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Agreement on cooperation in the field of environmental protection the CIS member states.

International Conventions or Treaties
May, 2013
Tajikistan
Moldova
Ukraine
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Russia
Armenia

The Parties shall cooperate in the following areas related to environmental protection: land protection and land tenure, protection of soil, subsoil, forests, water, air, ozone layer and climate, wild flora and wild fauna.

Determinants of the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices and Their Impacts in the Ethiopian Highlands

Reports & Research
May, 2013
Global

Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems Agriculture - Climate Change and Agriculture Crops and Crop Management Systems Environmental Economics and Policies Rural Development Environment

Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda:

Reports & Research
May, 2013
Uganda

The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment. Non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are being asked to take the lead in the provision of government services such as agricultural extension during the transition to demand driven fee-for-service. This paper explores the role of government programs, NGOs and CBOs in the adoption of land management technologies.

Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda:

Reports & Research
May, 2013
Uganda

"The government of Uganda, with help from its development partners, is designing and implementing policies and strategies to address poverty, land degradation, and declining agricultural productivity. Land degradation, especially soil erosion and depletion of soil nutrients, is widespread in Uganda and contributes to declining productivity, which in turn increases poverty.

The pastoralist’s parcel: towards better land tenure recognition and climate change response in Kenya’s dry lands

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2013
Kenya

Conventional notions of the ‘land parcel’ have been extended: previously unrecognized tenures including customary, nomadic, or communal interests are now incorporated into the concept. Technical tools including the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) enable these new understandings to be operationalized in land administration systems. The nomadic pastoralists of Kenya’s dry land regions illustrate where these new approaches can be applied.

Order No. 283 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on the procedure of land conservation.

Regulations
April, 2013
Ukraine

This Order defines the organizational principles for the conservation of degraded and low-yielding land whose economic use is environmentally hazardous and economically inefficient, as well as technogenically contaminated land plots, on which it is impossible to obtain ecofriendly products, and the presence of people on these land plots is dangerous for their health.

Industrial Emissions Act (2013)

Legislation
April, 2013
Estonia

The Act regulates industrial emissions in Estonia. Its purpose is to achieve a high level of protection of the environment taken as a whole by minimizing emissions into air, water and soil and the generation of waste in order to prevent adverse environmental impacts. The Act determines the industrial activities of high environmental hazard, provides the requirements for operation therein and liability for failure to comply with the requirements, and the organisation of state supervision.

Regulation No 4 of 5 April 2013 on the conditions and requirements for the construction and operation of incineration plants and co-incineration plants.

Regulations
April, 2013
Bulgaria

This Regulation determines the necessary conditions and administrative and technical requirements for the construction and operation of incineration plants and co-incineration plants dealing with solid or liquid waste, as regards the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.These rules are established in order to prevent, reduce and/or limit the pollution of the environment, including the emissions deriving form incineration activities (including harmful substances) and discharged in the ambient air, soils, surface and groundwater, also in relation to the risk to human health.The list of excep

ASEAN, Climate Change, REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2013
Asia

Briefing paper informing about indigenous peoples in South East Asia, the impact of climate change and the possibilities and threats represented by REDD +. It considers the responses of the ASEAN regarding these global challenges and makes recommendation as to how ASEAN should promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples in relation to climate change and climate change.