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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1995South Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011South Africa, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Tunisia, Argentina, Senegal, Sudan, New Zealand, Brazil, Cuba
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Benin, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Mali, Namibia, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, Senegal, Sudan, Gabon, Kenya
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2008Fiji, Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, China, Australia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Thailand, Switzerland, Japan, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Panama, India, Mexico, Papua New Guinea
The availability and quality of clean water in many regions of the world is more and more threatened by overuse, misuse and pollution. In this context, the relationship between forests and water must be accorded high priority. Forested catchments supply a high proportion of the water for domestic, agricultural, industrial and ecological needs in both upstream and downstream areas. A key challenge faced by land, forest and water managers is to maximize the benefits that forests provide without detriment to water resources and ecosystem function.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2006Mozambique, Zambia, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, Jordan, Laos, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Botswana, Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
This paper focuses on legal and institutional aspects of children’s property and inheritance rights in Southern and East Africa. Chapter 2 discusses violations of children’s property and inheritance rights and discusses how the spread of HIV/AIDS has contributed to the violations. Chapter 3 assesses several norms of customary law that aim to protect children’s property and inheritance rights as well as the current practices of customary law that—in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic—serve to complicate and limit children’s ability to maintain their rights.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015South Africa, Netherlands, Germany
The XIV World Forestry Congress (WFC) delivers a strong message: global challenges require increased efforts to better manage land by integrating forests and other land uses. Why is better integration of forests and other land uses essential? What barriers on the ground must be overcome to simultaneously increase agricultural output and boost the productive and protective functions of forests? How can policymakers, the private sector, stakeholders and researchers contribute to a more integrated and sustainable approach to land use?
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Zambia, China, Australia, Cuba, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Netherlands, Tunisia, Argentina, Senegal, Tajikistan, Mongolia
This local level land resources assessment methodology (LADA-Local) was produced within the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project. See Box 1 for the LADA project objectives and outcomes and the website <a href="http://www.fao.org/nr/lada">www.fao.org/nr/lada</a> for further information.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011Kenya, South Africa, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Italy, Zambia, Australia, Netherlands, Tunisia, Argentina, Senegal, New Zealand, Mongolia, Cuba
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Belize, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, South Africa, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, South America, Caribbean
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/3
Session: Sess. 29
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