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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Antigua and Barbuda, Egypt, United States of America, France, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, Mozambique, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Botswana, India, Mexico, Norway

    Fisheries around the world make essential contributions to human well-being including the provision of basic food supplies. employment, recreational opportunities. foreign currency and others, providing benefits to hundreds of millions of people. Despite these benefits, our record of managing fisheries so that the benefits can be sustained has been poor; at best, and most fisheries around the world are experiencing serious ecological, social or economic problems and usually all three.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2012
    Angola, Mozambique, Honduras, Philippines, Chile, Australia, Ecuador, Brazil, India, Guinea, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama

    The purpose of this document is to promote a dialogue about land issues between FAO and its member countries, indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum and other interested organizations. It outlines a number of basic principles of a methodological approach for indigenous peoples’ territorial recognition, starting from the consideration that a simple legal recognition is often not sufficient to improve living conditions for these communities. A more open reflection on the delicate theme of ‘development’ is also promoted and sought.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Guatemala, China, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Mongolia, Cambodia, Asia

    Laos depends heavily on rice based agriculture systems and there is evidence that the traditional diversified diet and income base is being eroded, resulting in a negative effect on the livelihoods of the people. The opportunity to gather food in forests is diminishing and dietary diversity is being narrowed.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2010
    Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Guatemala, China, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Congo, Mozambique, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tanzania, India, Senegal, Paraguay

    Este documento examina algunas de las respuestas técnicas, institucionales, políticas y financieras clave y necesarias para lograr una agricultura climáticamente inteligente que incrementa de manera sostenible la productividad, la resilencia (adaptación), reduce/elimina GEI (mitigación) y fortalece los logros de metas nacionales de desarrollo y de seguridad alimentaria.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2010
    Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, United States of America, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Ukraine, China, Zimbabwe, Portugal, India, Sri Lanka, France, New Zealand

    Le but principal de ce document est de présenter la situation énergétique actuelle du secteur alimentaire du point de vue de la demande et de l’approvisionnement, et d’identifier les moyens de rendre l’ensemble de la filière agro-alimentaire énergétiquement plus intelligent.

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Angola, Fiji, North Macedonia, Benin, El Salvador, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Djibouti, Australia, Bolivia, Austria, Congo, Venezuela, Guinea, Malawi, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Liberia, Uganda, Madagascar, Senegal, Paraguay
  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2011
    Fiji, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, Italy, Ecuador, Cambodia, India, Sudan

    This training manual is for people working in natural disaster risk management and response as well as for people who work in the land tenure sector. In a self-training format this publication aims to provide an overview of the major land tenure issues that may arise following a natural disaster which need to be considered and included in the decision-making processes associated with the whole disaster risk management phases.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2018
    Nepal, France, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Germany, Luxembourg, Ghana, New Zealand, India, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Netherlands

    Cette publication a été lancée lors du colloque international sur le carbone organique du sol (GSOC) qui s’est tenu au siège de la FAO (Rome, 21-23 mars 2017). Pour les preneurs de décisions et les praticiens, il offre une vue d’ensemble sur les principaux faits et informations scientifiques concernant les connaissances actuelles et les lacunes de savoirs sur le carbone organique du sol.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2018
    Nepal, France, Botswana, Japan, South Africa, Mozambique, Germany, Luxembourg, Ghana, New Zealand, India, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Netherlands

    La publicación fue lanzada durenate el Simposio Internacional de Carbono Orgánico del Suelo (GSOC) que se llevó a cabo en la sede de la FAO (Roma, 21 a 23 de marzo de 2017). La publicación provee una revisión sobre los principales datos y hechos científicos sobre el estado actual del conocimiento así como las principales lagunas de conocimiento sobre Carbono Orgánico del Suelo. Realza cómo se puede implementar la información mejorada y las buenas prácticas para apoyar a eliminar el hambre, adapt arse a y mitigar el cambio climático así como lograr en general el desarrollo sostenible.

  10. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Fiji, Honduras, Nepal, Zambia, Gambia, Chile, Guatemala, China, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Australia, Jamaica, Congo, Mozambique, Liberia, Yemen, Nicaragua, Myanmar, Ecuador, Paraguay

    En el marco de la gobernanza moderna, la transparencia significa reconocer la responsabilidad de proporcionar informaciones. El sistema de las Naciones Unidas, como un servicio público mundial, tiene que dar el ejemplo al suministrar información a sus Estados Miembros, órganos rectores, asociados y otras partes interesadas sobre sus recursos y principales logros, proponiéndola en un formato de fácil lectura. Sin embargo, muchas de las actividades llevadas a cabo por el sistema de las Naciones Unidas en general, y de la FAO en particular, no se conocen muy bien.

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