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Modern water rights

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Cameroon, Spain, United States of America, Armenia, South Africa, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Chile, Azerbaijan, China, Romania, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, India, Russia, Pakistan, Mexico, Democratic Republic of the Congo
land governance
water rights
water management
land tenure
This publication offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle. It sheds light on a number of key features of such rights, and contrasts these to traditional forms and kinds of water rights. It teases out and discusses the relevant problematique, including in particular that elicited the sale and leasing of water rights. Finally, a stock-taking and assessment of modern water rights systems impacts are volunteered. This publication complements two earlier issues featured in the FAO Legislative Studies series, i.e.
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Regulations Governing Land and Building Use in Hot Spring Areas.

Regulations
September, 2005
China
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
fisheries
protected areas
These Regulations are enacted in accordance with the Hot Spring Act.The Regulations provide for land-use zoning and land-use change procedures within hot spring areas. A change of land use within the boundaries of a hot spring area shall be subject to the procedures for change of zoning and land use as stipulated in the Regional Planning Law, the Urban Planning Law, the National Parks Law, and other applicable laws and regulations.
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Working with farmers : The key to achieving adoption of more sustainable cassava production practices on sloping land in Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Thailand, Vietnam, China, Asia, South-Eastern Asia
farmers
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Stakeholder participation in developing institutions for integrated water resources management: lessons from Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Nepal, Asia
water management
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Irrigation and water policies in the Mekong region: current discourses and practices

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, South-Eastern Asia
water management
This report documents current irrigation and water policies in the Mekong countries. It successively reviews planning issues, water policies and legal frameworks, the setting up of water policy "apex bodies," participatory policies, and IWRM/river basin management.
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CPWF Research Strategy 2005–2008

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Eritrea, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, South America, Central America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa
water management
The breadth and scope of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food’s (CPWF) mandate is substantial. This research strategy attempts to define this mandate by reviewing and refining its objectives and principles, and by clearly defining the path that will be followed to achieve its goals.

In addition, the strategy outlines the kinds of outputs expected.

This Strategy will serve as an overall research guide for CPWF participants from 2005 to 2008
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Гендер и доступ к земле

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Rwanda, Laos, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Sweden, Zimbabwe, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, India
land governance
land
tenant's rights
land use
land tenure
right of access
leases
agrarian reform
land ownership
women
Это руководство по гендерным вопросам и доступа к земле, был подготовлен для поддержки земельных администраторов в правительств и их партнерами в гражданском обществе, которые участвуют в обеспечении доступа земель и управления земельными ресурсами вопросы развития сельских районов. Часто бывает так, что гендерные вопросы опущены или неправильно в таких ситуациях, часто с отрицательными результатами.
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In search of excellence: exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Fiji, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Republic of Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, Australia, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Asia, Oceania
natural resources management
community forestry
This publication reflects the outcome of an ambitious initiative to identify instances of exemplary forest management in the region and examine the core components of high quality forest management in an effort to illustrate good forest management to a wide audience and encourage others to take up some of the most promising ideas, methods and approaches. More than 170 nominations were received from 21 countries in the region. Twenty-eight case studies were selected.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Bangladesh, Israel, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Madagascar, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Asia
natural resources management
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Nepal, Egypt, Pakistan, Japan, Finland, Germany, China, Italy, India, Myanmar, France, Romania, Thailand, Asia
natural resources management
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.