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Production durable, intensification et diversification de l'agriculture, de la foresterie et des pêches dans les petits états insulaires en développement

Reports & Research
December 1999
Dominica
Fiji
Mauritius
Dominican Republic
Samoa
Micronesia
Vanuatu
Tonga
Haiti
Cook Islands
Comoros
Guyana
Cape Verde
Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname
Maldives
Palau
Marshall Islands
Belize
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cuba
Malta
Guinea
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Nauru
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas
Bahrain
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Papua New Guinea
Niue
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
land use

Meeting symbol/code: SIDS 99 Inf.-Sum 4

Asia-Pacific Forestry Statistics Compendium: Volume I - Socio-Economic, Resources and Non-Wood Products Statistics

Journal Articles & Books
December 1999
Dominica
Fiji
Bangladesh
Tuvalu
Mauritius
Dominican Republic
Samoa
Micronesia
Vanuatu
Tonga
Suriname
Cook Islands
Comoros
Guyana
Cape Verde
Malaysia
Trinidad and Tobago
Palau
Marshall Islands
Belize
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Grenada
Jamaica
Sao Tome and Principe
Cuba
Malta
Guinea
Uruguay
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Bahrain
Kiribati
Haiti
Nauru
Saint Lucia
India
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Bahamas
Bhutan
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Papua New Guinea
Niue
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
land use

A synthesis of available data on social and economic factors, forest resources and nonwood forest products production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. This study draws together information from a variety of statistical databases and from country and thematic studies in this working paper series.

Sustainable Production, Intensification and Diversification of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Small Island Developing States

Reports & Research
December 1999
Dominica
Fiji
Mauritius
Dominican Republic
Samoa
Micronesia
Vanuatu
Tonga
Haiti
Cook Islands
Comoros
Guyana
Cape Verde
Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname
Maldives
Palau
Marshall Islands
Belize
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cuba
Malta
Guinea
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Nauru
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas
Bahrain
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Papua New Guinea
Niue
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
land use

Meeting symbol/code: SIDS 99 Inf.-Sum 4

Economic rent from forest operations in Suriname and a proposal for revising Surinam's forest revenue system

Journal Articles & Books
December 1999
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominican Republic
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Indonesia
Grenada
Jamaica
Suriname
Venezuela
Guyana
Belize
Italy
Trinidad and Tobago
Netherlands
Saint Lucia
Bahamas
Barbados
Brazil
Americas
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management

This report presents the results of an analysis of economic rent from roundwood production in Suriname. It starts by describing the concept of economic rent: what it means; how it is calculated; and why it is so important. it then presents the results of the economic rent analysis and presents some recommendations for forest charges in Suriname.

Integrated coastal area management and agriculture, forestry and fisheries

Journal Articles & Books
December 1998
Dominica
Fiji
Mauritius
Dominican Republic
Samoa
Micronesia
Vanuatu
Tonga
Haiti
Cook Islands
Comoros
Guyana
Cape Verde
Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname
Palau
Marshall Islands
Belize
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cuba
Malta
Guinea
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Nauru
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas
Bahrain
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Papua New Guinea
Niue
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
forestry
fisheries
agriculture
natural resources management

Economic and financial aspects of leasing state forest land

Reports & Research
December 1998
France
United States of America
Sweden
Peru
Indonesia
Bolivia
Canada
Guinea
Cameroon
Thailand
New Zealand
Nepal
Philippines
South Africa
Malaysia
Italy
Papua New Guinea
United Kingdom
Norway
Suriname
Africa
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
forestry
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure

The Government of South Africa has a major holding of forest land, with a total estate covering 892,000 ha of forest and associated land. Within the state's forest holding there is a wide diversity of forest and land types including: commercial plantations and other afforested land; indigenous forests; legally protected (indigenous) forest areas; and associated bare land.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

International Conventions or Treaties
January 1979
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Eswatini
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Canada
United States of America
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
China
Japan
Mongolia
Cambodia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
India
Iran
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Croatia
Greece
Italy
North Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Palau
Cook Islands
Niue
Samoa
Tonga
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land rights
advocacy
farmers
women

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows: