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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2000
    Haiti

    There has long been an active debate in Haiti - as in many other developing countries - over whether or not the customary tenure system constrains technology adoption and agricultural development, and whether cadaster and land titling should be national priorities. This paper contributes to this debate by reviewing and interpreting the body of literature and new empirical evidence concerning the relationship between land tenure and the adoption of technology in rural Haiti.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1999
    France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Chile, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Republic of Korea, Colombia, Thailand, Italy, Lithuania, Philippines, Uruguay, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil

    This study is a revised version of a working document originally prepared by FAO in April 1995 analysing the policy and legal options available for dealing with the sensitive issue of foreign ownership of land. It provides information on the approaches that are, or have been adopted to regulate foreign ownership of land. As such, it aims at providing a framework for analysis and a representative sample of the legal techniques and strategies that have been devised to deal with the issue; it is not intended to be an authoritative summary of the state of the law in this area.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1999
    Angola, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Bangladesh, Austria, Iraq, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, China, Australia, Bolivia, Ghana, Venezuela, Guinea, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Lesotho, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Georgia, Uruguay, Cuba

    Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1999
    Dominica, Fiji, Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Mauritius, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Suriname, Cook Islands, Comoros, Guyana, Cape Verde, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Palau, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Jamaica, Sao Tome and Principe, Cuba, Malta, Guinea, Uruguay, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Bahrain, Kiribati, Haiti, Nauru, Saint Lucia, India, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Bhutan, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania

    A synthesis of available data on social and economic factors, forest resources and nonwood forest products production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. This study draws together information from a variety of statistical databases and from country and thematic studies in this working paper series. With the most important overall regional statistics tabulated is intended as a convenient starting point for analysts.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1999
    Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Indonesia, Grenada, Jamaica, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, Belize, Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Americas

    This report presents the results of an analysis of economic rent from roundwood production in Suriname. It starts by describing the concept of economic rent: what it means; how it is calculated; and why it is so important. it then presents the results of the economic rent analysis and presents some recommendations for forest charges in Suriname. Later sections describe some ways to improve the efficiency and profitability of the forestry sector in Suriname and some ways that current constraints may be overcome.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    August, 1999
    France, Estonia, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Austria, Niger, Kenya, United States of America, Philippines, Oman, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico

    The sustainable management and use of groundwater resources as a source of drinking water supplies, for irrigation, and for other consumptive uses, as well as a supplementary source of surface river flows and of wetlands and wildlife habitats, calls for increasing attention to two major and interdependent sources of concern, namely, depletion and pollution.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1999
    Dominica, Fiji, Mauritius, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Haiti, Cook Islands, Comoros, Guyana, Cape Verde, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Palau, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba, Malta, Guinea, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Bahamas, Bahrain, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania

    Meeting symbol/code: SIDS 99 Inf.-Sum 4

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1999
    Dominica, Fiji, Mauritius, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Haiti, Cook Islands, Comoros, Guyana, Cape Verde, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Maldives, Palau, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba, Malta, Guinea, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Bahamas, Bahrain, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania

    Meeting symbol/code: SIDS 99 Inf.-Sum 4

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1999
    Haiti, Americas

    A report based on a study provided by the information gathered amongst local people in Haiti. This study describes the main NWFP (mushrooms, wild fruits as well and products of animal origin) and their means of exploitation. Forest activities and services are also described followed by a discussion of the main constraints related to NWFP. This report also attempts to formulate a vision of how to increase the well being of the forests in Haiti.

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1999
    Angola, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Mozambique, Iraq, El Salvador, Ghana, France, Guatemala, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, Pakistan, Kenya, Costa Rica, Oman, Lesotho, Madagascar, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Gabon, Cuba

    Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

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