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Réforme agraire: colonisation et coopératives agricoles 1998/1

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
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land governance
land consolidation
land policies
land
public ownership
agricultural and rural legislation
farming systems
land use
collective ownership
rural population
land tenure
land markets
land management
poverty
rangelands
rural development
private ownership
forest land
land reform
agrarian reform
land ownership
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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Economic and financial aspects of leasing state forest land

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
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
forestry
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
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.
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Fao Expert Consultation on Policies for Animal Production and Natural Resource Management

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Colombia, Brazil, Mexico
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
farming systems
natural resources management
research
The purpose of the expert consulation was to review of current policies that affect the management of livestock and natural resources, focussing on sub-regions and different agro-ecological settings and the identification of policy trade-off. Presentations/resource papers were delivered from each of the five different sub-regions of the Latin American/Caribbean region (Amazon/Brazil; Andean countries/highlands; Central American countries and Mexico; Southern Cone; Caribbean).
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Número no temático

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Eswatini, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
public ownership
environment
natural resources management
research
deforestation
forest land
land improvement
La mayor parte de los nmeros de Unasylva se centran en un tema concreto. El objetivo de esa orientacin temtica es examinar de forma pormenorizada un aspecto determinado de las actividades y el desarrollo forestales, con el fin de resaltar su significado e importancia dentro de los confines ms amplios de nuestro universo. Sin pretender que los diferentes nmeros sean como un manual de una materia concreta, se propone presentar una serie de anlisis de cuestiones especficas que contribuyan a suscitar inters y a concienciar al lector.
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Non-thematic issue

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Eswatini, Italy, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
public ownership
environment
natural resources management
research
deforestation
forest land
land improvement
Most issues of Unasylva focus on a specific theme. The objective of this thematic orientation is to examine in depth a given aspect of forest and forestry development in order to highlight its significance and importance within our wider universe. The aim is not to serve as a primer or textbook on the chosen subject (this clearly would he impossible given the limited size of the journal) but rather to present a series of analyses on specific aspects that help to spark interest and awareness.
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Medicinal plants for forest conservation and health care

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
Forest Tenure
forestry
rural population
natural resources management
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Numero non thematique

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Eswatini, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
public ownership
environment
natural resources management
research
deforestation
forest land
land improvement
La plupart des numros d'Unasylva sont axs sur un thme particulier. L'objectif n'est pas de prsenter une introduction ou un manuel sur le sujet choisi (ce qui serait impossible tant donn le format de la revue), mais plutt de proposer une srie d'analyses sur des aspects spcifiques qui contribuent veiller l'intrt et l'attention du lecteur. Les articles sont dits de faon intresser les lecteurs dont le travail porte essentiellement sur le thme choisi, ainsi que la majorit des lecteurs qui travaillent dans d'autres disciplines.
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INDIA: Bihar-Madhya Pradesh Tribal Development Programme

Reports & Research
December, 1998
India, Asia
Forest Tenure
rural population
land tenure
forestry
community forestry
poverty
natural resources management
landlessness
In preparing an investment project, development strategies and project components are defined and revisited during project formulation through a consultative process that often includes Socio-economic and Production Systems Studies. These studies are conducted to develop an appreciation of the situation in which the intended beneficiaries live, and their perceptions of their problems, needs and priorities. The present study was carried out on the socio-economic situation of tribal communities and livelihoods in selected areas in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar in India.
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Moving mountains

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1998
Italy
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
common lands
land use
research
deforestation
natural resources management
water management
This issue of Unasylva focuses on the challenges facing mountain development into the twenty-first century.
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Common forest resource management annotated bibliography of Asia, Africa and Latin America

Reports & Research
November, 1998
Myanmar
Forest Tenure
forest land
capacity development
local communities
The purpose of this study is to introduce some of the literature on Common Forest Resource Management from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is recognized that the three regional reviews of both published and unpublished sources and the issues analyses which constitute this document are not complete. However, it was decided to publish this material in order to present information known to date and identify gaps in our understanding of this important topic.