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  1. Library Resource
    Regulations
    Argentina, Americas, South America

    El presente Decreto tiene por objeto la implementación de la Ley Nº 23.302 en lo que se refiere a la estructura y funcionamiento del Instituto Nacional de Asuntos Indígenas. El Registro Nacional de Comunidades Indígenas formará parte de dicho instituto y tendrá carácter público. Podrán establecerse registros locales en el interior. El Decreto prevé el desarrollo de porgramas de asistencia sanitaria de las comunidades indígenas, prestando prioridad a la salud infantil.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Northern America

    Food First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1


    Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian Crisis


    The disastrous effects of widespread land grabbing and land concentration sweeping the globe do not affect all farmers equally. The degree of vulnerability to these threats is highest for smallholders, women and people of color—the ones who grow, harvest, process and prepare most of the world’s food.


  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    March, 2010
    Haiti, Latin America and the Caribbean

    Coffee is an ecologically and economically significant crop for Haiti. It is not only the main source of income for more than 100,000 farmers, but the coffee ecosystem also sustains a large part of the remaining tree cover (currently at less than 1.5 percent of land) of the country. This report does not aim to detail the structural constraints impacting upon the Haitian coffee sub-sector.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2008
    Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Oceania

    Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas. This publication updates and revises UN-HABITAT’s 2004 publication ‘Urban Land for All’, and stresses the need for policies that facilitate access to land for all sections of their existing and future populations – particularly those on low or irregular incomes.

  5. Library Resource

    Volume 8 Issue 1

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2019
    Brazil

    While food and nutrition security are issues that national and international organizations are tackling, one of the central problems often overlooked is the essential role of soils in providing nutritious food. Soils are the base for food production and food security. However, the majority of soils are in fair and poor conditions, with the most significant threats being erosion and loss of nutrients.

  6. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    September, 2019
    Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, Laos, Global

    This brochure provides an overview of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP) implemented by the German Development Cooperation Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). It points out the relevance of land rights for reducing hunger and conflicts as well as the potential for achieving environmental, social and economic development.

  7. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    September, 2019
    Ethiopia, Peru, Laos, Global

    This brochure presents recent digital innovations that enable a more effective, efficient and transparentin land management. It refers to examples in Peru, Ethiopia and Laos.

  8. Library Resource
    Measuring-Individuals-Rights-to-Land_French-1.jpg.

    Une approche intégrée de la collecte de données pour les indicateurs 1.4.2 et 5.a.1 des ODD

    Reports & Research
    January, 2021
    Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania

    Ce document vise à faciliter la collecte de données comparable entre pays pour le calcul des indicateurs des ODD 1.4.2 et 5.a.1 conformément aux méthodologies approuvées par l’IAEG-SDG. Cette publication donne un aperçu des indicateurs, une discussion sur les différents modules de questionnaire proposés et des conseils détaillés pour chacun.

  9. Library Resource
    Datasets
    December, 2019
    Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Global

    This table provides a listing of official documents required for the legal recognition of land tenure rights and land transactions. The database covers 68 countries in the world, including most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This database was prepared for national statistical organizations, research institutes and others undertaking population surveys on land tenure. It will enable them to prepare questionnaires and facilitate the coding of land documents reported by respondents.

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2021
    Africa, Americas, India

    Cette étude examine l’état de la reconnaissance juridique des droits des peuples autochtones, des communautés locales et des peuples afro-descendants sur le carbone présent sur leurs terres et territoires dans 31 pays d’Afrique, d’Asie et d’Amérique latine.

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