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Conference Papers & Reports
November 2011
Global
Sub-Saharan Africa
Americas
Central Asia
Europe

Unprecedented pressures on land and its governance have been created. As evident around the globe, where land governance is deficient, high levels of corruption often flourish. Under such a system, land distribution is unequal, tenure is insecure, and natural resources are poorly managed.

Journal Articles & Books
January 2011
Bolivia
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
Uruguay
Americas

Este ensayo explora la recepción de la expropiación petrolera mexicana de 1938 en la diplomacia y opinión pública sudamericanas. Estudia la propaganda, difusión y recepción de la cuestión petrolera mexicana en la coyuntura de la expropiación, concentrando el análisis en los países del Cono Sur y en Bolivia.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Mozambique
Bangladesh
Honduras
Philippines
Myanmar
Indonesia
Ecuador
India
Africa
Americas
Asia

Throughout its history, Mozambique has had to deal with cyclones and floods, and when these are severe they have a devastating impact. Apart from the immediate threat to human life, such natural disasters seriously impede economic growth. There is no doubt that the Limpopo valley floods in 2000 were one of the worst flood disasters in Mozambique’s history.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Colombia
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
India
Spain
France
Netherlands

Land Tenure Working Paper 17. This publication identifies and assesses issues related to land governance and provides examples of good governance in the Caribbean subregion. This working paper was done in light of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Americas
Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

This document reports on the regional consultation for Southern America (including Mexico), held in Brasilia on 20 and 21 of May 2010 with the support of the Government of Brazil and preceded by a civil society meeting composed of organizations integrating the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), whose recommendations have been annexed at this document.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Honduras
Peru
Americas

Las acciones de manejo de recursos naturales en los distritos de Ccatca, Ocongate y Carhuayo por el socio-estratégico Programa Nacional de Manejo de Cuencas Hidrográficas y Conservación de Suelos (PRONAMACHCS) constituyen experiencias que en el marco de prevención de desastres naturales es replicable a zonas con ecosistemas similares en la región andina del Perú.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Antigua and Barbuda
France
Honduras
Dominican Republic
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Venezuela
Guyana
Costa Rica
Colombia
Panama
Nicaragua
Spain
Grenada
Haiti
Mexico
Trinidad and Tobago
Netherlands
Saint Lucia
India
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Americas

Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 17. Cet article identifie et analyse des questions relatives à la gouvernance des terres et apporte des exemples de bonne gouvernance de la sous-région des Caraïbes. Cette étude a été conduite en vue de l’initiative de la FAO sur les Directives Volontaires sur la gouvernance responsable de la tenure des terres et des autres ressources naturelles.

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2010
Honduras
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Central America
Americas

Los SAF son un conjunto de tecnologías de manejo de suelo, agua, nutrientes y cultivos agrícolas y forestales que bajo un manejo integrado proporcionan importantes beneficios ambientales, productivos y socioeconómicos.