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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… Groundwater Management 1.2 Groundwater for Sustainable Development 1.3 Groundwater Management: Need for Change … where administrative capacities are low is to use rural electricity pricing as an incentive to reduce pumping. … lack of access to safe water, land degradation, loss of rural livelihoods, climate vulnerability and biodiversity …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or … the entire value chain, affecting agricultural growth and rural livelihoods The rising incidence of weather extremes … and livestock, outbreaks of disease, and destruction of rural infrastructure and irrigation systems Natural disasters …
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… protection and sustainable social and economic development. www.fao.org/nr/tenure VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON … and forests. The livelihoods of many, particularly the rural poor, are based on secure and equitable access to and … the 2006 International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD). At its Thirty-sixth Session in …
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Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… a management option that will create new opportunities for development and community earnings. TBNRM is seen to create … opportunities for sustainable ecological management, rural livelihoods, regional integration and development. Most … In many countries, civil society organisations claim that rural people have inadequate access to justice. T B N R M P a …
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Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region

… a management option that will create new opportunities for development and community earnings. TBNRM is seen to create … opportunities for sustainable ecological management, rural livelihoods, regional integration and development. Most … In many countries, civil society organisations claim that rural people have inadequate access to justice. T B N R M P a …
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Modern water rights : Theory and practice

… water rights Theory and practice Stephen Hodgson for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office 624 0 FOREWORD Much … Prior Informed Consent SARD Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development SACU Southern Africa Customs Union SBSTTA … decisions in many developing countries, particularly in rural areas. Nevertheless, as already mentioned, the focus of …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… Transboundary Natural Resource Management Areas 16 Spatial Development Initiatives and Development Corridors 16 Regional … access to cropland, fresh water and other resources by the rural poor and compromise livelihoods. Recent floods in … as enforceable (due to poor ability to access and regulate rural behaviour) as they are now. Currently, as a result of …
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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. … for landslide stabilisation and erosion reduction along rural roadsides, or “eco-safe roads” Nepal Investigating the … Bank, 2017). Poverty in Burkina Faso has a distinctly ‘rural face’, and while 20.6% of urban dwellers fell below the …
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The Land in Numbers

… and soil, in terms of future social stability and economic development, should not be underestimated. The figures … would have a global impact. It would create employment in rural areas and transform once unproductive lands into fields … For example, a typical sand dam road crossing can enhance rural infrastructure and yield 50,000 litres of water/day. 56 …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and … freehold property values in the study area (which includes rural residential and rural properties) reveals a substantial number of properties …
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