from the farmlands. The net effect is loss of agricultural productivity, increased expenditure on fertilizers, and a general decline in profitability of crop production.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2016
    Lebanon, Asia

    Les forêts méditerranéennes d’Algérie, Liban, Maroc, Tunisie et Turquie couvrent une superficie totale de près de 19 millions d’hectares. Ces forêts ont été et seront soumises de manière croissante à des pressions anthropiques (surpâturage, collecte de bois de chauffe, incendies, conversions agricoles, etc.) et aux effets dus au changement climatique (augmentation des températures et de la fréquence des événements extrêmes, diminution des précipitations, attaques parasitaires, etc.) Ainsi, des phénomènes de déforestation et de dégradation forestière sont observés.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2016
    Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, South Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany

    This Technical Guide on <i>Governing Tenure Rights to Commons</i> aims to support states, community-based organizations and civil society organizations, the private sector and other relevant actors to take proactive measures to implement the standards and recommendations of the<a href="http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/69cedff9-d20d-5aed-8de5-1524bc..."><i> Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests</i></a>

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2016
    Nepal, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Kenya, Nicaragua, Uganda, Mali, France, Botswana, Bulgaria, Suriname, Paraguay, Colombia, Belize

    Les Directives volontaires pour la gouvernance responsable des terres, des pêches et des forêts dans le contexte de la sécurité alimentaire nationale reconnaissent que des investissements responsables des secteurs public et privé sont essentiels pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et appellent à des investissements qui protègent les usagers et les propriétaires fonciers contre la dépossession des droits fonciers légitimes.

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