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This bulletin is issued by FAO as a medium for the dissemination of information and views on land reform and related subjects to the United Nations, FAO Member Governments and national and international experts and institutions. Articles are published in the original language (English, French or Spanish). Readers requiring more detailed information concerning this bulletin or…

The 2013 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy is subtitled “A sluggish postcrisis, mega trade negotiations and value chains: scope for regional action” and is made up of three chapters. Chapter 1 reviews the main features of the persistently weak global economy and lacklustre world trade and then turns to global and regional trade trends and prospects. Chapter II…

A number of contributions to this publication contain a wide variety of successful, practical and often innovative solutions for sustainable land use. Examples include improvements to soil quality in sites where the soil has already been degraded as well as precautions for soil protection. They should strengthen the international community in its commitment to further support programmes to…

Land tenure issues are becoming increasingly important worldwide. Problems such as high population pressure, increases in resource degradation, food shortages, transformations of political systems and regional and supra-regional resource conflicts have brought the land issue to the public's attention. Land tenure and land tenure systems are of fundamental importance for efficient…

Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume examines the possibilities for using remote sensing technology to improve understanding of social processes and human-environment interactions. Examples include deforestation and regrowth in Brazil, population…

The Regional workshop on the promotion of renewable energies and appropriate eco-technologies within the framework of the Convention to combat desertification in Africa, was held at El Mechtel Hotel in Tunis, Tunisia, October 26-29. This workshop is the fifth of a series of seven thematic consultations coming within the framework of the process of elaborating the Regional Action Programme to…