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Analysis on the Effect of the Mobility of Combustion Vehicles in the Environment of Cities and the Improvement in Air Pollution in Europe: A Vision for the Awareness of Citizens and Policy Makers

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, United States of America, South Africa, Southern Africa, Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
Today, the design and remodeling of urban environments is being sought in order to achieve green, healthy, and sustainable cities. The effect of air pollution in cities due to vehicle combustion gases is an important part of the problem. Due to the indirect effect caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, political powers in Europe have imposed confinement measures for citizens by imposing movement restrictions in large cities. This indirect measure has given us a laboratory to show how the reduction in vehicle circulation affects in a short time the levels of air pollution in cities.
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Realizing women’s rights to land in the law

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Serbia, Nepal, Morocco, Guatemala, Philippines, Uganda, Albania, Oman, Peru, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Cambodia, Congo, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, China, Mexico, Kenya
Land & Gender
customary tenure
land tenure
land inheritance rights
customary land rights
land rights
land tenure systems
women
Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” recognizes the fundamental role of women in achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition.
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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.
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Systematic index of international water resources treaties, declarations, acts and cases by basin Vol. I

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Kenya, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Afghanistan, Peru, Italy, Tanzania, Ecuador, Bolivia, China, Iran, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Brazil, Mongolia
natural resources management
water management
The material compiled, which covers over 2 000 international legal intruments stretching from the year 805 to 1977, has been organized chronologically and tabulated with an indication, for each instrument, of the substance covered and of the water bodies, territories and basins concerned, together with the source of reference and any relevant remarks and annotations.
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Estimación de la Degradación de Bosques de Colombia a través de un Análisis de Fragmentación

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2018
Madagascar, Congo, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, United States of America, Indonesia, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands
Forest Tenure
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
forest land
sustainable land management
La dificultad de definir y cuantificar la degradación de bosques es una limitación importante para que la mayoría de los países en desarrollo incluyan compromisos de reducción de emisiones por degradación en el contexto del enfoque de Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación de Bosques (REDD+), que abarca además, el aumento de las Reservas de Carbono, la conservación de Bosques y el Manejo Sostenible de los estos ecosisetemas.
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Conmemoración del quinto aniversario de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Tenencia

Institutional & promotional materials
November, 2018
Angola, Serbia, Benin, Laos, Burundi, Guatemala, Nepal, Zambia, Somalia, Uganda, Albania, Madagascar, China, Myanmar, India, Senegal, Malawi, Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia
land governance
land tenure
El 11 de mayo de 2017 se celebró el quinto aniversario de la aprobación de las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional (en adelante, Directrices voluntarias) por el Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CSA).Las Directrices voluntarias ya no son unas simples palabras en un documento; sus principios y procesos están inspirando a personas en países de todo el mundo para tomar medidas y cambiar la forma en que se hacen las cosas.En este folleto se comparten ejemplos de esa
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Systematic index of international water resources treaties, declarations, acts and cases, by basin Vol. II

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Equatorial Guinea, Italy, Turkey, Afghanistan, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Ghana, Iran, Venezuela, Senegal, Guyana, Mongolia, China, Gabon, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire
natural resources management
water management
In 1978 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a Systematic Index of International Water Resources Treaties, Declarations, Acts and Cases by Basin (Legislative Study No. 15). The Index covered some 2000 international legal instruments the earliest dating from the year 805 and the most recent 1977.
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Informe del 24o período de sesiones del Comité Forestal

Reports & Research
September, 2018
Angola, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Congo, Costa Rica, Colombia, Botswana, Ecuador, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, El Salvador, Chile, China, Australia, Cuba, Guinea, Albania, Argentina, Austria
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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La gobernanza responsable de la tenencia y el derecho: una guía para juristas y proveedores de servicios jurídicos

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
Fiji, Mozambique, Samoa, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Suriname, Costa Rica, Colombia, Liberia, Portugal, Uganda, Botswana, Ecuador, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Australia, Guinea, Indonesia, Kenya, India, Ghana
Land & Food Security
land governance
food security
land rights
land tenure
Esta guía técnica presenta un análisis de las dimensiones jurídicas de las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional y su relación con el derecho internacional vinculante.
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Irrigation management transfer

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Niger, Colombia, Ecuador, Romania, Burundi, El Salvador, Mali, Chile, China, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Turkey, Albania, Italy, Argentina, Armenia
agricultural land management
water management
natural resources management
The present water report is the final product emanating from efforts by FAO, IWMI and others to document and understand the implications of the irrigation sector embarking on a wide reform process. It is intended to be a knowledge synthesis document that captures the global experiences emerging from a wide-reaching process targeting the reform of the irrigation sector. This study indicates that IMT is an approach for irrigation sector reform with the potential to improve the sust ainability of irrigation systems.