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Legal Instruments to implement the objective “Land Degradation Neutral World” in International Law

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Brazil, United States of America, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
land degradation
The protection of fertile soils is a precondition for sustainable development. In the final document of the conference of the United Nations on sustainable development in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20 Conference), the international community thus agreed to strive for a “land degradation neutral world”. The legal study by Ecologic Institute, Berlin, firstly scrutinizes some national legislation (Germany/EU, USA and Brazil) in order to identify legal instruments which are suitable for the implementation of the goal of a “land degradation neutral world”.
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Modernizing irrigation management - the MASSCOTE approach

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
France, United States of America, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Morocco, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, India, Sudan, Vietnam
environment
agricultural land management
water management
The performance of many canal irrigation delivery systems is unsatisfactory in terms of: (i) water resources management; (ii) service to irrigated agriculture; and (iii) costeffectiveness of infrastructure management. In recent years, participatory approaches and management transfer reforms have been promoted as part of the solution for more cost-effective and sustainable irrigation services. Large agency-managed systems have been turned over partially or completely to various types of management bodies. However, the results have usually been disappointing.
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Revue des questions foncières 2014/01

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Mozambique, Americas, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Guyana, United States of America, China, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand
VGGT
land-use planning
climate change
natural disasters
land tenure
This thematic issue on land tenure and disaster risk management (DRM) stems from the recent work done at FAO on normative aspects of land tenure governance that address natural disasters through the DRM framework. The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security provide, among other issues, guidance on improving tenure governance and strengthening tenure security of vulnerable people in line with the DRM framework.
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Unasylva: Forest and Landscape Restoration

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Honduras, United States of America, Spain, Germany, Peru, United Kingdom, China, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tanzania, Netherlands, Brazil, Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Forest Tenure
protected areas
sustainable land management
land-use planning
land management
forest land
land degradation
Forest and landscape restoration is a key issue in the ongoing discussions at the Paris Climate Change Conference, convened to broker a game-changing agreement on climate change. On a planet where the mark of human activity is almost ubiquitous, restoration is by necessity a concept that has to take into account human well-being and ongoing change. In addition, in order to succeed in the long term, forest and landscape restoration initiatives will need to successfully engage a range of stakeholders, from policy-makers to local communities and from governments to private actors.
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Non-thematic issue

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1949
Egypt, United States of America, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Pakistan, Finland, New Zealand, South Africa, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, India, Norway, Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
research
forestry
forest land
land improvement
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Non-thematic issue

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1949
Egypt, Sweden, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Pakistan, Finland, South Africa, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, India, Ireland, Norway, Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
housing rights
forest land
deforestation
environment
land improvement
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
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Improved use of Plant Nutrients. Report of the Expert Consultation on Better Exploitation of Plant Nutrients, Rome, 18-22 April 1977

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1978
France, Nigeria, United States of America, Spain, Israel, Mali, Egypt, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Sudan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
environment
land management
FAO organized an Expert Consultation in April 1977 with participants from countries consuming both a high and low quantity of fertilizer, to identify possibilities for a more intensive and rational utilization of the valuable plant nutrients in mineral and organic fertilizers, with emphasis on conditions in developing countries. The conclusions reached should serve interested countries as a guide for follow-up activities in the more rational use of plant nutrients at the research and practical level.
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Guidelines and computer programs for the planning and design of land drainage systems

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
Egypt, United States of America, Spain, Iraq, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Peru, Iran, Argentina, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mexico, Netherlands
environment
water management
Drainage of agricultural land is one of the most critical water management tools for the sustainability of productive cropping systems, as frequently this sustainability is extremely dependent on the control of waterlogging and soil salinization in the rootzone of most crops. On some agricultural lands, the natural drainage is sufficient to maintain high productivity. However, many others require improvements in surface and subsurface drainage in order to optimize land productivity, while maintaining the quality of soil resources.
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Fisheries in the Drylands of sub-Saharan Africa

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2016
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, United States of America, Rwanda, Zambia, Mali, Burundi, Namibia, Ghana, South Sudan, Malawi, Niger, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Netherlands, Senegal, Chad, Norway, Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
natural resources management
climate change
water management
land management
fisheries
The focus of this review has been on both documenting the general resilience of many fish resources to climatic variability and its underestimation in livelihood importance, including in protracted crisis situations, but also on enhancing the potential supply of fish from dryland areas by better use of the available water bodies, and in particular from small reservoirs.
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Non-thematic issue

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1948
France, Switzerland, United States of America, Fiji, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Guinea, Republic of Korea, Finland, Pakistan, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, India, Brazil, Canada
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
agricultural and rural legislation
research
forestry
forest land
land improvement
An international journal of forestry and forest industries