Revue internationale des forts et des industries forestires

This is promotional material for an e-learning course that will help you gain a clear understanding of why it is important to take into account gender and social issues when dealing with land tenure, and what actions must be adopted so that women and men from different social groups can equally participate in and benefit from land tenure governance processes.

The classification of forest terrain gives knowledge about the operational conditions. The classification is arranged methodically in such a way that one terrain class means the same independently of local landscape and terrain conditions. The classification must also be based on basic knowledge of equipment and. operational methods used in forestry. All forestry work is included, such as transport and logging; cultivation, constructional work, road building, etc.

The main goal of this project that FAO will propose in Afghanistan is to strengthen national capacity to facilitate monitoring, analysis and interpretation of agriculture and natural resources information combined with information generated from remote sensing for sustainable agricultural land use planning and management.

FAO and its development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, the private sector, civil society, academia, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure. By setting out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practice and associated technical guidance, the Voluntary Guidelines will provide a framework and point of reference that stakeholders can use when developing their own policies and actions.

The Land Cover Atlas of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was initially prepared in the framework of the FA O Government Cooperative Programme under the auspices of the project on “Strengthening Agricultural Economics, Market Information and Statistics Services”. The project was formulated upon the request from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and funded by the European Commission. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA O) provided technical assistance as the executing agency in close cooperation with all parties.

Documento de trabajo sobre tenencia de la tierra 10. El presente documento de debate ha sido elaborado por la Unidad de Gestión y Tenencia de la Tierra de la FAO con el fin de obtener opiniones y comentarios acerca de las Directrices Voluntarias para la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra y los recursos naturales. Una gobernanza frágil en la tenencia resulta en la pérdida de vida y de medios de subsistencia y disuade las inversiones, el crecimiento económico y el uso sostenible de los recursos naturales.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 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. By setting out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices, the Voluntary Guidelines will provide a framework and point of reference that stakeholders can use when developing their own policies and actions.

Land Tenure Working Paper 18. Presents the main themes that characterize the governance in land tenure and analyses the aspects related to the evolution of agricultural policy issues in various Central American countries. It also offers some examples and lessons learned from new models of land administration and land access mechanisms that Central American governments and International Cooperation have fostered over the past fifteen years in the Region. Available in Spanish

أعد هذاالدليل للأشخاص الذين يعملون في مجال ادارة الأراضي وجميع المهتمين بالأراضي وحيازتها، وحكومتها. وبصرف النظر عن المطبوعات العديدة التي صدرت مؤكدة على أهمية الحاكمية الرشيدة في تحقيق الأهداف الانمائية، الا أن المواد المتعلقة بالحاكمية الرشيدة في حيازة الأراضي وادارتها لا تزال محدودة. وتترتب على الاخفاق في الحاكمية تبعات تؤثر تأثيرا معاكسا في المجتع كلهز

Documento de trabajo sobre la tenencia de la tierra 19. Este documento se enmarca dentro de la consulta global de las Directrices Voluntarias y su proceso de desarrollo y es una aportación para la preparación posterior de la Guía Técnica de Género. En él se contextualiza y se define el concepto de género en las Directrices Voluntarias, se trata el significado de gobernanza de tenencia desde la perspectiva de género y se identifican y analizan los temas y aspectos claves.