Resultados de la búsqueda | Land Portal

Resultados de la búsqueda

Mostrando ítems 1 a 9 de 15.
  1. Library Resource
    Marzo, 2012
    África, África occidental

    The West African Mineral Sector
    Strategic Assessment (WAMSSA) is a strategic environmental
    and social assessment intended to identify policy,
    institutional, and regulatory adjustments required to
    integrate environmental and social considerations into
    mineral sector development in Africa. The study focused on
    three Mano River Union (MRU) countries, Guinea, Liberia, and
    Sierra Leone, all categorized as mineral-rich countries

  2. Library Resource
    Marzo, 2012
    Zambia

    The country water resources assistance
    strategy for Zambia provides an analysis of the role of
    water in the economy and identifies the specific challenges,
    development opportunities and policies which inform an
    agreed framework for priority areas of assistance. Zambia
    lies entirely within the catchments of the Zambezi and Congo
    rivers and all internal runoff is shared by downstream and
    parallel riparian countries. This strategic geographic

  3. Library Resource
    Marzo, 2012
    República Democrática del Congo

    The study presents an analysis of the
    situation of the Pygmies in Democratic Republic of Congo
    (DRC), including their history and relations with the other,
    mainly Bantu, populations. It provides a brief description
    of their lifestyle, their socioeconomic status, and a
    participatory diagnosis of the key factors that lead to
    their current impoverishment and marginalization. The study
    discusses the rationale for protecting Pygmy culture and

  4. Library Resource
    Marzo, 2012
    Jordania

    Jordan is a small, middle-income, open
    economy, with a limited natural resources base and active
    trade flows. As the integration of Jordan in the World
    Economy progresses, enhancing Jordan's environmental
    management can not only improve the wellbeing of Jordanians,
    but also enable the country to better compete in
    increasingly environmentally conscious markets. To date
    there has not yet been a comprehensive assessment of

  5. Library Resource
    Agosto, 2012
    Panamá

    Tourism is one of Latin America's
    fastest growing industries, outranking remittances and even
    drugs in many countries as a source of foreign exchange. But
    the impact of tourism on the poor and on the environment
    remains under debate. Certainly many suspect that tourism
    does more harm than good, damaging the environment and
    leaving the poor worse off while shipping profits overseas.
    But few have actually analyzed the impact of tourism on the

  6. Library Resource
    Mayo, 2012
    Colombia

    The analysis of the cost of
    environmental degradation conducted as part of the country
    environmental analysis (CEA) shows that the most costly
    problems associated with environmental degradation are urban
    and indoor air pollution; inadequate water supply,
    sanitation, and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding
    and landslides); and land degradation. The burden of these
    costs falls most heavily on vulnerable segments of the

  7. Library Resource
    Junio, 2012
    Zambia

    This study estimates the contribution of
    nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and
    poverty reduction as well as to the sustainability of the
    management of the wildlife estate. The Zambian Government
    has identified tourism along with agriculture, mining and
    manufacturing as the most important sectors for economic
    development in its various planning documents, including the
    2007 Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP). This report is

  8. Library Resource
    Junio, 2012
    Mozambique

    Mozambique's continuous efforts to
    sustain economic growth and reduce poverty face a number of
    constraints including its economic and political history,
    and its geography and climatic conditions. It is widely
    accepted that future economic growth of the country will
    continue to rely on its natural resources base and,
    specifically, on sustainable use of land and water
    resources. Mozambique has plentiful land and water resources

  9. Library Resource
    Junio, 2012
    Camboya

    The Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project (FCMCPP) overall objective was developed in the early 2000s and aims at 'testing and demonstrating, through implementation, a comprehensive set of forest planning and management guidelines and control procedures and establishing an effective forest management compliance monitoring and enforcement capability'. According to the planning handbook a separate and specific document was supposed to be prepared with regard to the social issues of the forest concession planning process in order to complete the planning process.

  10. Library Resource
    Junio, 2012
    Costa Rica

    This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan area of San José, the nation's capital and largest city. Water management issues include severe water pollution resulting from sewage, industrial waste discharges, agricultural runoff, and deforestation.

Búsqueda en la Biblioteca de Tierras

A través de nuestro sólido motor de búsqueda, puede explorar cualquier elemento de los más de 64.800 recursos rigurosamente seleccionados en la Biblioteca de la Tierra. Si desea obtener una visión general de lo que es posible, siéntase libre de examinar la  Guía de búsqueda

Comparta esta página