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Global Land Outlook

… GLOBAL LAN D OUTLOOK First Edition GLOBAL LAND OUTLOOK First Edition ©UNCCD, 2017 Secretariat of the … Partners GLO Contributing Partners THE ECONOMICS OF LAND DEGRADATION The objective of the United Nations … large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge against future …
25 May 2026 Literature

Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… recognition of sustainable pastoralism as a viable land management option for the world’s rangelands. vi vii … natural capital across a quarter of the world’s land area, although in many developing countries this … linking government with customary institutions, improving access to equitable markets, strengthening access to …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… ntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and  … t of foreign direct investment (FDI) involving transfers of land. Yet domestic investors,  … 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water.  6. Conserve and  …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… 8 3 Labour, land and other capital … in about 475 million small farm households, working on land plots smaller than 2 hectares.1 Many are poor and food insecure and have limited access to markets and services. Their choices are … in terms of production, technologies, capital assets, access to markets, contribution to rural income, well-being, …
25 May 2026 Literature

Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… and biodiversity). This strategy involves halt range- land›s degradation by minimizing its underlying causes … 2.3 LAND USE IN THE JORDAN … of DM forage production in Steppe and Badia areas in open access situations (100 resp. 40 kg/ha) 3 Production in … (Hafeer and earth dams) were used to exclude areas with no access: 181< 140 sub-watersheds • Topography and vegetation …
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FAO's work on Climate Change

… Climate change will bring further extreme weather events, land degradation and desertification, water scarcity, rising … addressing climate change, the health of the oceans, land degradation, social inclusion, education, and gender … number of existing tools and approaches that facilitate access and assist with the selection of those tools that meet …
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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… East. Her work focuses on landscape stewardship, private land con- servation, and community involvement in protected … V Task Force of WCPA. He has written and lectured on land- scape and now serves on the boards of several major … global database, but whether the communities involved have access to effective conservation mechanisms. The fact that …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… 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 …
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International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues

… A sound legal framework is also important regarding land tenure and property rights, rural financing and … as "tariffication" is a central feature of the market access pillar of the agreement, though there have always been … republic"23 to the U.S. Senate s tendency "to represent land more than people"24, to agriculture s role as the source …
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The human right to water and sanitation

… halving by 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable … maintaining safe water supplies relies on the health of land and ecosystems and thus requires the integrated management of water, land and coastal areas; ALSO CONVINCED of the vital role of …
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