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Water and poverty in two Colombian watersheds

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2009
Colombia, Central America, South America
water management
poverty
Watersheds, especially in the developing world, are increasingly being managed for both environmental conservation and poverty alleviation. How complementary are these objectives? In the context of a watershed, the actual and potential linkages between land and water management and poverty are complex and likely to be very site specific and scale dependent. This study analyses the importance of watershed resources in the livelihoods of the poor in two watersheds in the Colombian Andes.
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Metodología para seleccionar zonas de intervención con cultivos biofortificados = Methodology for selecting areas for biofortified crop intervention

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean
land administration
zoning
geographical information systems
OBJETIVO: Identificar zonas geográficas de América Latina y el Caribe para la biofortificación de cultivos básicos como frijol, maíz, arroz, yuca y batata, contribuyendo así a reducir las deficiencias nutricionales en la Región.
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Más allá de los derechos de tenencia: El acceso comunitario a los recursos forestales en América Latina

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bolivia, Brazil
Forest Tenure
forest law
community forestry
forest management plans
This occasional paper is the result of research carried out from 2006 to 2008 on the effects of new tenure rights for forest-based communities in Latin America on access to forest resources and benefits. Focused on seven different regions in four countries, the paper examines changes in statutory rights, the implementation of those rights in practice, and the extent to which they have led to tangible new benefits from forests, particularly to new sources of income.
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El papel de las instituciones informales en el uso de los recursos forestales en América Latina

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua
Forest Tenure
forestry
forest law
community forestry
forest management plans
natural resources management
This study adopts an institutional approach to analyze the way in which informal rules, in their interaction with formal rules, shape the use of forest resources by diverse types of smallholders and communities (i.e., indigenous people, agro-extractive and traditional communities) in Latin America. Attention is given to understanding the ‘working rules’, comprising both formal and informal rules, that individuals use in making their decisions for land and forest resources access and use, which in turn affect benefits generation and distribution from such resources use.
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Le droit à l'alimentation et l'accès aux ressources naturelles

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Honduras, Belgium, Mali, Colombia, United Kingdom, Greece, Malawi, Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa, Nicaragua, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Paraguay
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
food security
land rights
Moyennant une analyse conceptuelle basée sur les traités et les instruments internationaux et deux études de pays, cette étude aborde la relation qui existe entre les droits humains, notamment le droit à une nourriture adéquate, et l’accès aux ressources naturelles, en accordant une attention particulière à la terre.
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Pour une meilleure gouvernance des terres

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Burkina Faso, Honduras, Mozambique, Chile, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Laos, Ghana, Venezuela, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Rwanda, Liberia, Philippines, Madagascar, Eswatini, Kenya, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
land policies
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
land reform
land ownership
Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 11. Cette publication conjointe entre la FAO et UN-HABITAT cherche à améliorer et à mieux définir les processus, mécanismes et institutions de gouvernance foncières dans les zones rurales et urbaines. Ce document, tout en soulignant l’excellence des politiques, législations et réformes techniques foncières, en termes d’élaboration, relève toutefois un certain nombre de problèmes de mise en œuvre, en constatant des glissements, des interruptions, voire même des inversions.
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Lao People's Democractic Republic Forestry Outlook Study

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Peru, Indonesia, Mexico, China, Congo, Guinea, Colombia, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Cameroon, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Brazil, Asia
natural resources management
rural development
The outlook paper for Lao PDR reviews the state of the forestry sector and draws attention to the need for political commitment to the forestry strategy 2020 to bring the forests in the country under sustainable management and provide a firm basis for rural development. Without significant policy support, forest and forestry in Lao PDR will continue to be overwhelmingly influenced by the regional resource economy during the next decade.
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Voluntary Guidelines for Good Governance in Land and Natural Resource Tenure

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Honduras, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, China, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Nicaragua, Belize, Ecuador, Argentina, India, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Kenya
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
land access
private ownership
land ownership
Land Tenure Working Paper 8. This paper articulates the views and demands of marginalised groups regarding the tenure of land and other natural resources. It points out the importance of adopting human rights framework when developing Voluntary Guidelines. Such framework means addressing the unequal relationships of power and corruption within and behind prevailing land tenure structures. It makes the governance of tenure of land and other natural resources more accountable, transparent, democratic and participatory.
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La Situation Mondiale de l'Alimentation et de l'Agriculture, 2009

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Mali, Samoa, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Pakistan, France, Uruguay, Panama, Kenya, Philippines, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Botswana, India, Kazakhstan
land use
poverty
Le secteur de l’élevage subit une mutation rapide pour répondre aux bouleversements de l’économie mondiale et XXIe siècle, le secteur à l’évolution des attentes de la société.
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Voluntary Guidelines for Good Governance in Land and Natural Resource Tenure

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Mexico, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Canada, Australia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
VGGT
land governance
natural resources management
land access
land tenure
land ownership
private ownership
land tenure systems
customary tenure
indigenous people's tenure
property rights
Indigenous Peoples
Land Tenure Working Paper 9. Based on international authoritative documents, this paper draws 14 principles to be taken into account when developing Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources. The paper sees Voluntary Guidelines as human-rights based documents that provide a framework and a point of reference for national and international policies.