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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Cameroon, Spain, United States of America, Armenia, South Africa, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Chile, Azerbaijan, China, Romania, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, India, Russia, Pakistan, Mexico, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    This publication offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle. It sheds light on a number of key features of such rights, and contrasts these to traditional forms and kinds of water rights. It teases out and discusses the relevant problematique, including in particular that elicited the sale and leasing of water rights. Finally, a stock-taking and assessment of modern water rights systems impacts are volunteered. This publication complements two earlier issues featured in the FAO Legislative Studies series, i.e.

  2. Library Resource
    January, 2006
    Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Hundreds of millions of people in Asia are dependent on shifting cultivation, yet the practice has tended to be seen in a negative light and discouraged by policy makers. This document challenges prevailing assumptions, arguing that shifting cultivation – if properly practised – is actually a ‘good practice’ system for productively using hill and mountain land, while ensuring conservation of forest, soil, and water resources. Focusing on Eastern Himalayan farmers, it looks at whether there is a need for new, more effective and more socially acceptable policy options that help to improve shi

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Eritrea, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, South America, Central America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa

    The breadth and scope of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food’s (CPWF) mandate is substantial. This research strategy attempts to define this mandate by reviewing and refining its objectives and principles, and by clearly defining the path that will be followed to achieve its goals.

    In addition, the strategy outlines the kinds of outputs expected.

    This Strategy will serve as an overall research guide for CPWF participants from 2005 to 2008

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Rwanda, Laos, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Sweden, Zimbabwe, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, India

    Это руководство по гендерным вопросам и доступа к земле, был подготовлен для поддержки земельных администраторов в правительств и их партнерами в гражданском обществе, которые участвуют в обеспечении доступа земель и управления земельными ресурсами  вопросы развития сельских районов. Часто бывает так, что гендерные вопросы опущены или неправильно в таких ситуациях, часто с отрицательными результатами.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Fiji, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Republic of Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, Australia, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Asia, Oceania

    This publication reflects the outcome of an ambitious initiative to identify instances of exemplary forest management in the region and examine the core components of high quality forest management in an effort to illustrate good forest management to a wide audience and encourage others to take up some of the most promising ideas, methods and approaches. More than 170 nominations were received from 21 countries in the region. Twenty-eight case studies were selected.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Bangladesh, Israel, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Madagascar, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Asia

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

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Nepal, Egypt, Pakistan, Japan, Finland, Germany, China, Italy, India, Myanmar, France, Romania, Thailand, Asia

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

  8. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2005
    Qatar, Yemen, Kenya, Israel, China, Kuwait, Malta, India, Barbados

    La población mundial crecerá de cerca de los 6 000 millones de habitantes de hoy día a más de 8 000 millones en el año 2030. Por consiguiente, en los próximos 30 años habrá que alimentar a 2 000 millones de personas más. La FAO estima que la producción mundial de alimentos deberá incrementarse en cerca del 60 por ciento para alimentar a esa creciente población.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Fiji, Bangladesh, Nigeria, United States of America, Chile, China, Bolivia, Ghana, Colombia, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom, Italy, Tanzania, Netherlands, Argentina, India, Ireland, Brazil, Canada, Asia

    Food systems are being transformed at an unprecedented rate as a result of global economic and social change. Urbanization, foreign direct investment in markets of developing countries and increasing incomes are prime facilitators for the observed changes, while social changes, such as the increased number of women in the workforce and rural to urban migration, provide added stimulus.

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Kenya, Laos, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, China, Madagascar, Indonesia, Ecuador, Canada, India, Pakistan, Italy, Sri Lanka

    تنشر <i>حالة الغابات في العالم</i> تقارير عن حالة الغابات وعن أحدث السياسات والتطورات المؤسسية والموضوعات الخاصة بقطاع الغابات.وفضلا عن ذلك تتيح <i>حالة الغابات في العالم</i> آخرالمعلومات المتعلقة بالسياسات الحرجية لتسهيل مناقشتها واتخاذ القرارات المتعلقة بغابات العالم.وتصدر <i>حالة الغابات في العالم</i> كل عامين باللغة العربية والصينية والإنجليزية والفرنسية والأسبانية.

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