1. Degradation of natural resources is a significant constraint to sustainable agricultural development in many developing countries. In particular, water scarcity is a major threat to achieving food security and reducing poverty. Better water management, therefore, is critical to reaching international targets to halve the proportion of people without access to drinking water by 2015.

En el sector septentrional de la ladera Este del cerro Catedral (41°10’S, 71°30’O, 2.388 m) la práctica del esquí comenzó hace alrededor de 65 años y en la actualidad se desarrolla el centro de deportes invernales más importante de Sudamérica. Se compararon los tipos de vegetación actual y potencial a partir de mapas y fotografías históricas, fotografías aéreas actuales, mapas climáticos y topográficos y la estructura del bosque.

Le présent décret, pris en application des dispositions de l’article 66 de la loi 016/01 portant Code Forestier en République Gabonaise, fixe les modalités de réalisation des travaux de régénération et de réhabilitation des sites forestiers dégradés. L’inexécution ou l’inexécution partielle des travaux de régénération et de réhabilitation des sites forestiers dégradés par le concessionnaire est punie conformément à l’article 276 de la loi n°016/0l du 31 décembre 2001 portant Code Forestier en République Gabonaise.

The Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global climate change response by increasing the ability of all to adapt to adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience. 

This article on China's forest trade with Myanmar builds on an earlier study by the same authors: “Navigating the Border: An Analysis of the China-Myanmar Timber Trade” [link]. The analysis in this study moves on to identify priority issues along the market chain of the timber trade from the Yunnan-Myanmar border to Guangdong Province and Shanghai on China’s eastern seaboard.

The EU Land Policy Guidelines (November 2004) are intended for EU donors when supporting interventions in rural land policy and administration. They are divided into Part I policy framework, Part II operational guidelines. Part I includes what is land policy and why does it matter?; links between land policy and other major policy areas (e.g. poverty reduction, gender equality, conflict, governance, environment); elements of a land policy programme; central issues for the design of land policy and land reforms (e.g.

A series of submissions by the Zambia Land Alliance on these topics: land as a right; women’s rights to land; vestment and administration of land; conversion of customary land to leasehold tenure; land and the environment; land information; mode of adoption of the Constitution.

Regional state nature reserve “Dolgaya polyana” (Long clearing) shall be classified as complex, constituted with a view of conservation of natural ecosystems and objects of historical and cultural heritage of regional significance. The following activities shall be prohibited: (a) land reclamation and irrigation; (b) soil disturbance; (c) all types of hunting; (d) gathering of zoological, botanical and mineral collections; (e) application of toxic chemicals, mineral fertilizers and pesticides; and (f) burning of vegetation.

Contains introduction; conflict in Rwanda; background to the development of the draft land policy; the context: land scarcity and distribution; aims and modalities of the draft land policy – consolidation, access to land for the landless, registration and tenure security, grouped settlements, land use and environmental protection; conclusions and recommendations.

Recent research has pointed to the significance of environmental variables as structural causes and sustaining factors in struggles for power in the Great Lakes. Contested rights to land and natural resources are significant, particularly in light of land scarcity in many areas and the frequency of population movements. Based on interviews in Goma and Ituri, as well as an extensive review of secondary literature, examines issues in Masisi and Ituri, and includes a number of recommendations for the DRC Government, the international community, and civil society actors.

Esta tesis estará dividida en tres capítulos. El primer capítulo consiste en una revisión de la situación económica, social, política y ambiental de la región amazónica ecuatoriana, incorporando las discusiones actuales sobre los problemas y las demandas que presenta la población al Estado ecuatoriano y a sus organizaciones sociales. El segundo capítulo consiste en una revisión de las políticas y proyectos financiados por el ECORAE, desde 1995 al 2003, además de examinar los conflictos que se han generado dentro de la institución en los últimos años.

The Historical Injustices Issues Paper seeks to present the various historical land claims issues and perspective related to them and consequently proffer policy statements for their redress.