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… Guidelines on the responsible Governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the Context of national food … of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests. They provide guidance for … by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. The eradication of …

… Improving access to forest resources Experiences in informal tenure … ensure local confidence about continued access to land and encourage investment of labour and resources; from the Andaman coast of Thailand, where negotiated land use has benefitted communities and acted as a ‘policy …

… institutions 101 Institutional arrangements for tenure and access 103 Institutions at the landscape level 106 Devolution … decision-making and participation by local communities in land-use decisions. Participatory decision-making involves the willingness of outsiders to negotiate land-use objectives and ways to meet those objectives. The …

… livelihoods and poverty reduction, governance and broader land use issues has become critical for national planning. … faces increasingly diverse information needs regarding land use and forest resources. This information is also … also use the information, for example, to track equitable access to forest benefits between men and women or between …

… of UNCED ... 19 1.1 Progress through National Forest and Land-Use Programmes ........................... 19 1.2 … causes of deforestation are not covered: e.g. agrarian land reform in relation to landless peasants, environmental … of trade patterns, including current trade barriers and access to markets. It also includes quantification of the …

… in protected species of wild flora and fauna and illicit access to genetic resources”, report of the … protection, in contrast, refers to the protection of human land use, including the sustainable development, … the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol against the Illicit …

… the benefits they derive from the management of their land. The term FLR is new, but most of its components are … strategies for restoring forest functions on agricultural land … events such as periodic flooding but that they also have access to contingency livelihood alternatives when disasters …

… 19 4.5 Land-use planning and land ownership ................................. 21 4.6 Urban … urban environments and the constraints on the use of and access to these resources are different from those of … countryside immediately adjoining a town which people can access from their homes. Legal and institutional aspects of …

… much of the impetus to convert, clear and exploit forest land and resources comes from the search for greater income, … and many people simply do not have the means or market access to obtain them. Forest ecosystems have an immense … ownership, food security, cash availability and access to land (17). Logging truck in Harapan, Indonesia. 4 IUCN Forest …

… 7 Structure of the Guidelines 8 2. Forests and the land-use mosaic 9 What is a forest? 9 Does the FAO definition … cultural landscapes. Around 11.5 per cent of the earth’s land surface is in protected areas, 10 per cent of the … population – over a billion city dwellers – have no ready access to either potable water or adequate sanitation. An …