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   Changing ecosystem services are increasing people's vulnerability in semi-arid regions : an ASSAR cross-regional insight

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   October, 2019

   Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa

   land use change

   Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) researchers collaborated to understand the complex changes and patterns in semi-arid vegetation and socio-ecological systems. Ecosystems were mapped using a cross-regional coarse scale study, relying on climate data to capture global and regional trends. Finest spatial scale mapping relied on LANDSAT to show changes in land use and land cover. Details of observed changes are provided for Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ghana, West Africa, and India. Links to referenced studies are embedded in the report.

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   Secure Land Tenure Rights for All: Key Condition for Sustainable Development

   Successful Approaches and Their Impacts

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   July, 2019

   Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Namibia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil, Peru, Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Eastern Europe, Global

   cadastral administration

   community land rights

   customary tenure

   displacement

   eviction

   gender equity in access to land

   informal settlements

   land registration

   land rights

   land tenure systems

   private ownership

   public ownership

   tenure security

   tenure regularization

   The aim of this policy paper is to present successful approaches to secure land tenure rights in rural and urban areas. To support future programmatic decisions by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), this paper focusses especially on impacts and good practices. It discusses examples from the German technical cooperation but also includes good practices and impacts achieved by other development partners.

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   Equatorial Guinea and FAO

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   December, 2015

   Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Mali, Burundi, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Congo, Guinea, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Botswana, South Sudan, Chad, Gabon, Kenya, Africa

   natural resources management

   sustainable development

   FAO established a presence in Equatorial Guinea more than 30 years ago with the opening of a country office in Malabo. In June 2013, cooperation was strengthened with the establishment of a Partnership and Liaison Office and the appointment of the first FAO Representative in the country