The present study assesses changes (1949-2008) in the structure of a Mediterranean urban area (Rome, Italy) in three phases (compact growth, medium-density growth, low-density growth) of its recent expansion which reflect different economic contexts at the local scale. Using a quantitative approach based on land-use indicators and landscape metrics, distribution and fragmentation of built-up areas were analyzed from high-resolution and diachronic digital maps covering the investigated area (1,500 km2).
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJune, 2014Italy
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Land Use Policy Volume 39
Peer-reviewed publicationJuly, 2014ItalyOver the past centuries, land systems in Italy experienced fundamental shifts, owing to the availability of new energy forms, population surges, and technological progress. The 20th century was characterized by massive productivity increases, accompanied by gradual land abandonment and the return of forest land. We here analyze 120 years of land system change in Italy, applying the human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) framework, a metric for socio-economic pressures on terrestrial ecosystems.
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Orientaciones prácticas para gobiernos, empresas, ONG, pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales en relación con la adquisición de tierras
Reports & ResearchDecember, 2014Africa, Cameroon, Togo, Guatemala, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Cambodia, Philippines, Italy, AustraliaEn esta guía técnica sobre el Respeto del consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI) se establecen medidas prácticas para que los organismos gubernamentales respeten y protejan el CLPI y para que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, los usuarios de la tierra y los inversores privados a nivel mundial cumplan con sus responsabilidades en relación con el CLPI.
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Sustainability
Peer-reviewed publicationJanuary, 2015ItalyLand degradation has expanded in the Mediterranean region as a result of a variety of factors, including economic and population growth, land-use changes and climate variations. The level of land vulnerability to degradation and its growth over time are distributed heterogeneously over space, concentrating on landscapes exposed to high human pressure.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2014New Zealand, Italy, Oceania
This is a Māori/Ngati Porou-led PES scheme that makes use of government afforestation subsidies and foreign direct investment to enable one of the tribe’s commercial bodies, Ngāti Porou Whanui Forests Limited (NPWFL) to become a provider of environmental services by undertaking afforestation activities to mitigate severe soil erosion and its negative effects on the Ngāti Porou community.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Algeria, Egypt, Benin, Spain, Sri Lanka, Guyana, Pakistan, Central African Republic, Kenya, Philippines, South Africa, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Italy, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Cambodia, Argentina, Paraguay, Turkey, Netherlands
Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/14
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJune, 2014Italy
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/Inf.1 -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014France, Switzerland, United States of America, Mali, Samoa, Burkina Faso, Germany, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Namibia, Finland, Panama, Jordan, Malaysia, Italy, Russia, Romania, Brazil
Ce document décrit le point de vue des parties prenantes sur le développement des Directives Volontaires pour la gouvernance foncière. Ces Directives représentent le plus grand «terrain d’entente» sur la gouvernance foncière qui a été trouvé à ce jour dans un forum mondial. Ce consensus a été construit sur la base de (développé à travers des) négociations intergouvernementales avec la participation de incluant la société civile, du le secteur privé et des institutions académiques et de recherche.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2014Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Africa
The project “Community level legal education and support to help rural women secure and exercise land and resource rights, and address HIV-AIDS related tenure insecurity - GCP/MOZ/086/NOR”, hereinafter abbreviated as GCP/086, is the most recent of a series of FAO initiatives implemented, to a large extent, in partnership with the Juridical and Judicial Training Centre (CFJJ) of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Mozambique as well as in partnership with a number of National NGOs. GCP/086 started in March 2010.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2014Italy
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/5.5
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