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Hacia una mejor gobernanza de la tierra

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Angola, Burkina Faso, Honduras, Rwanda, Zambia, Burundi, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Colombia, Mozambique, Liberia, Uganda, Madagascar, Ecuador, Georgia, Kenya, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
land policies
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
land reform
land ownership
Documento de trabajo sobre tenencia de la tierra 11. Esta publicación compartida por la FAO y Naciones Unidas-Hábitat trata de comprender y definir mejor los procesos, los mecanismos y las instituciones de la gobernanza de la tenencia en áreas rurales y urbanas. En el documento se reconoce que se han realizado excelentes políticas de la tierra, leyes y reformas técnicas. Sin embargo, su implementación en muchos casos ha sido errónea, ha sufrido retrasos o, incluso, se ha invertido.
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الخطوط التوجيهية للممارسات اليدة لترتيبات الإيجارات الزراعية

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Tanzania, France, Honduras, Luxembourg, Israel, Ukraine, Denmark, Namibia, Indonesia, Botswana, Brazil, Bolivia, Netherlands, Italy, Norway
land
tenant's rights
land use
land tenure
leases
agrarian reform
land ownership
(land tenure studies) 1951
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The right to adequate food and indigenous peoples

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Nigeria, United States of America, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Indonesia, Canada, Venezuela, Philippines, Nicaragua, Italy, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Paraguay, Mexico, Norway, Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
food security
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
This paper focuses on the analysis of the right to food from an indigenous peoples’ perspective and addresses the main issues of concern to indigenous peoples that crosscut the right to food. Furthermore, it analyses how right to food is relevant to indigenous peoples and how the implementation of the right to food can benefit them.
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L’action de la FAO face au changement climatique

Reports & Research
November, 2015
Seychelles, Kenya, Ecuador, Philippines, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nepal
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
sustainable development
Cette brochure présente les messages clés de la FAO sur le changement climatique et la sécurité alimentaire. Elle comprend une synthèse des exemples les plus récents de l'appui de la FAO aux pays pour faire face aux impacts du changement climatique. Elle rassemble également les connaissances les plus pertinentes sur le changement climatique, y compris les outils et méthodologies que la FAO peut offrir aux pays pour évaluer leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre provenant des secteurs de l'agriculture, de l'élevage et de la foresterie.
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La parité hommes-femmes et l'accès à la terre

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2003
Rwanda, Laos, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Sweden, Zimbabwe, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada
land governance
land
tenant's rights
land use
land tenure
right of access
leases
agrarian reform
land ownership
women
Le présent manuel sur La parité hommes-femmes et l'accès à la terre a été rédigé pour aider les administrateurs fonciers dans les gouvernements et leurs homologues dans la société civile jouant un rôle dans l'accès à la terre et dans l'administration foncière dans le cadre du développement rural. Les questions de parité hommes-femmes sont fréquemment omises ou sous-estimées et cela a souvent des répercussions négatives.
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Globalization of food systems in developing countries: impact on food security and nutrition

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Fiji, Bangladesh, Nigeria, United States of America, Chile, China, Bolivia, Ghana, Colombia, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom, Italy, Tanzania, Netherlands, Argentina, India, Ireland, Brazil, Canada, Asia
Urban Tenure
urbanization
urban population
Food systems are being transformed at an unprecedented rate as a result of global economic and social change. Urbanization, foreign direct investment in markets of developing countries and increasing incomes are prime facilitators for the observed changes, while social changes, such as the increased number of women in the workforce and rural to urban migration, provide added stimulus.
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FAO's Work on Climate Change

Reports & Research
November, 2015
Kenya, Bangladesh, Japan, Zambia, Vietnam, Tanzania, Ecuador, Jamaica, Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
sustainable development
This booklet presents the key messages of FAO on climate change and food security. It includes a synthesis of the most recent support provided by FAO to countries to face the impacts of climate change. It also brings together the most relevant knowledge on climate change including tools and methodologies FAO can offer to countries to report on their greenhouse gas emissions coming from the agriculture, livestock and forestry sectors.
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Leaving two thirds out of development: Female headed households and common property resources in the highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Nepal, Zambia, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Indonesia, Canada, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Mozambique, Laos, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, India, Mongolia, Mexico, Cambodia, Africa
property rights
farmers
farming systems
land governance
land tenure
land access
private ownership
common property
land ownership
This report contains the results of a study of gender and access to forest and tree resources, women and men’s use of common lands and botanical resources, and the importance of these resources for the livelihoods of people in highland Ethiopia.
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Climate Smart Agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Egypt, Bangladesh, Honduras, Afghanistan, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Australia, Burkina Faso, Bolivia, China, Cameroon, Haiti, Philippines, Lesotho, Japan, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Italy, India, Paraguay, Brazil
forestry
fisheries
agriculture
peri-urban agriculture
sustainable development
This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve climate-smart agriculture which sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes Greenhouse Gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals. Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions.
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Improving Governance of Forest Tenure. A Practical Guide

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Ghana, Guyana, Canada, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia
Forest Tenure
land governance
community forestry
forest land
land use
natural resources management
land tenure
This guide proposes tools and approaches to improve forest tenure governance and practical actions to realise this objective. It is intended for government policy-makers, or other public sector, private sector or civil society stakeholders concerned with forest governance and tenure reform.