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Forest Based Industry and Forest Land Management in India

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Australia, Belgium, Canada, India, British Indian Ocean Territory, United States of America
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forest land
land
land management
The paper highlights that land degradation in India has been approaching a crisis level in spite of repeated emphasis on wasteland development and existence of apex level organisations for that purpose. One reason has been the policy emphasis on ownership and control rather than appropriate management of the land. It is set in the context of i) the 1988 Forest Policy, and ii) the recent amends to the Forest Conservation Act.
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Forest and Forest Land Valuation: How to Value Forest and Forest Land to Include Carbon Costs and Benefits

Reports & Research
October, 2014
Australia, Belgium, Canada, United States of America
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
forest land
land
land valuation
Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, Farm Management, Health Economics and Policy, Industrial Organization, International Relations/Trade, Land Economics/Use,
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Economic sustainability of organic farms in 2010-2013

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Australia, France, Poland, United States of America
Land & Investments
land productivity
In line with the “Condition of organic farming in Poland. The report 2013- -2014”, issued by the Main Inspectorate of the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (www.ijhar-s.gov.pl), production solely under the organic system was carried out, at that time, by 67% and 60% of organic farms, respectively. The remaining share are entities producing under both organic and conventional methods. According to research, held under the Polish FADN, these farms are highly varied in organisational, production and economic terms.
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Huella de la accidentalidad laboral: nuevo concepto asociado a la cadena de custodia en manejo forestal sustentable

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2014
Australia, Austria
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
natural resources management
forest management plans
sustainable land management
El estudio, debido a inconveniencias en métodos previos, propone el nuevo concepto de "huella de accidentalidad laboral", y su implementación y trazabilidad en la cadena de custodia (CdC) en manejo forestal sustentable (MFS), mediante indicadores de accidentalidad ocupacional especiales.
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Urbanity and Urbanization: An Interdisciplinary Review Combining Cultural and Physical Approaches

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2014
Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Australia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
urbanization
climate change
This review paper focuses on research schemes regarding urbanity and urbanization, and brings together both cultural and physical approaches. First, we review the cultural and social construction of urbanity (as related to urbanization) in Germany. In the early 20th century, urbanity was mainly the result of identity derived from a historical perspective in cities.
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Submissions of Stakeholders on Voluntary Codes of Conduct, Guidelines and Best Practices and/or Standards in relation to Access and Benefit-sharing for all Subsectors of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Reports & Research
June, 2014
Kenya, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Denmark, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Cuba, China, Gabon, Norway, Canada
natural resources management
Meeting Name: Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources (of the CGRFA) - ITWG-FGR
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/WG-FGR-3/14/Inf.6
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Report of the Second Meeting of the Plenary Assembly of the Global Soil Partnership

Reports & Research
December, 2014
France, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Burundi, Azerbaijan, China, Australia, Cyprus, Cuba, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Thailand, Jordan, Costa Rica, Italy, Ecuador, Argentina, Russia, Sudan, Mexico, Brazil, Austria
land management
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-II/14/ Report
Session: Sess.2
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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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Submissions of Stakeholders on Voluntary Codes of Conduct, Guidelines and Best Practices and/or Standards in Relation to Access and Benefit-Sharing for all subsectors of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Kenya, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Denmark, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Cuba, China, Gabon, Norway, Canada
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/TTLE-ABS-1/14/ Inf.3 Rev.1
Session: Sess.1