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Forest Policies and the Status of Sustainable Forest Management on the Ground: What are the Links?

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Algeria, Dominica, Honduras, Chile, Ukraine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Indonesia, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Finland, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, South Africa, Kiribati, Uganda, Haiti, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Argentina, India, Chad, Lebanon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
land governance
This publication presents the analysis of the global status of forest policy documents and national forest programme documents as of May 2011, with a view to map their existence and age as well as main characteristics of contents of these documents. The objectives were to: - Compile national forest policy documents and NFP documents world-wide, to create a forest policy database and make the documents available online. - Analyse the existence and content of national forest policy and NFP documents.
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Global forest land-use change 1990-2005

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
France, United States of America, Chile, Ukraine, China, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Finland, Thailand, Italy, Brazil, Russia, Norway
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
forestry
natural resources management
This report presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO’s 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey. It is the first report of its kind to present systematic estimates of global forest land use and change. The ambitious goal of the Remote Sensing Survey was to use remote sensing data to obtain globally consistent estimates of forest area and changes in tree cover and forest land use between 1990 and 2005.
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Global Soil Partnership International Technical Workshop - Managing Living Soils

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Haiti, Honduras, United States of America, Zambia, Peru, United Kingdom, China, Ethiopia, Finland, Thailand, Nigeria, Kenya, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Italy, Argentina, India, Russia, New Zealand, Brazil
land management
sustainable development
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Guidelines for Linking Population and Housing Censuses with Agricultural Censuses with selected country practices

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Belize, Zambia, Mozambique, Fiji, China, Indonesia, Eswatini, Canada, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Nepal, Cyprus, Uganda, Albania, Italy, Botswana, Poland, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Americas
land use
This publication aims to provide practical guidance for population and housing census and agricultural census planners looking to implement a cost-effective census strategy by coordinating the population and housing census with the agricultural census.
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Irrigation in Southern and Eastern Asia in Figures

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Bangladesh, United States of America, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Italy, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Russia, Bhutan, Maldives, Tajikistan, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Asia
natural resources management
water management
agriculture
This AQUASTAT report presents the most recent information available on water resources and their use in the 22 countries in the Southern and Eastern Asia region. Clearly it has an emphasis on agricultural water use and management. But in addition it contains the relevant tables and maps, and a regional synopsis emphasizing the particular characteristics of this large and diverse region. It also analyses the changes that have occurred since the first survey in 1999.
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Land reform and farm performance in Europe: a 20-year perspective

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Turkmenistan, United States of America, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Tajikistan, Moldova, Albania, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Poland, Netherlands, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Mexico, Brazil, Europe
land reform
rural development
Meeting Name: European Commission on Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: ECA 37/12/3
Session: Sess. 37
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Land tenure journal 1/2012 - Revue des questions fonciéres 1/2012

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2012
Ethiopia, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Panama, Brazil, Malaysia, Jordan, Romania, Russia, Norway, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Samoa
land governance
land tenure
land ownership
property rights
The Land Tenure Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access flagship journal of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Land Tenure Journal, launched in early 2010, is a successor to the Land Reform, Land Settlement and Co-operatives, which was published between 1964 and 2009. The Land Tenure Journal is a medium for the dissemination of quality information and diversified views on land and natural resources tenure.
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Land tenure journal 2/2012 - Revue des Questions Foncières 2/2012

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Sudan, Kenya, South Sudan, Kazakhstan, China, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Albania, Italy
land governance
land tenure
land ownership
The Land Tenure Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access flagship journal of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Land Tenure Journal, launched in early 2010, is a successor to the Land Reform, Land Settlement and Co-operatives, which was published between 1964 and 2009. The Land Tenure Journal is a medium for the dissemination of quality information and diversified views on land and natural resources tenure.
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Report of the Thirty-seventh Session of the European Commission on Agriculture (ECA)

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Austria, Malta, Armenia, Slovakia, Romania, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Hungary, Greece, Europe
land reform
rural development
Meeting Name: European Commission on Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: ECA 37/12/REP
Session: Sess. 37
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State of the World's Forests 2012 (SOFO)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
France, Bangladesh, Spain, Afghanistan, Sweden, Germany, China, Morocco, United Kingdom, Greece, Russia, Pakistan, Finland, Nepal, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Norway, India, Ireland, Bhutan, Brazil
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
This tenth edition of State of the World's Forests elaborates on a fundamental truth: forests, forestry and forest products play a critical role in sustainable development. State of the World's Forests is published every two years. Throughout history, deforestation has accompanied economic development. It was primarily in response to deforestation that the concept of sustainable development originated and evolved within forest science.