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The document aims to help UN country teams, as well as other UN staff, intergovernmental organizations and CSOs to: Understand the issue of land governance, why it matters and why civil society needs to be involved; Understand why UN agencies need to work with CSOs to promote pro-poor land governance; and Identify the opportunities and entry points that exist for such UN-CSO collaboration.

Increasing concern as to how human activities impact Africa’s environment has led to documentation and quantification of the changes taking place. Through a combination of ground photographs, current and historical satellite images, and narrative based on extensive scientific evidence, this publication illustrates how humans have altered their surroundings and continue to make observable and…

The articles in this volume supplement FAO Land Tenure Studies 10, Compulsory acquisition of land and compensation. The latter publication explains what compulsory acquisition and compensation are and what constitutes good practice in this area. This current volumes introductory article provides an overview of these issues. The issue of compulsory acquisition from a human rights perspective is…

Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eighth session, held in Madrid from 3 to 14 September 2007 Addendum Part two: Action taken by the Conference of the Parties at its eighth session

This report examines trends in dryland land degradation and success in its control since the ratification of the UNCCD in 1994. An attempt is made to identify the key drivers of these successes and the contribution made to them by the UNCCD. It finds that progress with land degradation control is clearest when initiatives have focussed on social and economic development with land degradation…

Forest management is becoming increasingly complex due to the need to balance highly varied interests by an increasingly wide range of stakeholders. A widening range of recognized products and services from trees and forests is also challenging the ecological, social, and economic criteria that are often applied in making choices of management…