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  1. Library Resource

    Accommodating multiple interests in forestry

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Colombia, Philippines, Madagascar, Italy, Indonesia, Bolivia, Niger, Cameroon, Africa, Americas
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Forest Tenure
    decentralization
    forestry
    natural resources management
    deforestation
    rural development

    In December 1997, FAO hosted a workshop, Pluralism and Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development. to exchange information and experiences and to explore mechanisms, methods and fore for optimizing cooperation among the different groups concerned with the management of forest resources. The workshop was attended by 35 participants representing different organizations (and organizational types, geographic regions and disciplines). The articles in this issue of Unasylva are adaptations of papers presented at that workshop.

  2. Library Resource

    The Impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households and land issues in Southern and Eastern Africa

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Rwanda, Haiti, Cameroon, Tanzania, Botswana, Bahamas, Togo, Africa
    rural population
    land reform
    poverty
    rural development

    This background paper intends to highlight key issues surrounding the impact of HIV/AIDS on land, particularly at the rural household level in Southern and Eastern Africa. It also serves as an introduction to three country reports commissioned by the Sub-Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the impact of the epidemic on land issues. These studies are focused on Kenya, Lesotho and South Africa.

  3. Library Resource

    Promoting rural development through forestry policy: some experiences from developing countries

    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Equatorial Guinea, United States of America, Nepal, Zambia, Sweden, Indonesia, Eswatini, United Kingdom, Canada, Congo, Pakistan, Finland, Cameroon, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, South Africa, Uganda, Papua New Guinea, India, Ireland, Gabon, Brazil
    forestry
    natural resources management
    rural development

    In many countries around the world, people living in rural areas have lower incomes and are generally less prosperous than their urban counterparts. Because of this, governments often attempt to promote rural development through the development of natural resources such as forests. This paper will attempt to describe some of the challenges of using forest resources for rural development in developing countries.

  4. Library Resource

    Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Australia, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Somalia, Uruguay, Tanzania, Senegal, Sudan, Cameroon, Norway, Kenya, Africa
    property rights
    land registration
    land rights
    land access
    rural development
    private ownership
    land tenure
    landowners
    land ownership

    Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to legally recognized tools such as deeds, contracts and permits.

  5. Library Resource

    Forests, trees and people - Newsletter

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Tanzania, Kenya, Ecuador, Sweden, Cameroon, Thailand, Italy
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Forest Tenure
    environment
    natural resources management
    land use
    deforestation
    rural development
    land improvement
  6. Library Resource

    Lao People's Democractic Republic Forestry Outlook Study

    Reports & Research
    December, 2009
    Peru, Indonesia, Mexico, China, Congo, Guinea, Colombia, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Cameroon, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Brazil, Asia
    natural resources management
    rural development

    The outlook paper for Lao PDR reviews the state of the forestry sector and draws attention to the need for political commitment to the forestry strategy 2020 to bring the forests in the country under sustainable management and provide a firm basis for rural development. Without significant policy support, forest and forestry in Lao PDR will continue to be overwhelmingly influenced by the regional resource economy during the next decade.

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    Mapping traditional structures in decentralisation policies: illustrations from three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Near East

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Mali, Senegal, Mexico, Indonesia, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Guinea, Benin, Niger, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Asia
    decentralization
    natural resources management
    land ownership
    rural development

    Information is provided on why to involve traditional leaders in the decentralisation and restructuring process. The extent to which this may be happening anyhow (by default) is part of the research hypotheses that guided fieldwork, which have not found to be relevant in all countries.

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