The relationship between land ownership and the sustainable use of natural resources is examined within the context of constitutional change in Africa. Using Kenya as an example, it is demonstrated that current constitutional arrangements put excessive emphasis on the protection of private property rights without requiring the corresponding duty of ecological stewardship. This has resulted in the failure of government policies and development practices to fully integrate environmental considerations into growth strategies.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996Kenya
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesnovembre, 1996Afrique
Les chiffres suivants montrent l'importance socio-économique des racines et des tubercules en Afrique: cette dernière assure plus de 50% de la production mondiale de ces tubercules dont environ 90% sont destinées sont destinées à la consommation humaine. Ces produits constituent d'importantes sources de glucides dans la mesure où ils assurent 40% des besoins énergétiques journaliers dans nombre de pays africains, en particulier en Afrique occidental et centrale.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresnovembre, 1996Chine
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Library ResourceLégislationnovembre, 1996Paraguay
Por medio de la presente Ley se aprueba la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de Lucha contra la Desertificación, en los países afectados por la sequía grave o desertificación, en particular en África, hecha en París, el 17 de junio de 1996, y cuyo texto integral se adjunta a la Ley.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesnovembre, 1996Myanmar
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesnovembre, 1996Myanmar
Situation to the end of 1996
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesnovembre, 1996Myanmar
This article examines unusual features of various religious buildings located at Pagan, such as below-ground monasteries and brick-lined water-catchment basins, to establish that low rainfall of less than 24 inches annually was a constant in the local climate throughout the Pagan period. Confirming this fact sheds light on the critical role the construction of religious structures played in linking the inadequately watered capital to outlying irrigated agricultural lands, thus ensuring the necessary provision of food to the city.
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Library ResourceLégislation et politiquesnovembre, 1996Afrique du Sud
To amend the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994, so as to insert certain definitions; to effect certain textual improvements; to provide that no person shall be entitled to enforce restitution of a right in land dispossessed if just and equitable compensation was paid; to provide for the appointment of certain organisations to advise the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, to facilitate meetings of interested parties and to mediate and settle disputes; to require the leave of the Land Claims Court for the lodging of a claim in respect of land in certain circumstances; to alter the p
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Library ResourceLégislation et politiquesdécembre, 1996Inde
The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 or PESA is a law enacted by the Government of India for ensuring self governance through traditional Gram Sabhas for people living in the Scheduled Areas of India. Scheduled Areas are areas identified by the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 1996Inde
The hill areas of the country especially the Himalayan and the Western Ghats Regions, were recognised as areas which required to be given special attention for restoration of ecological balance. In pursuance of the policy of accelerating the development of hill areas in the country and at the suggestion of the National Development Council (1972) the centrally sponsored Western Ghats Development Programme (WGDP) was introduced in 1974-75 for integrated developoment of Western Ghats Region.
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