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Countries retain powers of compulsory acquisition in order to enable governments to acquire land for specific purposes. The nature of these powers and the ways in which they are used are invariably sensitive and have wide implications, including from the perspective of international agreements on human rights and their national expressions. Compulsory acquisition is disruptive for those who are…

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…

The CDROM “2008 Virtual Disaster Risk reduction Library” is a result of partnership between many institutions, CSO, governments, academic, technical experts etc. The section on desertification is the UNCCD Library contribution to this first virtual library version. It contains key documents and publications in full electronic format and complements the Bibliography on Drought,…

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

The book describes current efforts that are helping societies better adapt, and shows that when climate information successfully reaches vulnerable populations, it can be used to improve livelihoods and economies, and even save lives. The report was launched on January 30th, 2007 during a special session of the 8th African Union Heads-of-State Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It details five…

In many parts of the world, climatic variations are recognized as one of the major factors contributing to land degradation impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. The climate resources and the risk of climate-related or induced natural disasters in a region must be known in order to accurately assess sustainable land management practices. Only when climate resources are…