| Environment - Policy and management |
| New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): Towards Agriculture and Environment Nexus |
| NEPAD is a home-grown approach to tackling Africa’s many development challenges. It represents the vision and collective determination of African leaders to place their respective countries on the path of self-reliant sustainable development.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_041001_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_041001_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_041001_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_041001_ar.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| FAO and SIDS: challenges and emerging issues in agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
| Agriculture, fisheries and forestry have provided for centuries the main source of livelihood for the population of the islands. This sector still represents a chief asset to Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040301_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040301_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en4/en4_040301_es.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Biodiversity and the ecosystem approach in agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
| These Proceedings result from the Satellite Event on Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held on the occasion of the Ninth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN11023_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN11023_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN11023_es.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Integrated natural resources management to enhance food security: The case for community-based approaches in Ethiopia |
| The Environment and Natural Resources Working Paper No. 16 assesses the current threats to natural resource management and proposes a community-based integrated approach to address the issue and to expand the livelihood base in the non-farm sector.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN11013_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN11013_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN11013_es.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Terrestrial Carbon Observation No. 2 - The Ottawa Assessment of Requirements, Status and Next Steps |
| This report presents the results of a follow-up Terrestrial Carbon Observation (TCO) Synthesis Workshop, organized by GTOS in collaboration with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and other IGOS-P members on 8-11 February 2000 in Ottawa, Canada.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN07033_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN07033_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN07033_es.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| New publication: Terrestrial carbon observation - No. 5 - The Rio de Janeiro recommendations for terrestrial and atmospheric measurements |
| This publication is a comprehensive plan to use in situ and satellite observing systems to assess and monitor carbon stocks on land an in the atmosphere.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN0601_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN0601_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN0601_es.htm |
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| Environment - Conventions & agreements |
| Environment - Policy and management |
| Sustainable Development - General |
| Challenges and opportunities for the World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| "Challenges and opportunities for the World Summit on Sustainable Development: FAO's perspective" was prepared
as a contribution to the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, Johannesburg, 26 August-4 September 2002. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/wssd/docs/ChallengesandOpportunityfinal.doc |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Wetlands Monitoring by ERS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data in Zambia |
| The objectives of the study presented in this paper were: to assess the suitability of European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in monitoring the seasonal changes of the wetland areas and to carry out a comparison of the results obtained from both ERS SAR and NOAA AVHRR data. A summary of the process and results of the study are provided here. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIan0007.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Regional workshop for decision-makers on remote sensing and the GIS in environment and agricultural management issues |
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| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/spdirect/EIre0056.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| The use of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in addressing chronic environmentally damaging agricultural and rural development practices: Examples from Kenya and Cambodia |
| To support sustainable agriculture and rural development in Kenya and Cambodia, FAO carried out training for professionals with an emphasis on field situations and case studies. The application of EIA resulted in a substantial improvement in the understanding of each case and in the description of the solution to the problem in all 35 cases in Kenya and all 24 cases in Cambodia. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPan0016.htm |
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