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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Switzerland, Norway, Europe

    This paper presents a range of future, spatially explicit, land use change scenarios for the EU15, Norway and Switzerland based on an interpretation of the global storylines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that are presented in the special report on emissions scenarios (SRES). The methodology is based on a qualitative interpretation of the SRES storylines for the European region, an estimation of the aggregate totals of land use change using various land use change models and the allocation of these aggregate quantities in space using spatially explicit rules.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Switzerland, Norway, Europe

    The structure of agricultural production and spatial patterns of agricultural land use in Europe are expected to face major changes over the next decades due to changes in global trade, technology, demography and policies. This paper presents a set of 25 scenarios comprising information on quantitative land use changes in Europe. The scenarios have been selected from studies with different foci, operating on both different spatial scales and different time horizons.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Nepal, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Japan, Turkey, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brazil, Netherlands, India, Finland, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Asia

    A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Rwanda, Switzerland, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Norway, Africa

    Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to legally recognized tools such as deeds, contracts and permits. The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (CLEP) is the first global anti-poverty initiative focusing on the link between exclusion, poverty and law, looking for practical solutions to the challenges of poverty.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Fiji, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Ghana, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Canada

    Ce guide conceptuel est le fruit d’un long travail qui n’aurait pas pu aboutir sans l’aide de nombreu-ses personnes.Le guide a été préparé dans le cadre du Programme d’appui aux moyens d’existence (LSP) de laFAO, financé par le Département du Royaume-Uni pour le développement international (DFID).Ils’appuie sur des matériels de formation publiés antérieurement par la Division des politiques et dela planification forestières de la FAO (FONP) sur la gestion des conflits communautaires liés aux res-sources naturelles, que le LSP a essayés sur le terrain, au Ghana.Les expériences de formateurs,

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Switzerland, Nepal, Zambia, Guatemala, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Australia, Austria, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Mexico, Canada, Asia

    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. It is based on learning emerging from an ongoing FAOsupported project called: Support to the development of participatory forest management (TCP/MON/2903). This project has involved the development (through extensive community-level consultations in forest areas) of a detailed Concept Document for the design and implementation of participatory forestry.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Afghanistan, Switzerland, Mali, China, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Bhutan, Vietnam, Asia

    A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

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