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Ecological state of farmland in Bulgaria and measures for its preservation and improvement. A review

September, 2005
Bulgaria

The area of arable land in Bulgaria continually decreases. Agricultural land is divided into 10 categories on the basis of soil quality and characteristics and into 8 classes on the basis of erosion degree. An increase of contaminated land has been observed. The most serious problem is water erosion as it affects 80% of the total arable land. On the contrary, the use of fertilizers and pesticides has decreased in recent years. Priority measures of the governmental policy have found place in the National Agriculture and Rural Development Plan over the 2000-2006 period.

Reform land use patterns of people at Ruamthai demonstration cooperative village, Kui Buri district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2005
Thailand

Objectives of this research were to determine the socio-economic condition, opinion level and factors related to opinions on the reform land use pattern of the villagers of Ruamthai Demonstration Cooperative Village, Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. A designed questionnaire was used as a tool for gathering the data by interviewing 260 respondents from Ruam Thai village (Mue 7), Pu Bon village (Mue 8) and Yan Sue village (Mue 9).

The Report of the National Land Forum 2005

Reports & Research
April, 2005
Tanzania

The Land Rights Research and Resources Institute held its second National level Public Forum on land on 12-13 May 2005. The two day forum was partly one of the planned activities in the Institute’s three year Strategic plan and a special event to commemorate the Institute’s tenth Anniversary. It thus took place along with other activities such as Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, preparation and running of a documentary on land rights advocacy, special media programmes, Special theatre performance by Dhahabu theatre arts Group and moving into a more specious office premise.

Coastal landuse change detection using remote sensing technique: Case study in Banten Bay, West Java island, Indonesia

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2005
Indonesia

Various forms of coastal landuse covering study site (46,785.69 hectares) were observed to underwent changes as evidently detected between satellite images sensed in 1994 and 2001 at the Banten Bay. It was important to identify what these changes were. Therefore, appropriate change detection must be selected. The image preprocessing step involved removing errors from raster data. This was done by performing basic processes, such as, radiometric correction, geometric correction and image calibration.

Pa'an District: Food Security in Crisis for Civilians in Rural Areas

Reports & Research
March, 2005
Myanmar

Released on March 30, 2005...
This bulletin examines the factors causing many villagers in Pa'an district to say that they now face a deepening food and money shortage crisis which is threatening their health and survival. Based on villagers' testimony, the main factors appear to be recurring forced labour for both SPDC and DKBA authorities, made worse in some areas by orders for farmers to double-crop on their land and the encroachment of new SPDC military bases on villages and farmland.

Conflict in the Great Lakes Region - how is it linked with land and migration

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2005
Rwanda
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Africa’s Great Lakes Region has in recent years experienced
political strife, armed conflict and population displacements
with severe humanitarian consequences. While these events
have clearly revolved around political struggles for the control
of the state, recent research has pointed to the significance
of access to renewable natural resources as structural causes
and sustaining factors in struggles for power in the region.
Contested rights to land and natural resources are significant,

Ley que aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley General de Libre Acceso a la Información Pública N° 130-05 – República Dominicana

Manuals & Guidelines
February, 2005
Dominican Republic

SUMILLA : Establece las pautas de aplicación de la Ley General de Libre Acceso a la Información Pública (LGLAIP) de la República Dominicana. RESUMEN:  El presente reglamento tiene por finalidad establecer las pautas de aplicación de la Ley General de Libre Acceso a la Información Publica (LGLAIP) de la República Dominicana.

Wildlife Management and Village Land Tenure in Northern Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2005

This paper explores and analyses contemporary contests over land tenure in
northern Tanzania’s village lands as they relate to wildlife management and land policy
and legislation. It details the nature of the contests and conflicts, including their legal
aspects, and further seeks to diagnose the underlying political economic reasons behind
these endemic conflicts. It concludes by relating these underlying issues to the broader
macroeconomic environment and efforts to improve the security of local land tenure in