The performance of many canal irrigation delivery systems is unsatisfactory in terms of: (i) water resources management; (ii) service to irrigated agriculture; and (iii) costeffectiveness of infrastructure management. In recent years, participatory approaches and management transfer reforms have been promoted as part of the solution for more cost-effective and sustainable irrigation services. Large agency-managed systems have been turned over partially or completely to various types of management bodies. However, the results have usually been disappointing.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, United States of America, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Morocco, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, India, Sudan, Vietnam
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007Angola, Egypt, Benin, Nigeria, France, Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Djibouti, Comoros, Cameroon, Seychelles, Mozambique, Somalia, Madagascar, Italy, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Togo, Africa
The world’s mangroves 1980–2005 is a thematic study undertaken within the framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. It was led by FAO in collaboration with mangrove specialists throughout the world, and was co-funded by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). It builds on the 1980 assessment, on the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) and 2005 (FRA 2005), and on an extensive literature search and correspondence with mangrove and fo rest resources assessment specialists.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, 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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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, Estonia, United States of America, Sweden, Germany, China, Australia, Latvia, Canada, Colombia, Lithuania, South Africa, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Brazil
Bioenergy sits at the intersection of three of the world’s great challenges - energy security, climate change, and poverty reduction - and has received an enormous amount of attention in the past few years. Joint work on these issues is vital considering that together, the G8 +5 Countries account for about 55 percent of the world’s population, 70+ percent of global GDP, and about 72 percent of world energy-related and industry CO2 emissions (excluding deforestation). Bioenergy statistics are inadequate and not up to date.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, Bangladesh, Belize, Samoa, Chile, China, Sri Lanka, Canada, Iran, Sierra Leone, Panama, Mozambique, Philippines, Kiribati, Madagascar, Myanmar, Cambodia, Maldives, Kenya
Il y a plusieurs décennies, les efforts des administrations consistaient essentiellement à développer la pêche et l’aquaculture et à veiller à ce que la production et la consommation augmentent. Lorsque, dans les années 80, de nombreuses ressources ont été exploitées complètement ou à l’excès, les décideurs ont commencé à être attentifs à la gestion des pêches, outre le développement de l’aquaculture. L’aquaculture continue à progresser, tandis que la pêche – pour l’ensemble du monde – semble plafonner.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, 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.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007France, Switzerland, Fiji, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Australia, Tonga, Guinea, New Zealand, Palau, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Oceania
The world’s mangroves 1980–2005 is a thematic study undertaken within the framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. It was led by FAO in collaboration with mangrove specialists throughout the world, and was co-funded by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). It builds on the 1980 assessment, on the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) and 2005 (FRA 2005), and on an extensive literature search and correspondence with mangrove and forest resources assessment specialists.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Burkina Faso, Benin, Belgium, Kenya, Mali, Germany, Peru, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Italy, Tanzania, Portugal, India, Senegal, Sudan, France, Europe, Africa
This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives contains an interesting and wide-ranging set of contributions providing insights into land related issues ranging from Italy to the Central Andes, and from the historical development of sustainable tenure practices to aspects of agriculture sector planning. The eight articles featured open with that of Lavigne Delville, which addresses issues relating to insecurity of tenure in West Africa, and identifies what the paths of change currently appear to be.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Germany, 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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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, El Salvador, Chile, China, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Montenegro
El enfoque territorial del desarrollo rural se está consolidando como una de las más importantes orientaciones de políticas y programas para las áreas rurales de América Latina. Las principales organizaciones internacionales como FAO, BID, Banco Mundial, FIDA, IICA y gran parte de los gobiernos nacionales, están reorientando sus intervenciones hacia una visión más integrada de la dinámica del medio rural, expresada en la idea de desarrollo territorial rural.
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