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  1. Library Resource
    Food Security and COVID-19
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    juin, 2021
    Kenya, Angola, Tchad, Libéria, Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Kirghizistan, Tadjikistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Inde, Pakistan, Global

    June 4, 2021 -- An increasing number of countries are facing growing levels of acute food insecurity, reversing years of development gains. Even before COVID-19 reduced incomes and disrupted supply chains, chronic and acute hunger were on the rise due to various factors including conflict, socio-economic conditions, natural hazards, climate change and pests. COVID-19 impacts have led to severe and widespread increases in global food insecurity, affecting vulnerable households in almost every country, with impacts expected to continue through 2021 and into 2022.

  2. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    décembre, 2006
    Inde

    Across the developing world the way in which land is controlled and managed has been steadily changing. In the past fifty years, community ownership has increasingly given way to privatization. The impact of this change on social equity and on the environment is a key issue that interests conservationists and politicians alike.

  3. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    décembre, 2006
    Inde

    Across South Asia, many rural people use common land to harvest naturally-growing plants, grow crops and feed their livestock. Increasingly this activity is being commercialized as farmers move to sell the produce they obtain. Despite the importance of this development to village people, its overall effect is uncertain and there are fears that it will damage the environment.

  4. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    octobre, 2019
    Botswana, Éthiopie, Ghana, Inde, Kenya, Mali, Namibie, Afrique sub-saharienne

    Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) researchers collaborated to understand the complex changes and patterns in semi-arid vegetation and socio-ecological systems. Ecosystems were mapped using a cross-regional coarse scale study, relying on climate data to capture global and regional trends. Finest spatial scale mapping relied on LANDSAT to show changes in land use and land cover. Details of observed changes are provided for Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ghana, West Africa, and India. Links to referenced studies are embedded in the report.

  5. Library Resource

    Regeneration of Degraded Land in India: Challenges and Possibilities

    Documents de politique et mémoires
    novembre, 2020
    Inde

    Successive surveys related to land degradation in India, reveal that despite several announcements and policy changes, the desertification and degradation of land and forest continues to rise. It has posed serious threats to environment, biodiversity, local economy and food security. Globally and nationally, India has been very vocal to address this issue.

  6. Library Resource
    Country Policy and Information Note Pakistan: Land disputes
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    janvier, 2017
    Pakistan

    This note provides country of origin information (COI) and policy guidance to Home Office decision makers on handling particular types of protection and human rights claims. This includes whether claims are likely to justify the granting of asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave and whether – in the event of a claim being refused – it is likely to be certifiable as ‘clearly unfounded’ under s94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

  7. Library Resource
    Agricultural land acquisition by foreign investors in Pakistan

    Government policy and community responses

    Documents de politique et mémoires
    juillet, 2012
    Pakistan

    This paper explores the Pakistani government’s 2009 agricultural investment policy package — a response to increasing foreign investor interest in agricultural land — and considers the likely implications for local communities. By analysing the policy pertaining to the categories of cultivated and uncultivated land, the paper explores possible consequences that peasant farming communities and grazing communities face.

  8. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    février, 2020
    Indonésie, Cambodge, Laos, Myanmar, Malaisie, Népal, Philippines, Thaïlande, Viet Nam, Asia du sud-est

    This policy brief discusses the opportunities and challenges facing social forestry in Southeast Asia and recommends that ASEAN Member States, universities and international research organizations mainstream participatory action research (PAR) in social forestry to overcome these challenges and maximize these opportunities. 

  9. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    juin, 2014
    Népal

    This policy brief developed by the NORAD-funded Grassroots capacity development for REDD+ Project addresses the use of the cascade  approach  for  capacity development  on  REDD+, establishing  collaborative  arrangements  with local partner organizations, and drivers  of  deforestation  and  forest  degradation in Nepal.

  10. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    juin, 2016
    Indonésie, Cambodge, Laos, Myanmar, Malaisie, Népal, Philippines, Thaïlande, Viet Nam, Asia du sud-est

    Community Forestry (CF) can play a fundamental role in achieving nearly all the SDGs through its focus on improving livelihoods, strengthening local governanceand, halting deforestation and improving forest quality.Various experiences of CF in the region have demonstrated that the allocation of forest management rights and responsibilities to local people is an effective strategy for sustainable forest management and provides potential contribution to improved outcomes for forest cover and condition and local livelihoods.

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