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Climate Risk Profile Uzbekistan

Reports & Research
August, 2018
Uzbekistan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
agrarian reform
infrastructure
environment
climate change
farming systems
agriculture
water
water management
This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in Uzbekistan, including how climate change will potentially impact five key sectors in the country: agriculture, water, tourism, ecosystems, human health, and infrastructure. The brief also includes an overview of historical and future climate trends in Uzbekistan, the policy context outlining existing climate risk strategies and plans developed by Uzbekistan, and a list of ongoing projects that focus on climate adaptation.
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN 2010-2030

Reports & Research
March, 2010
Papua New Guinea
sustainable development
land policies
environment
climate change
agriculture
natural resources management
Guided by the directives and goals of the National Constitution, the Papua New Guinea Development Strategic Plan (PNGDSP) elaborates how PNG can become a prosperous, middle income country by 2030. The directives and goals of the Constitution form the broad objectives of Papua New Guinea‟s Development Strategic Plan in the following ways.
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Impactos, medidas de adaptación y costos sociales del cambio climático en el sector agrícola del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

Programa EUROCLIMA Cambio Climático, Componente Socioeconómico (CEC/14/001)

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Bolivia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
climate change
forest conservation
sustainable development
En los últimos años, la frontera agrícola en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia se ha expandido considerablemente. Debido al cambio climático, se espera una reducción del rendimiento de los cultivos, lo que producirá una nueva expansión en dicha frontera. Por este motivo, es necesario desarrollar una agricultura más eficiente, que incluya medidas de adaptación vinculadas a políticas macroeconómicas de protección de los recursos naturales.
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Agricultura, desarrollo rural, tierra, sequía y desertificación: resultados, tendencias y desafíos para el desarrollo sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe

Proyecto "Hacia una Globalización Sostenible y Equitativa (GER/06/002)"

Reports & Research
April, 2008
Latin America and the Caribbean
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
climate change
deforestation
desertification
land use
rural development
sustainable development
En el presente documento se analizan los principales temas relacionados con el desarrollo agropecuario y rural, y la situación del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales de América Latina y el Caribe en el período 1990 a 2005. El documento está estructurado en torno a cinco ejes temáticos: i) desarrollo productivo; ii) deforestación; iii) degradación y desertificación; iv) factores sociales y demográficos, pobreza, ingreso y empleo, y cambios poblacionales, y v) cambio climático y desastres naturales.
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Land Reform in the Era of Global Warming—Can Land Reforms Help Agriculture Be Climate-Smart?

Volume 9 Issue 12

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2020
Norway, United States of America, Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
climate change
land reform
land tenure
land tenure systems
rural development
sustainable development
sustainable land management
In an era of global warming, long-standing challenges for rural populations, including land inequality, poverty and food insecurity, risk being exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Innovative and effective approaches, such as Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), are required to alleviate these environmental pressures without hampering efficiency.
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Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
agriculture
climate change
environment
food security
rural population
sustainable development
The case studies from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, the Philippines and Viet Nam highlight how forest landscape restoration (FLR) interventions enhance food security. They illustrate the ‘win-win’ solutions that can enhance land functionality and productivity, develop resilient food systems and explore the long-term potential outputs and enabling conditions for FLR interventions.
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure - 7

Videos
May, 2012
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
VGGT
land governance
sustainable development
climate change
fisheries
urban forestry
agriculture
land rights
land tenure
tenure security
Governance of Tenure Voluntary Guidelines video The Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security Directives volontaires sur la gouvernance foncière Les Directives volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers applicables aux terres, aux pêches et aux forêts dans le contexte de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale Directrices voluntarias sobre gobernanza de la tenencia Las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques en el contexto de la s
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Water-smart agriculture in East Africa

January, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
climate change
environment
land management
natural resources management
agriculture
The inspiration for this sourcebook came from a 2014 meeting of researchers, practitioners and policy makers in Addis Ababa under the auspices of an event co-convened by the Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Water, Land and Ecosystems programme of the CG system. The event agreed there was a pressing need for greater regional consolidation of knowledge on improving water management for smallholder farmers.
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Mitigating drought in drylands: Quantifying the potential for strengthening crop- and livestock-based livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
climate change
environment
poverty
sustainable development
natural disasters
sustainable land management
agriculture
farmers
agroforestry systems
farmland
farming systems
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The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Africa, Northern Africa, Asia, Western Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
rangelands
pastoralists
climate change
sustainable development
agriculture
Sustainable development of pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, dominated by collective and/or tribal ownership of rangelands, is a key issue for the West Asia and North Africa region. These two systems are located in arid and semi-arid areas and are increasingly threatened by desertification process. The policy responses to tackle this complexity have been a sectorial and fragmented, “top-down” approach, putting forward technical solutions and neglecting the social context.