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  1. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2015
    Northern Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Eastern Africa, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Middle Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Southern Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Western Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

    Land degradation and desertification are among the biggest environmental challenges of our time. In the last 40 years, we lost nearly a third of the world’s arable farmland due to erosion, just as the number of people to be fed from it almost doubled. That’s why the UN General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils. And the good news is that this new report shows that while Africa remains the most severely a«ected region, the benefit of taking action across the continent outweighs the cost of implementing it: not just by a little, but by a factor of seven.

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    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Southern Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia

    In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe

    Long-term investments in agricultural water management (AWM) interventions in the Volta and Limpopo river basins have aimed at improving water availability and quality for smallholder farming systems. However, sustained and wider uptake of AWM technologies and approaches has not been as successful. We need to learn from successful AWM interventions, those interventions that have led to a sustained or increased uptake of AWM technologies or approaches, and which have led to improved well-being of farmers and livestock keepers in the rural development context of sub-Sahara Africa.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Burkina Faso, Honduras, Kenya, El Salvador, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, Canada, Congo, Costa Rica, Niger, Rwanda, Lesotho, Madagascar, Argentina, Brazil, Ghana

    La publication de ce numéro d’Unasylva coïncide avec deux événements marquants pour les forêts. Les 196 Parties à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques viennent de se réunir à la Conférence Paris climat 2015 en vue de négocier un accord qui soit en mesure de changer la donne en matière de changement climatique. Toujours à Paris, le Global Landscapes Forum 2015, Forum mondial sur les paysages, a été le théâtre de discussions de haut niveau portant sur la recherche et les politiques qui sous-tendent les questions d’utilisation des terres.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    United States of America, Dominican Republic, Ukraine, China, Indonesia, Australia, Austria, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Japan, Haiti, India, South Sudan, Sudan

    This double issue of Unasylva aims to tease out the complex interrelationship between forests, trees and disasters, and to examine the ways in which forests and trees can best be managed both to resist shocks and to protect from shocks. Forests and trees can act as natural buffers against disasters and shocks. They have a powerful role to play in protecting against disasters and in reducing their impact. Indeed, the long-term perspective implicit in sustainable forest management is also a valuable approach to planning for disaster risk reduction.

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    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2015
    Angola, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Congo, Guinea, Rwanda, Uganda, Madagascar, Botswana, Senegal, Chad, Kenya, Africa

    Hace más de tres décadas se abrió la primera oficina en Malabo para atender los temas de la FAO en Guinea Ecuatorial. El 20 de junio de 2013 se estableció oficialmente la Oficina de Enlace y Partenariado y se nombró al primer Representante de la FAO en el país.

  7. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2015
    Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Mali, Burundi, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Congo, Guinea, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Botswana, South Sudan, Chad, Gabon, Kenya, Africa

    FAO established a presence in Equatorial Guinea more than 30 years ago with the opening of a country office in Malabo. In June 2013, cooperation was strengthened with the establishment of a Partnership and Liaison Office and the appointment of the first FAO Representative in the country

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Burkina Faso, Estonia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Botswana, Ecuador, Bolivia, Benin, Bahamas, Barbados

    Basándose en datos más completos y fiables como nunca antes, y abarcando 234 países y territorios, la Evaluación de los recursos forestales mundiales 2015 da evidencia de signos esperanzadores del logro de una gestión forestal mejorada y de una disminución de la deforestación en todas las regiones del mundo. Sin embargo, estas tendencias deben aún ser reforzadas, especialmente en los países que han quedado a la zaga.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2015
    Qatar, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Samoa, Chile, Guatemala, China, Namibia, Australia, Bolivia, Austria, Guyana, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, India, Paraguay

    Esta publicación presenta un conjunto de materiales e ideas para contribuir al desafío de avanzar en la implementación de las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional, en adelante (DVGT). El diseño original del trabajo pone un especial énfasis en la elaboración de una propuesta metodológica para la implementación de las Directrices, cuyo énfasis debía estar situado en lo operacional: una suerte de manual con una propuesta de cómo aplicar las Directrices.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2015
    Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Cyprus, Iran, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, South Africa, Turkey, Oman, Italy, Tunisia, South Sudan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon

    Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
    Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/2/Rev.1 (English only)
    Session: Sess. 22

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