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The Future of Urban Cemeteries as Public Spaces: Insights from Oslo and Copenhagen

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2020
Denmark, Norway
Urban Tenure
urban planning
rights to the city
urban forestry
commons
public ownership
Public spaces are believed to make cities more liveable, healthy and socially equal. To date, discussions about public spaces have primarily revolved around emblematic types, such as squares and parks, while little attention has been paid to cemeteries. Drawing on a review of public space scholarship and cemetery research, an analysis of strategies for cemetery development in two Scandinavian capitals, Oslo and Copenhagen, and interviews with stakeholders, this paper elaborates on the cemetery as a special type of public space.
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Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka

Conducted between 28 September and 5 October 2019. Published: 20 January 2020.

Reports & Research
January, 2020
Sri Lanka, United Kingdom
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
post-conflict settings
compensation
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
ABSTRACTED FROM PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION: The purpose of the mission was to gather accurate and up-to-date information from a range of sources about a number of issues concerning the treatment of Tamils including the government’s attitude to diaspora activities and the treatment of members of diaspora groups, in particular members of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). The mission was also interested in gathering information about the treatment of members and former members of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE).
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Policies to promote household based plantation forestry and their impacts on livelihoods and the environment: cases from Ethiopia, China, Vietnam and Sweden

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Vietnam, Sweden, China, Ethiopia, Europe, Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
land use
assessment
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REDD+ as performance-based aid: General lessons and bilateral agreements of Norway

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Norway, Europe
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
climate change
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La Industria de la Madera en el Perú

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2018
France, China, Spain, Chile, El Salvador, Sweden, Germany, Peru, Italy, Indonesia, Australia, Colombia, Canada, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Austria
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
En 2003, la Unión Europea (UE) lanzo el Plan de acción sobre aplicación de las leyes, gobernanza y comercio forestal (Plan de acción FLEGT) para combatir la tala ilegal de madera, promover el consumo y la producción de madera de origen legal y, en última instancia, contribuir al manejo forestal sostenible y la reducción de la pobreza.
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Completing the Transition: Lithuania Nears the End of its Land Restitution and Reform Programme

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Estonia, Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Russia
land reform
land management
land tenure
Land reform has been a strong part of the overall re-structuring of the Lithuanian economy and it has contributed to the gains in living standard that have been achieved since 1994. Like the other former Soviet states, Lithuania suffered strong declines in agricultural and industrial production following independence.
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ПОЧВОЗАЩИТНОЕ И РЕСУРСОСБЕРЕГАЮЩЕЕ ЗЕМЛЕДЕЛИЕ

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan
natural resources management
land management
agriculture
farmers
Сельское хозяйство Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии является разнообразным по характеру и обладает огромным потенциалом для развития экономики стран региона посредством повышения урожайности и общей продуктивности продовольственных, кормовых и технических культур. В этом плане, почвозащитное и ресурсосберегающее земледелие (ПРЗ) сможет выполнить масштабную задачу по устойчивой интенсификации производственных систем в регионе.
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70 Years of FAO (1945-2015)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Burkina Faso, Philippines, Nicaragua, Mali, Sweden, Netherlands, Canada, India, Niger, Brazil, Lebanon
Land & Food Security
land tenure
food security
development agencies
sustainable development
This book tells the story of these seven decades of the history of FAO, its protagonists and their endeavours. We have dug into the FAO archives to bring to light unpublished black and white images, which form a portfolio of evocative images of the early years of the Organization.
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農業投資を最大限に活用するために

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
Kenya, Liberia, Bangladesh, United States of America, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Mali, China, United Kingdom, Ghana, India, Malawi, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Netherlands
land governance
land tenure
A survey of business models that provide opportunities for smallholders.
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Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2018
Tunisia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Somalia, Zambia, Benin, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Laos, Pakistan, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland
VGGT
land governance
land tenure
The leaflet will provide an overview of in-country projects and achevements as well as regional initiatives. Articles include but are not limited to: Community lands at the core of Kenya’s new legal reforms; The Voluntary Guidelines: an instrumental tool in the pursuit of climate mitigation goals and REDD+; Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure: an opportunity for peacebuilding in Colombia; Strengthening collaboration for the successful implementation of Sierra Leone’s Na tional Land Policy ; Enhancing food security through land policy reform in Somalia.