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Secuestro de carbono en tierras áridas

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Nigeria, United States of America, Mali, China, Australia, Ethiopia, Niger, Kenya, Yemen, Syrian Arab Republic, Brazil, Argentina, India, Senegal, Sudan, Norway, Asia, Africa, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farming systems
land degradation
Este informe está dirigido a revisar y resumir la información existente sobre el secuestro de carbono, con el fin de analizar como los recursos disponibles y los programas específicos se pueden implementar en las tierras áridas que constituyen las regiones con mayor degradación del suelo en el mundo.
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Report of the Sixth Session of the Agriculture, Land And Water Use Commission for the Near East Region (ALAWUC)

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Qatar, Jordan, Iraq, Somalia, Egypt, Syrian Arab Republic, Iran, Sudan, Bahrain
climate change
land use
water management
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: ALAWUC/NE/10
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Country Study on Status of Land Tenure, Planning and Management in Oriental Near East Countries

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Egypt, United States of America, Iraq, France, Netherlands, Iran, Ethiopia, Kenya, Jordan, Libya, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Saudi Arabia, India, Sudan, Brazil, Lebanon, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
sustainable land management
land use
land tenure
environment
land management
The share of agriculture in the GDP declined from 16 percent in the 1990s to almost 14 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, those employed in agriculture as a percent of total labor force is declining since 1960 to 2006. Despite losing labor and share of the GDP, agriculture is, and will continue to be, among the major economic activities in Egypt, and a generator for economic growth. The balance between agriculture and other productive sectors of the economy require proper spatial and land use planning. Land tenure is central to this planning exercise.
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FAO activities and Achievements and its Role in Combating Desertification in the Near East Region

Reports & Research
December, 1996
Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Iran, Mauritania, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Malta, Pakistan, Jordan, Cyprus, Libya, Somalia, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
desertification
land improvement
This paper outlines FAO's past and present activities on combating desertification, with particular emphasis on the Near East Region, in an attempt to mobilise all the potential efforts towards the establishment of an adequate strategy to enable this particular part of the world to build efficient regional and national programmes to combat resource degradation, restore land productivity and achieve food security.
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Proceedings of the Expert Consultation on Land Degradation,Plant, Animal and Human Nutrition: Inter-Relation And Impact

Reports & Research
May, 2005
Egypt, Iraq, Germany, China, Ireland, Canada, Iran, France, New Zealand, Jordan, Morocco, Libya, Turkey, Oman, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Asia, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable land management
environment
land management
The current volume presents the Proceedings of an important meeting entitled "Regional Expert Consultation on Land Degradation, Plant, Animal and Human Nutrition: Inter-relation and Impact". This scientific gathering managed to have a group of soil scientists/plant nutrition specialists, animal nutrition and medical doctors/human nutrition specialists to discuss these inter-related issues.