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Soil sealing

LandLibrary Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016
Global

The front of the postcard provides a short description on soil sealing (definition, cause, key facts) while the back gives the worldwide conditions and trends by region. The data given here is derived from information published in the Status of the World's Soil Resources report, released in December 2015.

The Report and the Technical Summary are available at the links below :

Soil nutrient imbalance

LandLibrary Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

The front of the postcard provides a short description on soil nutrient imbalance (definition, cause, key facts) while the back gives the worldwide conditions and trends by region. The data given here is derived from information published in the Status of the World's Soil Resources report, released in December 2015.

A Great Green Wall of Resilience

LandLibrary Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016
Mauritania
Kenya
Benin
Namibia
Africa

This publication will present efforts by FAO and partners on mapping the intervention area of the Great Green Wall initiative and restoration opportunities based on data gathered through Collect Earth and in support of presenting FAO's effort at COP22 in Marrakech on 14 November 2016.

National Agricultural Sector Strategy (2017-2022) “Resilience and Sustainable Development”.

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National Policies
October, 2016
Palestine

Based on the review of the Agricultural Sector Strategy of 2014-2016, and the National Policy Agenda, the National Development Plan (2017-2022) prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture is a nation-wide sectoral document consisting of two key components. The first component is the national policy agenda, which sets out the national vision, priorities and policies.

Land and Corruption

LandLibrary Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016
Global

Corruption in land governance is commonly defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain while carrying out the functions of land administration and land management. When land investors target countries with weak governance, the risk of corruption is high.

Earth's Crust Act (2016)

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Legislation
October, 2016
Estonia

The Act regulates the Earth’s crust in Estonia. Its purpose is to ensure sustainable and economically efficient use of the earth's crust and to reduce environmental nuisances arising thereby to the greatest extent possible.

Nueva Agenda Urbana

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Manuals & Guidelines
October, 2016
Global

La Nueva Agenda Urbana se aprobó en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Vivienda y el Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible (Hábitat III) celebrada en Quito, Ecuador, el 20 de octubre de 2016. La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas refrendó la Nueva Agenda Urbana en su sexagésimo octava sesión plenaria de su septuagésimo primer período de sesiones, el 23 de diciembre de 2016.

Remaking the Urban Mosaic

LandLibrary Resource
Manuals & Guidelines
October, 2016
Colombia
Global

Participatory and inclusive land readjustment, or PILaR for short, is a way of reorganizing the ownership of land in and around cities in a pro-poor way. It brings together land parcels belonging to different owners and treats them as a single unit for planning and infrastructure provision.