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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 … are under immense stress from land degradation, insecure tenure, and a globalized food system that favors …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and … t of foreign direct investment (FDI) involving transfers of land. Yet domestic investors, … 4. Engage and empower youth. 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water. …
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 … requirements or their productivity. The change in land tenure also discouraged pastoralists and Bedouins to maintain … their land resources whether that was through traditional tenure (the dirah), state land or private ownership. A common …
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 … development policies have often weakened traditional land tenure and natural resource governance systems and restricted …
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 … including governance, policy and legal frameworks, and tenure. HONDURAS Cattle grazing in Lempira Department, where …
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 … the importance of strong community institutions and land tenure rules that protect farmers. On the other hand, in the …
Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… takes place in the absence of strategic and jurisdictional land-use planning and without appropriate consideration for … are avoidable or could be mitigated through strategic land-use planning and licensing, legal reforms to secure the … of formal and informal land and resource rights and tenure and free, prior and informed consent, as provided for …
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 … including legislation on forestry, the environment, land-use planning, watershed protection and erosion control. … resources and addresses the consideration of land use, tenure patterns and local needs. The greening of appropriate …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… 15 4.3.2.2 NWFP Amendment of laws Ordinance 2001 130 5.1.1 Land Tenure 135 5.1.1.1 NWFP Gomal Zam Project (Control and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Ordinance 2001 135 5.1.1.2 Land Reforms (North–West …
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 collateral, … republic"23 to the U.S. Senate s tendency "to represent land more than people"24, to agriculture s role as the source …