1. Degradation of natural resources is a significant constraint to sustainable agricultural development in many developing countries. In particular, water scarcity is a major threat to achieving food security and reducing poverty. Better water management, therefore, is critical to reaching international targets to halve the proportion of people without access to drinking water by 2015.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2004Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Ghana, Congo, India, Ethiopia, Niger, Eritrea, Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004India, South Africa, Uganda, Guatemala, Germany
At the request of its member countries, FAO has been carrying out global forest resources assessments (FRA) since 1947, in collaboration with countries and other partners, notably the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The global FRA reports on the worldwide status and trends of forest resources, their management and uses. It is based on nationally validated data from national forest inventories and assessments.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Colombia, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, India, Paraguay, Brazil, Asia, Americas, Oceania
Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, India, Paraguay, Brazil, Asia, Americas, Oceania
Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2004United States of America, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Cameroon, Cyprus, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Italy, Poland, India, Mexico, Brazil, Austria
The Expert Consultation on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (ECCI-2004) was organized by the Forest Management Bureau of the Philippines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Tropical Timber Organization and convened in Cebu City, Philippines, from 2 to 4 March 2004. The Forest Management Bureau of the Philippines hosted the meeting.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004Angola, Egypt, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Djibouti, Guinea, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Colombia, Indonesia, Cyprus, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Americas
The second volume of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives for 2004 comprises eight articles that examine a range of areas central to land tenure activity. They provide a stimulating and, in some cases, critical set of perspectives on how best to tackle some of these issues.
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