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World Soil Day 2017 | Events around the globe in pictures

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2018
Laos, Kiribati, Chile, Guatemala, Djibouti, Thailand
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
sustainable land management
food security
land management
The World Soil Day Photo book 2017 presents WSD photographic stories in a visual narrative. This publication recognizes and prizes the efforts of all WSD event organizers worldwide. On 5 December more people than ever celebrated soil, carbon, and the opportunities right under our feet under the slogan “Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground”. Healthy soils are the living, breathing ecosystems that help grow our food, clean our water, store carbon, and reduce risks of droughts and floods.
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Payments for ecosystem services schemes: project-level insights on benefits for ecosystems and the rural poor.

January, 2013
Kenya, Laos, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, India, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land use
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) provide a market based instrument to motivate changes in land use that degrade ecosystem services. This investigation sought to better understand how effective PES schemes are in meeting the goals of safeguarding ecosystem services, while also benefitting local livelihoods and ensuring pro-poor outcomes.Based on an internet survey of 36 PES projects, including water-bio-diversity and carbon- leading attributes, and analysis of a sub-set of nine case studies, we explore a range of insights and commonalities between projects.
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What drives the global land rush?

January, 2011
Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ghana, Russia, Moldova, Ethiopia, Belarus, Mozambique, Laos, Turkmenistan, Philippines, Libya, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Bahrain, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Oceania, Western Asia, Europe, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, Northern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land
land tenure
Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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Perspectives mondiales de l'offre future de bois issus de plantations forestières

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Angola, France, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Eswatini, Canada, Ukraine, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Uruguay, Panama, Kenya, Costa Rica, Philippines, Madagascar, Laos, Myanmar, Portugal, Cuba
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
natural resources management
forestry
forest land
land improvement
Une analyse de l'état des plantations forestières ainsi que des tendances actuelles du secteur forestier aux niveaux mondial et régional. Le rapport traite des mesures à tenir en compte en ce qui concerne le développement des plantations forestières. Par ailleurs, la perspective des plantations forestières est présentée sous la forme de différents scénarios qui se basent sur la future croissance
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Towards Effective National Forest Funds

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
United States of America, Rwanda, Gambia, Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Jamaica, Italy, Costa Rica, Finland, Colombia, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Argentina, Bhutan, Brazil, Asia, Africa, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
<i>Towards effective national forest funds</i> addresses the need for more information on the way NFFs work and how best to establish and manage them. It shares the lessons that have emerged from the establishment and management of NFFs with the aim of supporting countries in designing and operating NFFs effectively according to their specific needs and circumstances.
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Poverty alleviation and food security in Asia: land resources

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Fiji, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Netherlands, Laos, Tonga, Iran, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Bhutan, Maldives, Mongolia, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
sustainable land management
land use
environment
land management
poverty
Abstract not available.
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Forest Genetic Resources No. 24

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1996
Romania, Laos, India, Italy, Madagascar, Myanmar
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
forestry
natural resources management
land improvement
The Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources, organized in Leipzig, Germany 17-23 June 1996 (see this number of the Forest Genetic Resources bulletin [FGR]), adopted a Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.This plan excluded consideration of forest genetic resources, "..
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Enfoques emergentes en la construcción de niveles de referencia de las emisiones forestales y/o niveles de referencia forestales para REDD+

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Congo, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam, Madagascar, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mexico, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Asia, Africa, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
climate change
land degradation
forest land
<p>La información contenida en este documento corresponde a la situación para octubre de 2014.
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Depleting natural wealth – perpetuating poverty

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Nepal, Laos, Mozambique, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, China, Cambodia, India, Ethiopia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
forestry
community forestry
land access
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land degradation
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
This paper represents part of an area of work in support of enhancing access to land and forest resources in support of rural livelihoods in Mongolia. . This synthesis report draws on field studies undertaken recently in five rural areas of Mongolia, covering all ecological zones from montane and northern taiga forest to arid forest in the Gobi. Our findings document and explain, with case studies and documentation from participatory analysis, the downward cycle of resource depletion and descend into poverty that is in action.
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Ressources genetiques forestières

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Samoa, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Vanuatu, Tonga, Venezuela, Colombia, Rwanda, Laos, South Africa, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Myanmar, Brazil, Mexico, Norway
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
forestry
natural resources management
land improvement