Meeting Name: African Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO-AFC/69/REP.
Session: Sess. 2
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1969Algeria, France, Rwanda, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Morocco, United Kingdom, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, Gabon, Botswana, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesLegislationJanuary, 1970Botswana
An Act to provide for the establishment of tribal land boards; to vest tribal land in such boards; to define the powers and duties of such boards; and to provide for matters incidental thereto
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1970South Africa
This article brings together key lessons from the Northern Cape Land Reform Project in which FARM-Africa works with the South African Government to support six poor Northern Cape communities that have benefited from the Government's Land Reform Programme.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1970South Africa
The Government of South Africa has a major holding of forest land, with a total estate
covering 892,000 ha of forest and associated land. Within the state's forest holding there is a
wide diversity of forest and land types including: commercial plantations and other afforested
land; indigenous forests; legally protected (indigenous) forest areas; and associated bare land.
This land is partly owned by the state and partly held on behalf of local communities, some of
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1970Botswana
The prosperity of Botswana largely depends on its natural resources. As to the agricultural sector, poor utilization of land resources has until now resulted in low crop yields, poor livestock offtake rates, low rural household incomes and widespread degradation of soils and rangeland. Acknowledging these problems, the Botswana Government has recently adopted a series of policies to ensure that land resources are used in a sustainable manner.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1970Botswana
The Crop Yield Simulation and Land Assessment Model for Botswana (CYSLAMB) has been developed to serve thd needs of land evaluation in a semi-arid environment. By modelling the interaction of environmental variables, physiological responses, inputs and management, CYSLAMB predicts the yield of a particular crop production system on a specified land unit. The use of actual rainfall data for individual years enables evaluation of interannual yield variability and quantification of risk in the specification of land suitability.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesJanuary, 1970Ethiopia, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Panama, Brazil, Vietnam, Jordan, Romania, United Kingdom, Germany, Samoa
The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Regional Assessment meeting was organized by a task force consisting of FAO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, African Land Policy Initiative, the United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme officials in Ethiopia.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesJanuary, 1970Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Germany
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) and other development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 1970Argentina, China, Cuba, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
The objective of the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project was to develop tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent, severity and impacts of land degradation on dryland ecosystems, watersheds and river basins, carbon storage and biological diversity at a range of spatial and temporal scales. This builds the national, regional and international capacity to
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 1970Botswana, Mozambique
Given the recent trend of granting vast areas of African land to foreign investors, the urgency of placing real ownership in the hands of the people living and making their livelihood upon lands held according to custom cannot be overstated. This study provides guidance on how best to recognize and protect the land rights of the rural poor.
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