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تقرير الدورة الأولي لهيئة الزراعة واستخدام الأراضي والمياه للشرق الأدنى

Reports & Research
December, 2000
Syrian Arab Republic, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
natural resources management
water management
Meeting symbol/code: FAO-RNE--ALAWUC/NE/00/REP
Session: Sess. 1
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Irrigation in the near east region in figures

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Iran, Mauritania, Iraq, Afghanistan, Morocco, Malta, Djibouti, Pakistan, Jordan, Cyprus, Libya, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Oman, Italy, Kuwait, Sudan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
agricultural land management
water management
natural resources management
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FOOD INSECURITY AND VULNERABILITY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP

Reports & Research
December, 2000
Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Samoa, China, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Thailand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Vietnam
water management
poverty
natural disasters
Meeting symbol/code: APRC 00 3
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Natural Resources and Environment Newsletter

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Kenya
youth
natural resources management
water management
Welcome to the first issue of the Natural Resources and Environment Newsletter. Each month, we will be bringing you information about important issues and events, new publications and projects, and interviews with experts on various issues related to bioenergy, climate change, genetic resources and biodiversity, land resources, land tenure and water resources
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Water: Where water comes from

Reports & Research
December, 1981
Greece, Belgium, Iraq, Chile, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Ghana, Iran, Iceland, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cyprus, Hungary, Haiti, Italy, Brunei Darussalam, Ecuador, Cuba, India, Brazil, Canada, Africa
farming systems
water management
natural resources management
This course teaches the farmer about the water cycle. It covers rainfall, ground water, the water table, surface water, evaporation, and transpiration. It also delivers information on wells and springs, swamps, ponds, lakes, streams and rivers. It explains how water is necessary for life.
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Water Management for Urban and Peri-urban Horticulture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
water management
peri-urban agriculture
This fact sheet provides key insights to how municipal authorities can help urban horticulturalists adapt to the decreasing quantity and quality of water resources as cities grow.
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Ressources naturelles et environnement lettre d’information

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Americas, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
natural resources management
water management
environment
natural disasters
land management
Dans ce numéro, nous examinerons les projets en cours dans le cadre du lancement d’un nouveau partenariat mondial sur les sols, une initiative ambitieuse pour soutenir les efforts entrepris au niveau mondial sur les problèmes communs de gestion des sols. Nous examinerons également un projet régional centré sur l’assistance apportée à quatre pays andins – la Bolivie, la Colombie, le Pérou et l’Equateur – sur les questions d’adaptation au changement climatique et de gestion des risques de catastrophes dans le secteur agricole.
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Ministerial Meeting on Water for Food and Agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2003
Australia, Italy, Ukraine, United States of America, Japan
natural resources management
water management
land governance
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AQUASTAT - Understanding AQUASTAT, FAO's global water information system

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Algeria, Morocco, Benin, United States of America, Japan, Libya, Somalia, Australia, United Kingdom, Tunisia, Ethiopia, New Zealand
natural resources management
water management
This information note covers a twenty year history of the collection and analysis of water-related data and its dissemina - tion as an international public good, freely available to all. The main country database on water resources and their use—itself a major challenge to present in uniform terms—provides the platform for organizing and presenting over 180 variables and indicators that can be searched and extracted for all countries and for dierent regions over an extensive time period.
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Forests and water

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Fiji, Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, China, Australia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Thailand, Switzerland, Japan, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Panama, India, Mexico, Papua New Guinea
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
water management
natural resources management
The availability and quality of clean water in many regions of the world is more and more threatened by overuse, misuse and pollution. In this context, the relationship between forests and water must be accorded high priority. Forested catchments supply a high proportion of the water for domestic, agricultural, industrial and ecological needs in both upstream and downstream areas. A key challenge faced by land, forest and water managers is to maximize the benefits that forests provide without detriment to water resources and ecosystem function.