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Is a Sustainable Land-Use Policy in Germany Possible?

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Norway, Ukraine
land
Land is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analyse driving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political “30- hectares-goal” is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major driving forces for land-use conversion are identified and underlying stocks and persistent institutional structures as well as their dynamics are investigated. It will be shown that meeting the 30- hectares-goal is unlikely.
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Bus stop, property price and land value tax: A multilevel hedonic analysis with quantile calibration

Land Use Policy Volume 42

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2015
Australia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States of America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land tax
land use
property
research
Based on a multilevel and quantile hedonic analysis regarding the local public bus system and the prices of residential properties in Cardiff, Wales, we find strong evidence to support two research hypotheses: (a) the number of bus stops within walking distance (300–1500m) to a property is positively associated with the property's observed sale price, and (b) properties of higher market prices, compared with their cheaper counterparts, tend to benefit more from spatial proximity to the bus stop locations.
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Influence of agency of agricultural estates on local and regional development in rural areas

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2014
Poland, Latvia
land policies
agriculture
rural areas
land ownership
land economics
The following article contains analysis of role played by the Agency of Agricultural Estates (in Polish: Agencja Nieruchomosci Rolnych – ANR) in the process of forming local development in rural areas. The Agency is in possession of the Resources of Agricultural Estates of National Treasury (in Polish: Zasoby Nieruchomosci Rolnych Skarbu Panstwa - ZNRSP). Due to wide-scale possibilities of acting, it has right to influence the estate market, housing economy, and development possibilities of rural municipalities.
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Factors affecting farmland management in Poland in 1992-2012 in the institutional context

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2014
Poland, Latvia
land policies
land management
land economics
farmland
The aim of this article has been to identify and evaluate main factors which influence the agricultural land market in Poland. Statistical data from two institutions, namely the Agricultural Property Agency (APA) and the Central Statistical Office (CSO) as well as the author’s research have been used in the paper. The time horizon of the analysis covers the years 1992-2012. The lower limit was determined by the start of operation of the Agency of Agricultural Property of the State Treasury and the launching of a process of transformation in agriculture state.
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Draft Second Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Part 1 & 2.

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Egypt, United States of America, Nepal, Peru, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, China, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Thailand, Mozambique, South Africa, Malaysia, Botswana, Poland, India, Senegal, Uganda, Norway, Kenya
natural resources management
Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/Inf.17.1
Session: Sess. 15
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Report of the team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Costa Rica, Switzerland, United States of America, Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Norway, Iran, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Namibia, Thailand, Canada
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-1/14/Report
Session: Sess.1
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AQUA STAT: counting every drop

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2014
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Nepal, El Salvador, Mali, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Austria, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Malawi, Cape Verde, Switzerland, Kenya, Hungary, Madagascar, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Senegal
agricultural land management
water management
natural resources management
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REPORT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TEAM OF TECHNICAL AND LEGAL EXPERTS ON ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Costa Rica, Switzerland, United States of America, Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Norway, Iran, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Namibia, Thailand, Canada
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/Inf.11
Session: Sess.15
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Experiences with Land Consolidation and Land Banking in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2015
Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Moldova, Albania, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Germany, Georgia, Romania, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land consolidation
property rights
sustainable land management
land governance
land tenure
land management
private ownership
land ownership
This paper reviews the experiences of introducing land consolidation and land banking instruments in Central and Eastern Europe, largely to address the structural problems of small and fragmented farms. The introduction has been uneven with some countries having established operational programmes while others have taken steps with differing levels of success, and a few have not taken action. The paper assesses the driving factors for the introduction and the approaches used in individual countries.
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Report of the Twenty-second session of the Committee on Forestry

Reports & Research
August, 2014
Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Zambia, Peru, Indonesia, Austria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, New Zealand, Kenya, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Gabon, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Chad, Togo, Norway, Greece
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
forest land
land degradation
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/REP