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  1. Library Resource
    janvier, 2011
    Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Bélarus, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, Kazakhstan, Arménie, Europe orientale, Europe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie occidentale, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

    The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.This final report of the Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project argues that decisive action needs to take place now. The report identifies five considerable challenges ahead:

  2. Library Resource
    janvier, 2012
    Europe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

    The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have published this annual report on joint projects financed during 2011 on ecosystems and biodiversity preservation, green development strategies, and sustainable use of water and ocean resources, among other topics. The GEF financed and supported 323 UNDP projects in 2011.

  3. Library Resource
    janvier, 2001
    République arabe syrienne, Égypte, Viet Nam, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale

    Articles in this edition develop several areas and introduce specific experiences relating to land reform. The main thread running through the articles is that of change; how we can help to understand what change means and how it can be managed.

  4. Library Resource
    janvier, 2003
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Maroc, Afrique du Sud, Mali, Chine, Mauritanie, Inde, Sénégal, Soudan, Niger, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale

    With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia. Highlighting the roles of women and men in dryland areas for food security, land conservation/desertification, and the conservation of biodiversity, it makes available key findings on a number of projects and programs in the regions.

  5. Library Resource
    janvier, 2011
    Qatar, Égypte, Nigéria, États-Unis d'Amérique, Ukraine, Kirghizistan, Indonésie, Brésil, Royaume-Uni, Ghana, Fédération de Russie, Moldova, Éthiopie, Bélarus, Mozambique, Laos, Turkménistan, Philippines, Libye, Tadjikistan, Émirats arabes unis, Ouzbékistan, Koweït, Argentine, Kazakhstan, Soudan, Bahreïn, Arménie, Arabie saoudite, Cambodge, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Europe, Asie orientale, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale

    Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.

  6. Library Resource
    janvier, 2009
    Europe orientale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes

    Conflicts associated with natural resources are twice as likely to relapse into conflict in the first five years, an imminent report suggests. Indeed the natural resource curse has been a primary determinant of intra-state conflict in terrible theatres of war such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. Yet it extends far beyond the battle to acquire precious commodities.

  7. Library Resource
    janvier, 2014
    Afrique du Sud, Chine, Inde, Fédération de Russie, Brésil, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale

    There is a general consensus among academics, politicians and social movements, that BRICS as ‘new donors’ are increasing both their quantitative and qualitative role in defining what is considered to be ‘the world economic order’.

  8. Library Resource
    janvier, 2006
    Europe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie occidentale, Amérique septentrionale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale

    This report highlights the potentially significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle and the importance of considering secondary effects, particularly with regard to water, resulting from the widespread adoption of global climate change mitigation measures. It is recommended that the implicit hydrologic dimensions of climate change mitigation should be more formally articulated within the international environmental conventions, and recognized within future UNFCCC negotiations on the CDM-AR provisions.

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