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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Greece, Republic of Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Maldives, Asia

    A discussion of the concerns of the environmental movement in the Asia-Pacific region with reference to biological diversity, forest loss, indigenous and forest-dependant people and climate change. The environmental perspective of different aspects of forestry development in the region is elucidated. Three possible scenarios for the future are presented depending on the level of achievement of environmental goals.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Fiji, United States of America, Philippines, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Canada, India, Uruguay, Thailand, Asia, Americas, Oceania

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOREWORD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This publication contains the proceedings of the International Sugar Conference held in Fiji from 29 to 31 October 1997. The Conference was jointly organised by the Government of Fiji and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Nigeria, United States of America, Belize, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Madagascar, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Brazil
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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Honduras, Belize, Chile, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Jamaica, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Ecuador, Argentina, Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba
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    Reports & Research
    December, 1998
    France, United States of America, Sweden, Peru, Indonesia, Bolivia, Canada, Guinea, Cameroon, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Italy, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom, Norway, Suriname, Africa

    The Government of South Africa has a major holding of forest land, with a total estate covering 892,000 ha of forest and associated land. Within the state's forest holding there is a wide diversity of forest and land types including: commercial plantations and other afforested land; indigenous forests; legally protected (indigenous) forest areas; and associated bare land. This land is partly owned by the state and partly held on behalf of local communities, some of whom also have existing rights to use the forest land for various purposes.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Fiji, United States of America, Mali, Samoa, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Vanuatu, Canada, Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Mozambique, Philippines, South Africa, Australia, Madagascar, Italy, Papua New Guinea

    Community-based natural resource management and local users of natural resources can, and in many cases do, manage resources sustainably – if their rights to do so are recognized and protected, if appropriate institutions are in place or can be developed, and if the benefits are significant, obvious and secure. The article analyses one facet of the complex relationship between law and community-based management: the problem of how national laws recognize community-based land-owning or resource managing groups.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Honduras, United States of America, Belize, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Italy, Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba
  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Serbia, France, North Macedonia, Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Colombia, Kenya, Morocco, Japan, Uganda, Albania, Italy, Tanzania, Ecuador, Tunisia, Senegal, Sudan, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Americas

    This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives includes interesting descriptions of land tenure and related policies in Uganda, Tunisia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Morocco. Two thought-provoking articles on access to land and other assets focus on policies to reduce poverty and the function of markets in the allocation of production resources. In the first, J. Melmed-Sanjak and S.

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