This document provides an overview of the status of forest resources in Asia and the Pacific and their sustainable management through national forest programmes in 30 countries in the region, including new country profiles for Brunei Darussalam, Maldives and the United States of America. The…
In its recent examination of global water scarcity (1997) the United Nations system identified water quality as one of the key concerns in Asia in the next century. This concern is based on the fact that water quality degradation is so severe in many Asian countries that it is placing serious…
A broad range of actions that can aid in the efforts to end hunger are described in this issue of Food, Nutrition and Agriculture. Improving the methods and tools to work drectly with food-insecure households is critical. For decades, growth monitoring has been practised by community health…
Feeding cities plus the rising total of poor urban households in developing countries and countries in transition is the challenge facing City and Local Authorities. This guide intends to brief the Mayors, City Executives and Urban Planners, including specialists in food production, market…
The purpose of these Regulations is to ensure the implementation of laws and regulations on land administration, violations, maintain and supervise powers of the administrative department of land and resources to exercise land management according to law.The Text, consisting of 46 Articles,…
These Regulations aim at implementing the special protection of the basic farmland and promoting the development of agricultural production and the national economy. "Basic farmland" means cultivated land which is determined in accordance with the demand of the population of…
These Regulations are enacted according to the “Act for promotion of private participation in infrastructure projects”, aiming to promote civil participation in public land lease in infrastructure projects. The Regulations consist of 5 Articles.Article 1 establishes the favorable rentals…
The purpose of this Act is to promote the proper land use and improve the environment in rural community. The Text consists of 35 Articles divided into 6 Chapters: General provisions (I); Selection and Determination of Readjustment Areas (II); Readjustment Encumbrance and Construction Work (III…
These Regulations are enacted to standardize the surveying and mapping administrative law enforcement. The Regulations consist of 15 Articles. The administrative department in charge of Surveying and mapping under the State Council is responsible for the unified management of the national…
These Provisions aim to regulate and guarantee the legal exercise of functions and duties by the surveying and mapping departments at all levels, correctly enforce administrative penalties and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the counterparts of administrative law enforcement. The…
These Provisions, consisting of 43 Articles, aim to regulate and guarantee the legal exercise of functions and duties by the surveying and mapping departments at all levels, correctly enforce administrative penalties and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the counterparts of…