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   Land Cover Mapping Using Ensemble Feature Selection Methods

   Rapports et recherches

   novembre, 2008

   Norvège

   terre

   couverture du sol

   cartographie de l'occupation du sol

   Ensemble classification is an emerging approach to land cover mapping whereby the final classification output is a result of a consensus of classifiers. Intuitively, an ensemble system should consist of base classifiers which are diverse i.e. classifiers whose decision boundaries err differently. In this paper ensemble feature selection is used to impose diversity in ensembles. The features of the constituent base classifiers for each ensemble were created through an exhaustive search algorithm using different separability indices.

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   Economic analysis of field afforestation and forest clearance for cultivation in Finland

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2008

   Finlande

   utilisation des terres

   Rational land use decisions of privatelandowners are analysed in the framework of CommonAgricultural Policy and other public support schemeseffective in Finland in 2003. Net present values arecomputed for a marginal hectare of a typical Finnishfarm. Three alternative land uses are considered:traditional cultivation of oats (Avena sativa L.),cultivation of reed canary grass (Phalaris ArundinaceaL.) for energy production, and production of Norwayspruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) timber.

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   Bioethanol production under endogenous crop prices: Theoretical analysis with an empirical application to barley

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2008

   Finlande

   The European Union’s Emission TradingScheme (EUETS)and the current renewable resourceprogram provide strong incentives to use agriculturalcrops either for combustion in power plants to produceelectricity and heat or as a feedstock for transportationfuels. In this paper we examine the social desirability ofethanol production from agricultural crops. Toendogenize the competition on land use, we employ aRicardian model of heterogeneous land quality, whereland is allocated to alternative crops on the basis of theirrelative profitability.

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   Country profile – Azerbaijan

   Articles et Livres

   juin, 2008

   Iran, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Géorgie, Turquie, Fédération de Russie, Suède, Italie, Allemagne

   gestion de terre agricole

   gestion des ressources naturelles

   gestion des eaux

   This country profile describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in Azerbaijan. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of the country and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.

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   Country profile – Armenia

   Articles et Livres

   juin, 2008

   Iran, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Géorgie, Turquie, Suède, Italie

   gestion de terre agricole

   gestion des ressources naturelles

   gestion des eaux

   This country profile describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in Armenia. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of the country and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular.

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   Danish Strategy for Adaptation to a Changing Climate 2008.

   Politiques nationales

   janvier, 2008

   Danemark

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   aménagement du territoire

   gouvernance foncière

   zone côtière

   environnement

   catastrophe naturelle

   gestion foncière

   The present Strategy is based on the notion that adaptation to climate change is a long-term process, and that it is still uncertain what the consequences of climate change will be and how soon they will take effect.

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   Law of Succession Act (2008)

   Législation

   janvier, 2008

   Estonie

   Terre et genre

   Propriété privée

   terre

   droit d' héritage sur la terre

   cadastre

   enregistrement foncier

   The Act regulates succession in Estonia. Specifically, it provides that succession is the transfer of the property of a person upon his or her death to another person. A bequeather is a person whose property transfers upon his or her death to another person. An estate is the property of a bequeather. An estate does not include the rights and obligations of the bequeather which pursuant to law or by their nature are inseparably bound to the person of the bequeather. Notably, special rules govern the legal relations involving the property that is included in the land register.

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   Improving the Business Environment in Latvia

   The Impact of FIAS Assistance

   Rapports et recherches

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2008

   Lettonie, Europe, Asie central

   Terre et corruption

   corruption

   marché foncier

   droit de propriété

   This paper tracks the process through which FIAS, the investment climate advisory service of the World Bank Group advised the government of Latvia from 1998 to 2004 on ways to improve the business environment, achieve higher rates of economic growth, and thereby alleviate poverty. This case study shows that it is reasonable to describe how assistance by FIAS led to an improved business environment.

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   Probability of implementation of administrative-territorial reform before local government election in 2009: situation in Jelgava district

   Documents et rapports de conférence

   décembre, 2008

   Lettonie

   politique foncière

   réforme foncière

   économie foncière

   In the administrative territories with small number of population, deficiency of infrastructure and resources for municipalities’ function can be observed. According to this, already in the 90ties, reform of local governments was initiated in Latvia. The cabinet, basing on principles of local governments in European Charter (1985), accepted conception of the reform. The Law 'On Administrative-Territorial Division Project of local governments' was carried in 2006 but rules on administrative division of local governments were issued in 2008.

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    Summer habitat preferences of GPS-collared reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus

    Articles et Livres

    décembre, 2008

    Suède

    Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

    gestion foncière

    pâturage

    Reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus husbandry in Sweden commonly uses the Scandinavian mountain chain as grazing area during the snow-free season and the coniferous forests in the east during winter. Current knowledge of habitat use by reindeer is primarily based on traditional or local knowledge, or on investigations carried out on wild reindeer and caribou in other parts of the world. We identified spatial and temporal habitat use of free-ranging semi-domesticated reindeer by following 48 GPS-equipped reindeer in three summer ranges in the Swedish reindeer herding area.