Proyecto Gestión Urbana en Ciudades Medianas Seleccionadas de América Latina: Valdivia - Chile. Informe final
Proyecto sobre Gestión Urbana en Ciudades Intermedias Seleccionadas de América Latina y el Caribe ITA/92/S71
Du nouveau pour la sécurisation foncière des agricultures familiales ?
Cet article analyse les avancées obtenues pour les exploitations familiales en matière de sécurisation foncière en Afrique. Il identifie plusieurs défis à venir, comme la régulation des investissements à grande échelle, le renforcement des acteurs de la société civile ou encore l’élargissement de l’offre de sécurisation foncière.
La réforme foncière au Sénégal : bilan d’étape et défis
Cette journée consacrée au Sénégal a été motivée par l’agenda politique national : engagé depuis les années1990 dans un processus de réforme foncière, le Sénégal a vu s’achever, en juin dernier, les ateliers décentralisés aux niveaux communal et départemental de concertation autour du projet de réforme.
An assessment of female participation in minor irrigation systems of Sri Lanka
A systems approach to land registration and cadastre
Participation, Innovative Approaches and Customary Cadastres: A Practical Experiment in Nanton, Ghana
The dearth of land information on customary lands limits the development and application of land consolidation. This paper presents and discusses the results of an experiment carried out to test the potential of participatory land administration applied on customary lands in support of land consolidation.
Emerging conflict in collaborative mapping: Towards a deeper understanding?
In spatial planning and environmental management, maps are found very helpful in many situations, but in other situations they may also deepen conflicts or be ignored. This paper addresses the question what explains such phenomena, with particular emphasis on, and reference to, collaborative policymaking settings in the Netherlands.
State of the world's forests 2012
As the global community looks for ways to move to a greener economy, it is increasingly clear that forests, forestry and forest products must play a central role.
State of the world's forests 2011
The ninth biennial issue of State of the World’s Forests, published at the outset of 2011, the International Year of Forests, considers the theme ‘Changing pathways, changing lives: forests as multiple pathways to sustainable development’. It takes a holistic view of the multiple ways in which forests support livelihoods.
State of the world's forests 2009
What will be the impact on forests of future economic development, globalized trade and increases in the world's population? The 2009 edition of the biennial State of the World's Forests looks forward, with the theme "Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future".
Design of land consolidation pilot projects in Central and Eastern Europe
In much of Central and Eastern Europe, the land tenure structure includes many small and fragmented farms. Land consolidation can be an effective instrument to make agriculture more competitive and to improve rural conditions. This guide provides advice on what countries can do to start a land consolidation pilot project.