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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Turkey, Europe, Western Asia, Global

    Desertification has recognized as an environmental problem by many international organizations such as UN, NATO and FAO. Desertification in Turkey is generally caused by incorrect land use, excessive grazing, forest fires, urbanization, industry, genetic erosion, soil erosion, salinization, and uncontrolled wild type plants picking. Due to anthropogenic destruction of forest, steppe flora gradually became dominant in Anatolia. In terms of biodiversity, Turkey has a significant importance in Europe and Middle East.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    France, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Iran, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Niger, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Africa

    Le Service des Régimes Fonciers de la FAO a identifié, dans le cadre de son programme de travail pour la période 2006-2007, le thème de l’accès des ruraux pauvres aux informations et procédures légales pour la sécurisation des droits fonciers comme un élément important de son thème de travail.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Egypt, United States of America, Spain, Iraq, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Peru, Iran, Argentina, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mexico, Netherlands

    Drainage of agricultural land is one of the most critical water management tools for the sustainability of productive cropping systems, as frequently this sustainability is extremely dependent on the control of waterlogging and soil salinization in the rootzone of most crops. On some agricultural lands, the natural drainage is sufficient to maintain high productivity. However, many others require improvements in surface and subsurface drainage in order to optimize land productivity, while maintaining the quality of soil resources.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    France, Bangladesh, United States of America, China, Indonesia, Australia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, Turkey, Japan, Tunisia, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Asia

    Water is essential for life and plays a key role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. As the population continues to grow and the economy develops, competition for water uses between different users has intensified and induced excessive strain on the environment. Climate change and water pollution further aggravate the situation. Today, 2.8 billion people are affected by some form of water scarcity, and the number of regions affected by water shortages is on the rise.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Egypt, Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Finland, Thailand, New Zealand, Kenya, Tajikistan, Albania, Italy, Botswana, Cambodia, Georgia, Romania, Ghana, Europe, Asia

    The articles in this issue supplement the recent publication "Good governance in land tenure and administration" (Land Tenure Studies No. 9), which provides practical advice for land professionals on improving governance in a land administration system or other land tenure arrangement.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Mozambique, Honduras, Netherlands, Philippines, South Africa, El Salvador, Germany, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Brazil, Kenya

    The goal of this exercise is to identify some of the tools a development agent needs for achieving effective local participation in policy development. The intended audiences are FAO professionals and their colleagues, in other agencies and in the field programs. This paper uses an analogy of walking and climbing to separate the familiar project experiences (the walking) from the less-known territory of policy influence (the climbing).

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Germany, France, Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, Nepal, Israel, Burundi, Zimbabwe, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jamaica, Bolivia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Kenya, Rwanda, Italy, Vietnam, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Bhutan, Cuba, Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia

    Con ocasión del Año Internacional de las Montañas (2002), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y sus asociados emprendieron una sistematización mundial en gran escala de la situación actual y futuras tendencias de la gestión integrada y participativa de las cuencas hidrográficas. Los objetivos generales eran promover el intercambio y la difusión de experiencias de gestión de cuencas de 1990 a 2000, y determinar un paradigma para una nueva generación de programas y proyectos de gestión de cuencas.

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