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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2018
    Switzerland, United States of America, Philippines, Uganda, Japan, Germany, Tanzania, Cambodia, India, Senegal, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Netherlands

    The massive increase in demand for woodfuel for cooking caused by sudden influxes of refugees and other displaced people is usually the main driver of forest degradation and deforestation in displacement settings. It places enormous pressure on nearby forests and woodlands and is often a source of tension between the host and displaced communities. A lack of sufficient cooking fuel also has an impact on the nutrition and health of vulnerable people in such settings.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2018
    United States of America, Mexico, Indonesia, Colombia, Canada, Costa Rica, Montenegro

    This document presents the proposal for guidelines for Participatory Community Monitoring in Colombia, which includes elements for the integration of information registered at the local level with the National Forest Monitoring System led by the IDEAM (SMByC). In order to formulate these guidelines, the collective construction with communities that inhabit and own most of the forests in the country, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and international cooperation was key.

  3. Library Resource
    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.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2018
    Madagascar, Congo, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, United States of America, Indonesia, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands

    La dificultad de definir y cuantificar la degradación de bosques es una limitación importante para que la mayoría de los países en desarrollo incluyan compromisos de reducción de emisiones por degradación en el contexto del enfoque de Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación de Bosques (REDD+), que abarca además, el aumento de las Reservas de Carbono, la conservación de Bosques y el Manejo Sostenible de los estos ecosisetemas.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2018
    United States of America, Nicaragua, Chile, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, New Zealand

    Esta guía fue realizada por solicitud del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia, en respuesta a los crecientes problemas de degradación del suelo. Su objetivo es proporcionar buenas prácticas para la conservación, el uso sostenible y la protección de los suelos en las zonas rurales del país. Es una herramienta para orientar a los actores relacionados con el uso del suelo en el diseño e implementación de planes y prácticas de manejo sostenible.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    United States of America, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Republic of Korea, Mexico

    Настоящее пособие подготовлено для проведения школы-семинара по<p></p>инновационным методам мелиорации и использования засоленных почв, который<p></p>состоится в Харькове, Украина, в сентябре 2017 года. Этот семинар проводится в<p></p>рамках выполнения Плана имплементации Евразийского почвенного партнерства,<p></p>которое является субрегиональным партнерством в рамках Глобального почвенного<p></p>партнерства.

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