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1. Library Resource

   

   Country Study on Status of Land Tenure, Planning and Management in Oriental Near East Countries

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2012

   Algeria, Egypt, United States of America, Iraq, France, Malta, Jordan, Cyprus, Yemen, Albania, Oman, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   land

   sustainable land management

   land use

   land tenure

   environment

   land management

   forest land

   The report deals with land tenure issues in Lebanon and analyzes major problems facing sustainable agriculture in view of natural setting, prevailing practices and existing legislation. Lebanon consists mainly of rugged mountainous regions with slopping and steep lands. The population of Lebanon in 2007 was 4 million with 407,362 residing in Beirut, the administrative capital of Lebanon. One of the main problems in land tenure and land management issues is the cadastre where a significant part of Lebanon is still outside the cadastre (North Bekaa, East Mountains).

2. Library Resource

   

   A Legal and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Management of Forest Resources in Southern Sudan : Policy note

   March, 2012

   Sudan

   agriculture

   climate change

   deforestation

   food security

   forest conservation

   forest land

   forest law

   forest management plans

   forestry

   land administration

   land tenure

   land-use planning

   natural resources management

   state forests

   This policy note was prepared in
   response to a request from the Government of Southern Sudan
   (GoSS) for World Bank assistance in developing legislative
   and institutional policies and strategies that will take
   advantage of the potential of the region's forest
   resources to contribute to poverty alleviation, food
   security, sustainable agriculture, economic growth, and to
   protection of forest-related environmental services such as