| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| FAO activities: Agricultural applications |
| This general overview provides some examples with special reference to soil resources, pest and diseases, and agricultural statistics. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0024.htm |
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| Organic agriculture and FAO |
| Organic agriculture is an increasingly important part of the agriculture sector and consequently in FAO sustainable agriculture programmes aimed at assisting member countries in their efforts to respond to farmer and consumer demand, and giving information on the potential of organic agriculture to contribute to sustainability in order to direct research, extension efforts, and tap national and in... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/epdirect/epre0055.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/frdirect/epre0055.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 |
| Briefing on Desertification |
| The article includes general information on the issue, on the Desertification Convention and the role of FAO in combatting desertification. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPre0008.htm |
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| Institutions - Public institutions |
| Partnership between populations and institutions: waters and soils conservation in Tunisia and Morocco |
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/frdirect/ROan0015.htm |
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