The rate of degradation and depletion of natural resources in Africa has been accelerated as a result of the increasing population pressure. The lack of reliable quantitative and qualitative information on vegetation cover and land use at national and regional levels has been the major limiting factor in development planning, sustainable management of agriculture and forestry resources, the food security early warning systems, environmental monitoring as well as in biodiversity assessment and protection.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJanuary, 1993Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2003India
The manual systems of maintaining land records in India are as diverse as the country itself. The traditional methods have been changing over the years in each state according to local practices and traditions. The procedure for recording transfer and ownership of lands, shares and inheritance is generally based on a particular Identity number for each plot of land. Revenue assessment and agricultural yield related data are also recorded against that specific identification number.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsApril, 1999Africa
The status of cadastral and land information systems in Africa is assessed, with specific reference to their capacity to assist decision-makers. Recommendations and guidelines are provided for the adaptation of existing systems and/or the development of new systems, so that they can be used for land reform, physical planning and integrated land administration. The guidelines take into account the need to create land information for decision-makers without creating unaffordable costs to the state, given that the average per capita income for Africa in 1995 was USD665.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsNovember, 1970Africa
Man instinctively and intelligently takes care of himself as well as he can, and man does this test in a society of fellow humans. The natural human priority is self-preservation and fulfillment, but in the framework of the human group- where responsibilities to others give meaning to rights that each individual asserts for himself and can test us as individualst even as it sustains us- Land can unify
and ennoble us as groups, even as it tempts us to indulge the more provincial among social concerns.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsNovember, 1970United Arab Emirates, Africa
The science of "survey" was known to ancient Egyptians. Drawings and
paintings on the walls of temples and tombs, and writings on papyrus, prove that ancient. Egyptians practiced surveying long ago. Paintings on the temples of Thebe display land-surveyors using linear instruments.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2012Africa
The principle goal of the LPI is “to assist member states in the implementation of the AU Declaration on land Issues and challenges in Africa, in accordance with the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa, in order to achieve socioeconomic development, peace and security, and environmental sustainability”.To facilitate the implementation of the AU Declaration of Land Issues and Challenges in Africa through: Advocating for the inclusion of land in the development agenda, strategies and programs of African tripartite organizations, Regional Economic Communities, African Member Sta
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsOctober, 1970Africa
Most of the Cadastral surveys in the country are done by the survey and mapping division. In the laws, there is a provision for a licensed surveyor who may also carry out cadastral; surveys, but at present there is none in the country.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJanuary, 2011Africa
The land in a continent as Africa is an economic resource, a basis of wealth promoting growth and human development, and a tool of empowering and governing. Most of native Africans are peasants and have their main living and fundamental infrastructures based on land and land resources. Then, land administrating and management which are largely tied to the diversity of the local cultural and traditional practicies should be enhanced in a good and scientific manner.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsFebruary, 1993Africa
The main functions of the Department of Surveys and Lands (DSL) are the recording and supply of land, mapping, survey and remote sensing information. In addition the department provides professional services and advice on these subjects, mainly to other government Departments and aid projects. It also does compulsory acquisition work for parastatal organizations and provides an information and sales service on its products to the public.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsApril, 1971Tunisia, Africa
The Industrial Development Board at its fourth session-'recommended to the General Assembly the convening of a Special International Conference of UNIDO immediately after the fifth session of the Board. The General Assembly subsequently decided 8 June 1971 in Vienna.
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