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Act 41 of 1999 on Forestry Affairs

Legislation & Policies
Legislation
September, 1999
Indonesia
forest land
forest law
This act covers all forestry related affairs in Indonesia.
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Approaches to the management of the Nexus : best practice

Conference Papers & Reports
August, 1999
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
desertification
Population, environment and agricultural development constitute an inter linked, mutually-reinforcing paradigm which affects the level of food insecurity and the depth of poverty in a developing region such as Africa. Apart from chronic food insecurity and acute poverty, Africa is faced with other daunting threats. These include escalating population growth, widespread malnutrition, inadequate sanitation, and scarcity of clean water, air pollution and severe land degradation.
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Central Karen State: New Refugees Fleeing Forced Relocation, Rape and Use as Human Minesweepers

Reports & Research
August, 1999
Myanmar
Land Conflicts
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
local communities
displacement
Indigenous Peoples
Since mid-August, new flows of refugees have begun arriving at the Thai border from Karen villages in southeastern Pa'an District, central Karen State. Over 100 families, totalling well over 500 people, have arrived thus far and they say that many more will follow. Those who have arrived so far come from the villages of Pah Klu, Taw Oak, Tee Hsah Ra, Kyaw Ko, Tee Wah Thay, Tee Khoh Taw, Tee Wah Klay, B'Naw Kleh Kee and Ker Ghaw, most of which are within 2-3 days' walk of the border. . .
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Coevolution: Agricultural Practices and Sustainability: Some Major Social and Ecological Issues

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 1999
property rights
Outlines major social and ecological issues involved in the coevolution of social and ecological systems by initially reviewing relevant aspects of the recent literature relating to economic development and their implications for agricultural development. Coevolutionary qualitative-type models are presented.
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National Regulations for Groundwater: Options, Issues and Best Practices

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
natural resources management
water management
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.
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Report on the Workshop on Land Use and Villagisation in Rwanda

September, 1999
Rwanda
land use
This paper summarizes the backround, presentations, and outcomes of a workshop organized by Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development in partnership with Oxfam Great Britain on land use and villagisation in Rwanda.
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RURAL POPULATION GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL CHANGE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A REVIEW OF HYPOTHESES AND SOME EVIDENCE FROM HONDURAS

Reports & Research
August, 1999
Honduras
agricultural and rural legislation
land management
rural population
This paper reviews hypotheses about the impacts of rural population growth on agriculture and natural resource management in developing countries and the implications for productivity, poverty, and natural resource conditions. Impacts on household and collective decisions are considered, and it is argued that population growth is more likely to have negative impacts when there is no collective responses than when population growth induces infrastructure development, collective action, institutional or organizational development.
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Study on soil erosion and destruction of land resources: issues and trends in Africa

August, 1999
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
land
land degradation
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Technology Transfer from Publicly Funded Research for Improved Water Management: Analysis and Australian Examples

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 1999
Australia
water management
Considerable public funding is provided for research and development intended to improve the management and use of shared natural resources, such as water. In Australia the Land and Water Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) and Environment Australia are significant providers of such funds. These providers tend to judge the value of R & D projects supported by them on the basis of whether or not significant technology transfer and adoption takes place. Researchers involved in these projects and expected to be the prime movers of such transfer.
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Voice of the Hungry Nation

Reports & Research
August, 1999
Myanmar
Land Conflicts
Land & Food Security
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agricultural land management
food security
farmers
land governance
displacement
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
an edited version of a report by the People's Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma, which was published by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in October 1999.