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    International Conventions or Treaties
    January, 2008
    India, China

    Both Parties agree to cooperate on land resource management,land administration and immigrant resettlement. The cooperation mentioned in this Memorandum of Understanding may include, but is not limited to, the following areas of common interest:   1. Development, protection, management and utilization of land resources;   2. Land information management, land surveys, cadastre updates, land registration, statistics, valuation, and the application of modern technologies in these areas;   3. Land use planning;   4. Land market, land allocation, relevant laws and regulations;   5.

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    Regulations
    June, 1993
    China

    These Regulations are formulated to strengthen the planning and construction management of villages and towns, improve the production and living environment thereof, and promote the development of rural economy and society.The planning of villages and towns shall be developed and supervised by the township level people's governments. Where villages and towns in areas where floods, earthquakes, typhoons, landslides and other natural disasters are prone to occur, the overall planning of villages and towns should include measures for disaster prevention.

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    Regulations
    May, 2008
    China

    These Regulations, consisting of 40 Articles, are enacted to strengthen the planning, protection, construction, management and utilization of ethnic cultural villages in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.The administrative departments for construction of the people's governments at the county level should plan for the protection of ethnic cultural villages, and delimit the protected areas. The planning, construction, protection, management and utilization of ethnic cultural villages should respect the wishes of the local people and safeguard the interests thereof.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

    The work of the Mekong Partnership for the Environment, and the work of
    PACT, has been devoted to the role of EIA in achieving sustainable
    development. Through the work of PACT and many other practitioners and
    communities, the profile of EIA has been raised. Many discussions are occurring
    to improve the standard and value of EIA. In particular, the development of
    Regional Guidelines on Public Participation and the drafting of national
    guidelines on Public Participation in EIA for both Cambodia and Myanmar are all

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    Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2012
    China, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    China's success in addressing food problems after adopting the reforms in 1978 has been nothing less than remarkable. Grain output (rice, wheat and maize) has almost doubled and most hunger has been eliminated. Ever since China embarked on its reform agenda more than 30 years ago, its economic growth and poverty reduction have been nothing less than remarkable. Agriculture has been an important contributor to these developments.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    China

    Changes in land use and climate and their significantly impacts on the hydrological cycle are of widespread concern to researchers and policy makers. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is used to analyze the effects of land use change and climate variability in the upper Naoli River watershed in the Sanjiang plain, northeast China. The remarkable land use changes include the decrease of woodland and wetland along with the farmland increasing.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    China

    Based on the same data source of Landsat TM/ETM+ in 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, all urban built-up areas in China are mapped mainly by human interpretation. Mapping results were checked and refined by the same analyst with the same set of criteria. The results show during the last 20 years urban areas in China have increased exponentially more than 2 times. The greatest area of urbanization changed from Northeastern provinces in 1990s to the Southeast coast of China in Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong, and Zhejiang in 2010s. Urban areas are mostly converted from croplands in China.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    China

    Desertification has been widely treated as one of the major environmental hazards in the world by scientific communities and the public. Monitoring the dynamics and causes of desertification is essential to provide important instruction for desertification control strategies and rational planning of land use in arid and semi-arid areas.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    South Africa, Uganda, China, India, Europe, Asia, Africa, Southern Africa

    This special issue has presented some of the specific findings of the RE-Impact Project which was commissioned and funded by the EuropeAid Cooperation Office from 2007 until its conclusion in 2010. The project aimed to provide impact assessment frameworks and influence relevant policies through direct involvement in bioenergy projects and policy analysis in South Africa, Uganda, India and China. The papers summarised here have covered issues related to Jatropha curcas and forest-based bioenergy in these countries.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    China

    Identifying the primary causes and examining the processes and trends of land use change are crucial for land use planning, utilization of regional resources and environment management. Combining the ecological quantity analysis with GIS technology, based on the land use data and remote sense images, the changes of land use and land cover and the driving force were analyzed in the mainstream of the Tarim River from 1973 to 2005.

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