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Wetlands and people

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Nigeria, Zambia, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Niger, Africa, Asia, Central America, South America
natural resources management
poverty
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Wetlands and people

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Niger, Nigeria, Zambia, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Central America, South America
natural resources management
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Minutes of the Meeting of the Editorial Board of the Status of the World Soil Resources Report - December 2014

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Fiji, Nigeria, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand, Mozambique, South Africa, Vietnam, Italy, Argentina, India, Mexico, Cuba
land management
sustainable development
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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 Second Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS)

Reports & Research
December, 2014
France, Nigeria, United States of America, Germany, Peru, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Republic of Korea, Colombia, New Zealand, Morocco, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Cameroon, Argentina, India, Sudan, China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia
land management
sustainable development
Meeting Name: Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
Meeting symbol/code: ITPS-II/14/Report
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Land tenure Security in selected countries: Synthesis Report

Reports & Research
February, 2014
Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia
community land rights
continuum in land rights
customary tenure
displacement
eviction
indigenous peoples' land rights
land access
land policies
land rights
open access (land)
tenure security
sustainable development
women
It is well recognized that secure land and property rights for all are essential to reducing poverty because they underpin economic development and social inclusion. Secure land tenure and property rights enable people in urban and rural areas to invest in improved homes and livelihoods. Although many countries have completely restructured their legal and regulatory framework related to land and they have tried to harmonize modern statutory law with customary ones, millions of people around the world still have insecure land tenure and property rights.