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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2001
    Egypt, Mozambique, Vietnam, Syrian Arab Republic

    Articles in this edition develop several areas and introduce specific experiences relating to land reform. The main thread running through the articles is that of change; how we can help to understand what change means and how it can be managed.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2001
    Western Asia, Africa

    Drought is a recurrent and often devastating threat to the welfare of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where three-quarters of the arable land has less than 400 mm of annual rainfall, and the natural grazings, which support a majority of the 290 million ruminant livestock, have less than 200 mm. Its impact has been exacerbated in the last half century by the human population increasing yearly at over 3%, while livestock numbers have risen by 50% over the quinquennium.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2001
    Western Asia, Northern Africa, Syrian Arab Republic

    Arid shrub-lands in Syria and elsewhere in West Asia and North Africa are widely thought degraded. Characteristic of these areas is a preponderance of unpalatable shrubs or a lack of overall ground cover with a rise in the associated risks of soil erosion. Migrating pastoralists have been the scapegoats for this condition of the range. State steppe interventions of the last forty years have reflected this with programs to supplant customary systems with structures and institutions promoting western grazing systems and technologies.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    United Kingdom, Netherlands, India, Turkey, Norway, Austria

    Genetic diversity is the basis of the ability of organisms to adapt to changes in their environment through natural selection. Populations with little genetic variation are more vulnerable to the arrival of new pests or diseases, pollution, changes in climate and habitat destruction due to human activities or other catastrophic events. The inability to adapt to changing conditions greatly increases the risk of extinction. Gene conservation management aimed to save adaptive genetic diversity should be based on the knowledge of the genetic basis of adaptation.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Italy, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Iran, Bahrain, Lebanon

    This regional study presents an overview of the socio-economic importance and ecological impact of the use of non-wood forest products (NWFP) in the Near East. The document consists of two main parts: i) presentation of background information on the programme activities and analysis of the available information on the regional level; and ii) presentation of data on NWFP on the national level (so-called "country profiles"). The country profiles were originally compiled to be made available on the FAO Web site.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    April, 2001
    Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Gambia, Croatia, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Laos, Bolivia, Canada, Congo, Guinea, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Cyprus, Lesotho, Albania, Madagascar, Italy, Norway, Brazil, Cuba

    This paper presents an overview of the various approaches that developed and developing countries have used in designing national forest funds. It is based on a study of legislation in over forty countries and a review of some of the few empirical studies of forest fund performance. The overview may serve as checklist of issues and options for policymakers who are designing funds. It also may illuminate ongoing discussions about appropriate international roles in forest financing. The paper presents some of the common arguments for and against the use of dedicated funds.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Egypt, Canada, Israel, Samoa, Germany, Namibia, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Djibouti, Guinea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Thailand, Cyprus, Japan, Vietnam, Tanzania, Poland, India, Greece

    The present “Supplement to the Report on the 1990 WCA” presents the census results collected from the reports issued by the countries that conducted censuses during the 1986-1995 decade and made them available to FAO after mid-1997.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Nepal, Laos, Bangladesh, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, China, Oman, Pakistan, Myanmar, India, Yemen, Republic of Korea, Asia

    A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

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