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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.

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

La FAO junto con varios asociados está desarrollando las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra y de otros recursos naturales.

Journal Articles & Books
December 2010
Angola
Burkina Faso
Bangladesh
Honduras
Belgium
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Indonesia
Malawi
Mozambique
Botswana
Liberia
Philippines
Madagascar
Tanzania
Portugal
Ecuador
Netherlands
Sudan
Africa
Americas
Asia

The impacts of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis have been increasing steadily since the 1950’s, particularly for developing countries. According to a World Bank external evaluation report “natural disasters destroyed US$652 billion in property worldwide in the 1990s alone – an amount 15 times higher in real terms compared to the 1950s.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Americas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Suriname

Concentration of land ownership, lack of access, insecurity of tenure and lack of efficiency and transparency in land administration services, are among the obstacles towards responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources in Latin America.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Honduras
Belize
El Salvador
Chile
Guatemala
Bolivia
Austria
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Colombia
Panama
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Netherlands
Argentina
Paraguay
Mexico
Americas

Land Tenure Working Paper 18. Presents the main themes that characterize the governance in land tenure and analyses the aspects related to the evolution of agricultural policy issues in various Central American countries.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Ecuador
Peru
Americas

The notion of good governance is related to effective public government institutions. At the local level, this involves the development of partnerships between top - down government initiatives and bottom - up local institutions and policies. In the current rural Andean context, municipalities are frequently the framework within which local governance is nested.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Peru
Americas

El proyecto TCP/RLA/3217 busca mejorar la seguridad humana y reducir la vulnerabilidad, protegiendo y fortaleciendo las capacidades de las comunidades más abandonadas y expuestas, respaldando los esfuerzos de manejo de desastres y riesgos locales, mejorando los conocimientos y cultivando una actitud de prevención entre los líderes locales.

Regulations
September 2010
Americas
Northern America
Canada

The present Code is made under the Environmental Management Act and the Waste Discharge Regulation. In particular, the Code provides for the protection of land and water.