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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2002
    China

    Looks at the allocation of land for specific purposes in the integrated land use plans that have come into effect across China since 1998..The paper: presents an analysis of the development of policies on national land use planning since the promulgation of the first Land Law in 1986.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Cambodia

    A news article reporting on the opening of a new rubber processing factory by state-owned Peam Cheang Rubber Plantation in Kampong Cham.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2001
    Cambodia

    ABSTRACTED FROM THE OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to identify, scrutinise and comment upon the quality and adequacy of different existing large data sets (available from government ministries, international organisations, research institutions and so forth) that contain information on land use, tenure and related issues. It then analyses these data to establish linkages between standards of living/poverty and landholding.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Thailand

    ABSTRACTED FROM INTRODUCTION: How have national and state governments the world over come to “own” huge expanses of territory under the rubric of “national forest,” “national parks”, or “wastelands”? The two contradictory statements in the above epigraph illustrate that not all colonial administrators agreed that forests should be taken away from local people and “protected” by the state. The assumption of state authority over forests is based on a relatively recent convergence of historical circumstances.

  5. Library Resource

    CAP. 124

    Legislation & Policies
    Legislation
    December, 2001
    Hong Kong

    "Whenever the Chief Executive in Council decides that the resumption of any land is required for a public purpose, the Chief Executive may order the resumption thereof under this Ordinance"

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Kyrgyzstan, Europe, Central Asia

    The study reviews the macroeconomic developments in the Kyrgyz Republic following the collapse of the Soviet Union, when adjustments were required since output fell by fifty percent between 1991-95, resulting in adverse fiscal consequences, which triggered losses in tax revenues, along with the implicit end of energy subsidies.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa

    More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia

    Analyses the participation of female farmers in the farmer organizations (FO) of minor irrigation systems and identifies factors that hamper the participation of women in decision-making processes with regard to land, cultivation and irrigation. The paper argues that participation does not necessarily result in equity and that other forms of equity interact with gender inequity in the FOs.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Taiwan, Sri Lanka

    This report is based on the Taiwan's irrigation systems.The first part of this report gives a brief introduction to the Taiwan irrigation systems. Based on the visit and discussions by two IWMI staff members from 25 September to 4 October 2000 with the Association Managers, staff of the Agricultural Engineering Research Centre (AERC) and staff of the Council of Agriculture (COA), certain issues were identified in the two systems, which are detailed.

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