Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGTs) is a programme that provides countries with a framework for best practices in tenurerelated policies, laws, regulations, strategies and practices. Its Phase 1 was implemented from October 2012 to June 2016 as a multi-donor programme overseen by a steering committee and managed by the VG-Tenure Secretariat hosted by FAO.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2016Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1993France, Bangladesh, United States of America, Japan, China, Myanmar, Canada, India, Italy, Maldives, Mexico, Thailand, Netherlands, Africa, Asia
The importance of base-line reliable data on resource inventory for planning and management for sustainable exploitation of aquatic resources both in inland and marine sectors needs not to be over emphasised. They become all the more important in the highly dynamic situations of Bangladesh. Already terrestrial ecosystem is threatened with fast shrinking man land ratio. Population already stands above 110 million in the land of 55,598 square miles and expected to rise as high as 200 million by 2025. Every child born today would need 0.08 ha.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007France, Bangladesh, Belize, Samoa, Chile, China, Sri Lanka, Canada, Iran, Sierra Leone, Panama, Mozambique, Philippines, Kiribati, Madagascar, Myanmar, Cambodia, Maldives, Kenya
Il y a plusieurs décennies, les efforts des administrations consistaient essentiellement à développer la pêche et l’aquaculture et à veiller à ce que la production et la consommation augmentent. Lorsque, dans les années 80, de nombreuses ressources ont été exploitées complètement ou à l’excès, les décideurs ont commencé à être attentifs à la gestion des pêches, outre le développement de l’aquaculture. L’aquaculture continue à progresser, tandis que la pêche – pour l’ensemble du monde – semble plafonner.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009Antigua and Barbuda, Egypt, United States of America, France, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, Mozambique, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Botswana, India, Mexico, Norway
Fisheries around the world make essential contributions to human well-being including the provision of basic food supplies. employment, recreational opportunities. foreign currency and others, providing benefits to hundreds of millions of people. Despite these benefits, our record of managing fisheries so that the benefits can be sustained has been poor; at best, and most fisheries around the world are experiencing serious ecological, social or economic problems and usually all three.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2016France, Nigeria, United States of America, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Malawi, Pakistan, Nepal, Jordan, Laos, Romania, South Africa, Italy, Tanzania, Cambodia, India, Barbados
This publication is a compilation of presentations and recommendations resulting from the Global Conference on Inland Fisheries: Freshwater, Fish and the Future, convened at FAO HQ in January 2015 and is part of an MOU signed with Michigan State University. Contents include scientific papers on inland fisheries from a global perspective that cover biological and socio-cultural assessments, drivers and governance issues. Ten steps to responsible inland fisheries are included along with recommendations for their implementation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003France, Kenya, Germany, China, Australia, Bolivia, Peru, Guinea, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Finland, Nepal, Lesotho, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, India, Papua New Guinea, Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas, Oceania
Mountains of the world cover about one-fifth of the land surface, are home to one-tenth of the world's population, and provide livelihood to some of the poorest communities in the world. Mountain lakes and streams are a source of freshwater for countless riparian human communities, support industries, provide water for irrigation and hydropower electricity production and for fish.
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Library ResourceLegislationFrance, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, Europe, Western Europe, Africa, Eastern Africa, South America, Americas, Caribbean
La présente ordonnance a pour objet de renforcer, en les adaptant aux départements et collectivités d'outre-mer concernés, les mesures de la loi de modernisation de l'agriculture et de la pêche relatives à la lutte contre la régression des terres agricoles.
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