For much of the world's tropical population, coral reefs are synonymous with reef fish and edible marine invertebrates. Reef-related fisheries are important to small-scale fisherfolk, as a source of both protein and livelihood security for local coastal communities. In all of Asia, coral reef resources play a role in the food and livelihood security of coastal communities. Perhaps nowhere in Asia in this role more important than in the Maldives.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1997Japan, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, India, Maldives, Thailand, Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2012Sudan, Kenya, South Sudan, Kazakhstan, China, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Albania, Italy
The Land Tenure Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access flagship journal of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Land Tenure Journal, launched in early 2010, is a successor to the Land Reform, Land Settlement and Co-operatives, which was published between 1964 and 2009. The Land Tenure Journal is a medium for the dissemination of quality information and diversified views on land and natural resources tenure.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Kenya, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Nauru, Uganda, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Norway, Cambodia
Session: Tenure & Fishing Rights 2015
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2014United States of America, Chile, Sweden, Mexico, Thailand, Italy
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/6.3 -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Timor-Leste, Nepal, Kenya, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Malawi, Togo, Norway, Asia
The Review of the legislative framework and jurisprudence concerning the right to adequate food in Nepal discusses overarching aspects of Nepalese law and jurisprudence dealing with the human right to food. Following a brief discussion of the international legal protection of the right to food in Nepal, the review, in particular provides a critical assessment of constitutional as well as legislative provisions and offers a thorough analysis of Supreme Court jurisprudence pertaining to the right to food.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2001United States of America, South Africa, Chile, Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Canada, Iceland, United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand, Europe, Americas, Oceania
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers 411: The report, consisting of 23 studies, describes how the initial allocations of transferable fishing (effort) or fish (catch) quotas have been done by a variety of fisheries management regimes around the world.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000France, Switzerland, United States of America, Japan, Portugal, Australia, Austria, Russia, Finland, Norway
Meeting symbol/code: EFC 00 5
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013France, Nigeria, United States of America, Peru, Morocco, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Thailand, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Japan, Italy, Argentina, India, Sudan, New Zealand, China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia
Meeting Name: Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly
Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA: I/2013/2 -
Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1997Equatorial Guinea, United States of America, Sweden, China, Indonesia, Norway, Canada, Finland, Cameroon, New Zealand, Laos, Japan, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, India, Gabon, Brazil, Mongolia, Asia
A detailed presentation of forestry development in China covering its role in the socio-economic environment, in timber production and trade and the protection of ecosystems. Trends are identified and national plans outlined. An analysis of wood and non-wood product markets is given
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 1989Guinea, Australia, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
This document provides background information for project PNG/85/001. A synthesis of knowledge of various aspects of the Sepik and Ramu River catchments is provided. The information is presented in relation to project objectives and activities. Most sections have been summarised from existing books and other information (quoted where relevant) but have been placed within the context of the Sepik and Ramu rivers and project PNG/85/001. The subjects covered here are relevant to fisheries related matters and this is explained later in the Discussion section.
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