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  1. Library Resource

    Un mode de faire-valoir original dans le sud-ouest du Togo

    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2010
    Togo
  2. Library Resource
    National Policies
    October, 2010
    Papua New Guinea

    The Medium Term Development Plan 2011-2015 (MTDP) is a 5-year rolling development plan that sets the sector strategies, targets, deliverables and their projected estimated cost of implementation. The MTDP is aimed at translating the Papua New Guinea Development Strategic Plan 2010-2030 (PNGDSP) into tangible results.

  3. Library Resource
    Regulations
    October, 2010
    China

    These Regulations provide for the prevention of land desertification, the transformation of desertified land and the protection of the safety of the environment.The Law consists of 6 Chapters divided into 44 articles: General provisions (I); Planning on desert prevention and transformation (II); Prevention of land desertification (III); Transformation of desertified land (IV); Legal responsibilities (V); Supplementary provisions (VI).Desert prevention and land transformation may be conducted by owners' land use right of state-owned lands and contractors of rural collective-owned lands.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2010
    Colombia

    El conflicto armado en Colombia ha dejado más de 3,3 millones de personas desplazadas que buscan refugio en las ciudades. Los estudios sobre desplazamiento en el país valoran las pérdidas ocasionadas a las víctimas, pero poco analizan sus efectos sobre las condiciones de vida de las comunidades de destino. Este estudio valora los efectos del desplazamiento sobre la población residente en zonas de estrato 1 y 2 de la ciudad de Pasto, Nariño, con técnicas de evaluación de impacto.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2010
    Africa

    Includes the rise of land deals in sub-Saharan Africa; land grabbing and risks for small scale farmers; land grabs: another yoke over women’s land rights?; is land grabbing threatening pastoralism?; opportunity for groups at risk: the African Union’s continental standards on the land question.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2010
    Uganda, Africa

    Includes background to women’s land rights in Uganda; lack of information; prevailing cultural attitudes that discriminate against women; lack of formal land ownership by women; lack of participation of women in land policy formulation; exclusion of women in matters of land inheritance; lack of access to justice; gaps in the ongoing land reform process; conclusions and recommendations.

  7. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2010
    Austria, Europe

    This paper presents a review of the presentations and synthesis of the discussion during a Symposium on ‘Transformation
    of rural-urban cultural landscapes in Europe: Integrating approaches from ecological, socio-economic
    and planning perspectives’ held at the European IALE conference 2009 in Salzburg, Austria. The symposium
    addressed an extended and much debated subject of the landscape dynamics in Europe. The papers presented
    during the symposium showcased a broad spectrum of cutting edge research questions and challenges faced by

  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2010

    Planning often yields only limited influence on policy making. This paper explores how planning could address this
    challenge and support most effectively transitions towards sustainable landscape change. In merging insights from
    sustainability science research and nine recently concluded case studies of landscape planning, the paper reflects
    upon the applicability of the concept of “transition support”, discusses planning approaches and their perceived
    effectiveness to induce change in landscape governance, and identifies lessons learned. The paper’s outcomes

  9. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2010
    Uganda

    Over 80% of all land in Uganda is held under unregistered ‘customary tenure’. This means that it is private property, but the owners need no documents to prove ownership. Their claims to the land, and the boundaries of the land, are locally recognised, and this recognition is given the full protection of State law.

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