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FAO Land Tenure Journal 1/2011

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Global

A new issue of the FAO Land Tenure Journal is now published in both hardcopy and in electronic formats. The 1/2011 issue features five continents and subcontinents exploring common challenges including tenure governance, the legal recognition of customary tenures, land scarcity and redistributive reforms, and the increasing role of information technology in tenure systems. The Land Tenure Journal provides an open, impartial and practice-oriented global forum for promoting the latest knowledge in land tenure.

Acuerdo Nº 3 - Modifica el Acuerdo Nº 62, Reglamento autónomo para la adquisición de tierras.

Regulations
Costa Rica
Central America
Americas

El presente Acuerdo modifica el Reglamento autónomo para la adquisición de tierras, en relación a los suplentes de los miembros de la Comisión Técnica Permanente de Análisis y Calificación de Fincas.

Enmienda: Acuerdo Nº 62 - Reglamento autónomo para la adquisición de tierras. (2010-09-13)

Nomadic Pastoralism and Irrigated Agriculture in Somalia:

Journal Articles & Books
January, 1991

Abstract
The persistent interplay of food production problems, land
degradation, and social and climatic difficulties on the Horn of
Africa result in recurring famines in spite of vast sums of money
spent on agricultural development. As land resources--which
undergird both social and production systems in Africa--become
increasingly degraded, development efforts, especially in
problematic areas, need to become part of comprehensive resource
use programs that take into account the existing regional land

Demarcating Forest, Containing Disease: Land and HIV/AIDS in Southern Zambia

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2008

The ongoing HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa continues to manifest itself in unexpected ways. While the consequences of the disease appear straightforward in some aspects—eg., medical, labor, cost—in other respects the repercussions, while large, are nonetheless highly nuanced and can be counterintuitive.

The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Global

The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW) analyses a variety of options for overcoming constraints and improving resource management in these areas of heightened risk. In each location, a mix of changes in institutional and policy measures will have to be combined with greater access to technologies for better management of land and water resources.

BIGGEST STUDY OF LARGE LAND DEALS TO DATE WARNS OF THREATS TO POOR

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa
Global

The most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date — published online on by the International Land Coalition (ILC) — has found more evidence of harm than benefits. The report strongly urges models of investment that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions, but rather work together with local land users, respecting their land rights and the ability of small-scale farmers themselves to play a key role in investing to meet the food and resource demands of the future.

Ordonnance n° 2011-865 du 22 juillet 2011 relative à la mise en valeur des terres incultes ou manifestement sous-exploitées à Saint-Barthélemy et à Saint-Martin.

Legislation
France
Saint-Martin
Europe
Western Europe
Americas
Caribbean

La présente loi a pour objet d'adapter la législation actuellement applicable en matière de mise en valeur des terres incultes ou manifestement sous-exploitées dans les collectivités d'outre-mer de Saint-Barthélemy et de Saint-Martin.
 L'article 1er reprend à l'identique, sous la seule réserve de la désignation des institutions particulières à ces deux collectivités, les modifications apportées aux dispositions du code rural et de la pêche maritime qui régissent la mise en valeur des terres incultes ou manifestement sous-exploitées dans les départements d'outre-mer par l'ordonnance n° 2011-