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No.1 (2010) - In the first issue for 2010 -Tenure security, formalization of rights, land regulation institutions and investments. For a broader conceptual framework - Decentralisation, land tenure reforms and local institutional actors. Building partnerships for equitable and sustainable land governance in Africa - The driving forces of land conversion. Towards a financial…

The first Human Development Report in 1990 opened with the simply stated premise that has guided all subsequent Reports: “People are the real wealth of a nation.” By backing up this assertion with an abundance of empirical data and a new way of thinking about and measuring development, the Human Development Report has had a profound impact on development policies around the world. …

This Manual is part of a set of materials for a university course on “Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements” developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. These materials include a course syllabus; curriculum content (including sample PowerPoint presentations) with supporting references and…

This book takes up the issue of Qanats in general and some other subjects revolving around this technology. In fact, what makes this book distinct from the other works on Qanats is its emphasis on interdisciplinary studies, viewing all Qanat - related issues as a whole. Qanat is something beyond a technique for extracting groundwater.No doubt the economic and social life and the…

In 1992, the first ICID was instrumental to support the creation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Mitigate the Effects of Droughts, the UNCCD. During the last 18 years, there was important institutional improvement, both at the international and national levels. We have now the UNCCD and the two other Rio Conventions, the UNFCCC and the UNCBD, and certainly there is…

The European Land and Soil Alliance (ELSA) e.V. is an association of cities, towns and rural districts together with comparable local authorities with the aim of making an active contribution to sustainable soil use. The Alliance issues on a regular basis the bulletin "Local Land&Soil news"