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What does it take? The role of incentives in forest plantation development in Asia and the Pacific. Executive Summary

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Colombia, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, India, Paraguay, Brazil, Asia, Americas, Oceania
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees.
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Creating legal space for community-based fisheries and customary marine tenure in the Pacific: issues and opportunities

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Micronesia, Namibia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Iceland, Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, Philippines, Nauru, Kiribati, Japan, Australia, Tuvalu, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Cambodia
land tenure
There is much interest in using customary marine tenure (CMT) as a basis for community-based fisheries management (CBFM) in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The laws of PICs lend general support to the use of CMT or tradition in fisheries management. Still, only modest efforts in the use of CMT-based community fisheries management in the PICs are observed. Further legislative action can enhance CMT use in community fisheries management.
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What does it take? The role of incentives in forest plantation development in Asia and the Pacific

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, India, Paraguay, Brazil, Asia, Americas, Oceania
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees.
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Appropriate water-lifting technologies in West Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, Nigeria, Gambia, Mali, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Congo, Guinea, Niger, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Liberia, South Africa, Italy, Netherlands, Central African Republic, Senegal, Chad, Togo
agricultural land management
water management
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Global forest resources assessment update 2005 - Proceedings - Sub-regional workshop for national correspondents from anglophone African countries

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Mozambique, South Africa, Gambia, Somalia, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Namibia, Finland, Malawi, Africa
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
The Global Forest Resources Assessment Update 2005 was specially mandated by the Committee on Forestry (COFO) during its meeting in 2003, where member countries endorsed recommendations from an Expert Consultation held in the Kotka, Finland in 2002 (Kotka IV). For this purpose, all countries have been requested to provide national reports to FAO during 2004. As in previous global assessments, FRA 2005 relies on contributions by countries and a network of National Correspondents to FRA has been established.
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Résumé des statistiques mondiales sur l'alimentation et l'agriculture 2003

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Burundi, Guatemala, Oman, Ghana, Iran, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Uruguay, Panama, Seychelles, Kenya, Costa Rica, Philippines, Lesotho, Madagascar, Botswana, Nicaragua, Bahamas, Paraguay
natural resources management
land use
water management
La présente publication émane d'une demande du Directeur général de la FAO visant à rassembler un large éventail de statistiques dans les domaines de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture en indiquant, le cas échéant, les différences entre pays développés et en développement, entre les continents et entre les régions. À l'origine, les tableaux y afférents ont été réalisés et régulièrement mis à jour pour l'usage personnel du Directeur général. Il a néanmoins été décidé de les publier sous forme de document, compte tenu de l'intérêt qu'éveillaient ces informations.
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Drought impact mitigation and prevention in the Limpopo River Basin

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
South Africa, Mozambique, Italy, Zimbabwe, Botswana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
water management
desertification
Southern Africa is particularly susceptible to climate variability and drought and is increasingly being threatened by desertification processes, degradation of land and water resources and loss of biodiversity. Although rainfed farming is a high-risk enterprise, it is also a way of life and people are committed to making the best of the scarce resources at their disposal. However, droughts tend to reduce production to below the already marginal levels, thus threatening subsistence farming.
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Réforme agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2004/2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Angola, Egypt, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Djibouti, Guinea, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Colombia, Indonesia, Cyprus, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
property rights
land governance
land tenure
land rights
private ownership
forest conservation
land reform
land ownership
The second volume of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives for 2004 comprises eight articles that examine a range of areas central to land tenure activity. They provide a stimulating and, in some cases, critical set of perspectives on how best to tackle some of these issues.
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Is failure to enforce management regulations really the cause of the decline of Chambo fishery?

Reports & Research
December, 2004
Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Malawi
property rights
fisheries
poverty
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Science and poverty

Reports & Research
January, 2004
Southern Africa, Asia, Europe, Northern America
Land & Investments
research
agriculture
land markets
rural areas
"Agricultural research has greatly increased the yields of important staple food crops, and for many people this has meant more food availability and trade opportunities. Yet many people in rural areas in developing countries still live in abject poverty. Therefore, policymakers, donors, and researchers are refocusing their priorities away from simply producing more food to making sure that agricultural research benefits the poor in particular. How can we ensure that new agricultural technologies are appropriate for the different groups of people who most need assistance?