Shifting cultivation is a dominant form of farming in the eastern Himalayas, practised by a diverse group of indigenous people from the most marginalized social and economic groups. The survival of these indigenous people and the survival of their forests are inextricably linked. However, policy makers and natural resource managers perceive shifting cultivation to be wasteful, destructive to forests, and unsustainable.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2015Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1978Netherlands
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesJuly, 2002Spain
El Plan Forestal Español es un instrumento estratégico de alcance nacional cuyo objeto es estructurar las acciones necesarias para el desarrollo de una política forestal española basada en los siguientes principios: a) desarrollo sostenible (mediante la ordenación de los montes y el impulso de la selvicultura, según directrices que recojan los criterios e indicadores paneuropeos para la gestión sostenible de los ecosistemas forestales); b) multifuncionalidad de los montes; c) contribución a la cohesión territorial a través del desarrollo rural, fijando población y empleo, mejorando el entor
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesJanuary, 2008Liberia
Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is built on the foundation of the Government’s 150-Day Action Plan. The PRS is part of a longer-term continuum of the Government’s strategy for rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth and poverty reduction, including progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The PRS covers the three-year period from April 2008 to June 2011.
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesMarch, 1999Chad
La présente stratégie s’inscrit dans le cadre de la Convention Internationale sur la Diversité Biologique. Les objectifs de la stratégie sont de deux ordres, l’un de développement dont l’essence est la recherche de la sécurité alimentaire, et l’autre spécifique pour pallier cette recherche de la productivité avec la gestion rationnelle des ressources.
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Library ResourceLegislationJanuary, 2016Colombia
La presente Ley crea y desarrolla las Zonas de Interés de desarrollo rural, económico y social (ZIDRES), como territorios con aptitud agrícola, pecuaria y forestal y piscícola identificados por la Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria (UPRA), que se establecerán a partir de Planes de Desarrollo Rural Integral en un marco de economía formal y de ordenamiento territorial, soportados bajo parámetros de plena competitividad e inserción del recurso humano en un contexto de desarrollo humano sostenible, crecimiento económico regional, desarrollo social y sostenibilidad ambiental.
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesMarch, 2004Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Mid-Term Development Strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PRSP) is a strategic instrument with a multi-sectoral approach, relating to the period 2004-2007, whose main goals are (i) to create conditions for sustainable and balanced economic development, (ii) to reduce poverty, and (iii) to accelerate the integration of the country into the European Union. The strategy lays down macroeconomic and fiscal measures, and promotes the private sector growth to attain the objectives above-mentioned.
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesJanuary, 2006Turkey
Turkey’s National Action Program on Combating Desertification is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach.
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesDecember, 2009Fiji
The Agriculture Strategic Development Plan is a national policy with a multi-sectoral approach. The Timeframe of this Plan is 3 years between 2010 and 2012.
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Library ResourceLegislationNovember, 2016Russia
Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional Legislative Assembly shall be responsible for determination of the categories workers of forestry and hunting management that are granted the right of service allotment of agricultural land parcels”.
Amends: Regional Law No. 19-zs “On regulation of land relations”. (2015-02-25)
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