| Environment - Policy and management |
| The scope of organic agriculture, sustainable forest management and ecoforestry in protected area management |
| In protected area categories where agricultural activities are allowed, there is need to consider productive activities which provide livelihoods in an equitable and environmentally-friendly way.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040602_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040602_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040602_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040602_ar.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Farm-level information in policy-making and planning for sustainable development |
| This paper aims to identify those factors that hinder farm-households from sustainably managing natural resources, as well as government interventions that can help to reinforce good practices.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPan0002.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Biodiversity and sustainable rural development in South America |
| Migration from the countryside to the cities has accelerated the policies of liberalization and the opening of markets, which poses important questions regarding the maintenance of cultural identities and traditional consumption patterns. This could have a grave impact on the biodiversity and sustainable development in the region. |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/spdirect/EPan0004.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| FAO report for the Third Conference of Parties of the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) |
| This report to the conference, held in Recife, Brazil, 16-29 November 1999, reviews FAO's past and current activities in the fight against desertification, including monitoring and normative programmes as well as field projects. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0090.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Conservation and use of biological diversity and genetic resources |
| The article examines various issues, including biodiversity and genetic resources, aquatic ecosystems, plant genetic resources, animal genetic resources and wildlife, tropical forests, and the role of FAO in these areas. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0007.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| An inter-agency initiative to better understand Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA) and their usefulness for our work |
| An inter-agency (FAO, WFP, IFAD, UNDP, DFID) initiative on "Operationalizing Participatory Ways of Applying Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA)" was launched in the fall of 1999. The core message of SL approaches is that the livelihoods of poor people must be at the centre of any strategy for poverty reduction. This paper discusses SL approaches and rural development and provides an overview... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0069.htm |
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