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  1. Library Resource
    Land Registration and Property Rights in Iraq
    Reports & Research
    January, 2005
    Iraq

    Land registration and property rights in Iraq have deep historical foundations reaching back to the Hammurabic period. However, the current land registration system owes more to the 400-year Ottoman occupation of Iraq and the subsequent interval under the British mandate. Under these regimes, land policy was self-serving and designed to maintain and reinforce the existing political power. This was done through the allocation of land to influential individuals who supported the incumbent regime.

  2. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2005
    Iraq
  3. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2005
    Armenia
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    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2005
    Armenia
  5. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2006
    Israel
  6. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    January, 2005
    Western Asia, Yemen

    The threat that the degradation of terraces in the highlands of Yemen poses to the livelihood of rural households and to national economic development has been widely recognized. The aim of this study was to contribute to the development of policy recommendations for the improvement of the life of rural families in the Yemeni mountains. Three small mountain watersheds (200-700 ha) in the northern, middle and southern mountain regions of Yemen were selected as the testing grounds for this study.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2005
    Cameroon, Spain, United States of America, Armenia, South Africa, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Chile, Azerbaijan, China, Romania, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, India, Russia, Pakistan, Mexico, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    This publication offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle. It sheds light on a number of key features of such rights, and contrasts these to traditional forms and kinds of water rights. It teases out and discusses the relevant problematique, including in particular that elicited the sale and leasing of water rights. Finally, a stock-taking and assessment of modern water rights systems impacts are volunteered. This publication complements two earlier issues featured in the FAO Legislative Studies series, i.e.

  8. Library Resource
    Regulations
    July, 2005
    Palestine

    The Resolution for areas of the Gaza Strip left by the Israeli army states that: (i) the current level of employment and agricultural production should be maintained and be declared as eligible agricultural areas and all necessary facilities and exemptions should be granted to make them productive; (ii) the Minister of Finance in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture is tasked with establishing a company that manages all agricultural facilities efficiently and transparently, in order to ensure the proper implementation and production of agricultural export commodities; (iii) the est

  9. Library Resource
    National Policies
    January, 2006
    Turkey

    Turkey’s National Action Program on Combating Desertification is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach.

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