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Displaying 111 - 115 of 5074Le foncier-environnement: Fondements juridico-institutionnels pour une gestion viable des ressources naturelles renouvelables au Sahel
Une nouvelle approche reposant sur l'étude juridique et anthropologique des différents systèmes d'exploitation du delta intérieur du Niger (Mali) et de leurs interactions permet de démontrer l'imbrication fondamentale du fonds (défini comme substrat, support des éléments biotiques) et de l'environnement (constitué des ressources renouvelables, en tant qu'enjeu de relations de pouvoirs). Cette démarche interdisciplinaire se fonde sur une approche méthodologique prenant en compte trois échelles d'observation: le terroir villageois, la province et la région.
The safe use of treated wastewater in drylands - Combating desertification through the use of unconventional water resources
This document describes combating desertification through the use of unconventional water resources.
Legislation on water users, organizations
A robust regulatory framework for the corporate governance of water user's organizations is a fundamental ingredient of irrigation management transfer policies. The present publication offers a comparative analysis of the contemporary legislation of a wide variety of countries, providing the needed regulatory framework for water user's organizations to function and grow.
Sources of international water law
This publication provides the text of general conventions, declarations, resolutions and decisions adopted by international organizations, international NGOs and international and arbitral tribunals on international rivers, lakes, relevant basins and underground aquifers. It provides easy access to a vast body of sources of international water law.
FAO Lesotho newsletter, July - October 2018, Issue#1
The five articles in these newsletter are a good reflection of what FAO does on a day to day basis in Lesotho. Our work spans from high policy and strategic level engagements to downstream initiatives with rural communities. The human interest stories shared in these articles show the importance of healthy natural resource base in improving and sustaining the livelihoods of the rural poor.