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  1. Library Resource
    International Conventions or Treaties
    January, 2008
    India, China

    Both Parties agree to cooperate on land resource management,land administration and immigrant resettlement. The cooperation mentioned in this Memorandum of Understanding may include, but is not limited to, the following areas of common interest:   1. Development, protection, management and utilization of land resources;   2. Land information management, land surveys, cadastre updates, land registration, statistics, valuation, and the application of modern technologies in these areas;   3. Land use planning;   4. Land market, land allocation, relevant laws and regulations;   5.

  2. Library Resource
    Regulations
    October, 2008
    China

    The purpose of these Provisions is to regulate the legislation (MLR), strengthen legislation coordination and guarantee legislation quality.The Provisions govern the MLR's activities of drafting the review version of laws and administrative regulations, coordinating the legislation of the related laws and administrative regulations and formulating, amending and abolishing departmental rules.

  3. Library Resource
    Regulations
    October, 2008
    China

    These Regulations provide for the prevention of land desertification, the transformation of desertified land and the protection of the safety of the environment in Heilongjiang province.The Law consists of 6 Chapters divided into 45 articles: General provisions (I); Planning on desert prevention and transformation (II); Prevention of land desertification (III); Transformation of desertified land (IV); Legal responsibilities (V); Supplementary provisions (VI).The provincial administrative department in charge of forestry shall draw up the planning of desert prevention and transformation of t

  4. Library Resource
    Regulations
    May, 2008
    China

    These Regulations provide for the prevention of land desertification, the transformation of desertified land and the protection of the safety of the environment.The Law consists of 6 Chapters divided into 39 articles: General provisions (I); Planning on desert prevention and transformation (II); Prevention of land desertification (III); Transformation of desertified land (IV); Legal responsibilities (V); Supplementary provisions (VI).The regional forestry authority shall work out the planning of desert prevention and transformation of the whole country.

  5. Library Resource
    Regulations
    May, 2008
    China

    These Regulations, consisting of 40 Articles, are enacted to strengthen the planning, protection, construction, management and utilization of ethnic cultural villages in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.The administrative departments for construction of the people's governments at the county level should plan for the protection of ethnic cultural villages, and delimit the protected areas. The planning, construction, protection, management and utilization of ethnic cultural villages should respect the wishes of the local people and safeguard the interests thereof.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2008
    China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa

    The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) brings together scientists, development

    specialists, and communities, in nine river basins across Africa, Asia and Latin America, to address

    challenges of water scarcity, food security and poverty.

    Some CPWF projects seek to develop innovative technologies, new institutional arrangements, or

    improved policies. Other projects strategically aim to better define issues and challenges,

    understand processes and principles, and develop more appropriate research tools and methods.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2008
    China

    Irrigation occupies a central position in China?s crop production. However, due to low per capita water resources, much worse, unevenly distributed over regions and time and the rapid increase of water diversions to non-irrigation sectors, irrigation water shortages have become a very serious problem. Without the adoption of effective measures this problem may even threaten China?s food security.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2008
    Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa

    This reports summarizes and synthesizes activities and achievements of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) through the end of 2007. The CPWF is an intiative of the CGIAR designed to take on the global challenge of water scarcity and food security.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2008
    France, Nigeria, United States of America, Chile, Sweden, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, Thailand, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia, Italy, Tanzania, India, Russia, Mexico, Brazil

    The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the rapid recent growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely induced by policies in developed countries, based on their expected positive contributions to climate-change mitigation, energy security and agricultural development.

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2008
    Egypt, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Mali, China, Namibia, Peru, Russia, Niger, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, India, Senegal, Sudan, Brazil, Ghana

    Land Tenure Working Paper 2. This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of climate change. It assesses the implications of ongoing anthropogenic climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions for land tenure and the role that land policy can play in climate change adaptation planning in the developing world.

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