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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    The present publication is the sequel to the book “Dinámicas del mercado de la tierra en América Latina
    yel Caribe: concentración y extranjerización”, published by the Regional Office of FAO in June 2012. The
    publication included national case studies on the dynamics of land concentration over the past five years in
    seventeen countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The studies had been commissioned by FAO.
    The current publication analyses the main trends in land market dynamics as well as the processes of land

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada

    This report originally prepared in 2002 and revised in 2012 covers three topics. The main body of the report consists of an overview of the existing legal and institutional frameworks relevant to agricultural land use in countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that were studied. The overview is based primarily on the six country reports prepared in 2002 by the National Legal Consultants for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Argentina, China, Cuba, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia

    The objective of the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project was to develop tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent, severity and impacts of land degradation on dryland ecosystems, watersheds and river basins, carbon storage and biological diversity at a range of spatial and temporal scales. This builds the national, regional and international capacity to

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Italy, Madagascar, Niger, Peru

    This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives contains an interesting and

    wide-ranging set of contributions providing insights into land related issues ranging from

    Italy to the Central Andes, and from the historical development of sustainable tenure

    practices to aspects of agriculture sector planning.

    The eight articles featured open with that of Lavigne Delville, which addresses issues

    relating to insecurity of tenure in West Africa, and identifies what the paths of change

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    This paper explores trends of good governance of tenure of land and other natural resources in Latin America. It analyzes mechanisms employed and identifies issues to be considered when aiming for a responsible governance of land tenure

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Cuba, Mexico

    This publications presents a methodology and software for assessing carbon sequestration that were developed and tested in pilot field studies in Mexico and Cuba. The models and tools enable the analysis of land use change scenarios in order to identifyin a given area (watershed or district) land use alternatives and land management practices that simultaneously maximize food production, maximize soil carbon sequestration, maximize biodiversity conservation and minimize land degradation.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Barbados

    This document contains the proceedings of the Subregional Workshop on Land Water Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbean, held in Barbados in October 2000. The meeting was organized by FAO Land and Water Development Division (AGL), in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Brazil

    In collaboration with UNEP, FAO has developed an improved planning framework for land resources development and management that addresses the problems recognized during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)This document is the last in a series of three publications which introduce these new concepts and propose an integrated planning approach for sustainable management of land resources based on an interactive partnership between governments and people.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2013
    Brazil

    A guest post by Dr. Paul Munro-Faure, Deputy Director, Climate, Energy and Tenure Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Last month, the 40th Session of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was held at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. Land governance and responsible tenure were a strong thread of interest and discussion throughout the week-long meeting.

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