The reform of the 90s led to the elimination of states monopoly of landownership and to the privatization of most agricultural lands. Within the small auxiliary sector of agricultural land the turnover arose in the early reform. But in the large agro-industrial sector, the turnover of lands…

Ce document décrit le point de vue des parties prenantes sur le développement des Directives Volontaires pour la gouvernance foncière. Ces Directives représentent le plus grand «terrain d’entente» sur la gouvernance foncière qui a été trouvé à ce jour dans un forum mondial. Ce consensus a été…

Este documento describe la perspectiva de las partes interesadas sobre el desarrollo de las Directrices voluntarias sobre la gobernanza de la tenencia. Estas directrices representan la mayor medida de un “terreno común\" sobre la gobernanza de la tenencia que se ha encontrado hasta el…

This paper describes the perspective of stakeholders on the development of the Voluntary Guidelines on tenure. These Guidelines represent the greatest extent of “common ground” on governance of tenure that has been found to date in a global forum. This consensus was developed through…

The agricultural economics literature provides various estimates of the number of farms and small farms in the world. This paper is an effort to provide a more complete and up to date as well as carefully documented estimate of the total number of farms in the world, as well as by region and…

The Bikin Carbon Tiger project aims at preserving the valuable ecosystem of this region as well as ensuring the continuity of indigenous traditions through the creation of new income opportunities that are not in conflict with the objectives of environmental conservation.

Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-II/14/ Report
Session: Sess.2

Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/REP

The Scheme for the location, management and protection of hunting grounds on the regional territory is a document for the purpose of planning in the field of hunting and conservation of hunting resources, and is aimed at ensuring the rational use and conservation of hunting economy at the…

Against the backdrop of economic
transition, several countries in Eastern Europe have
undertaken far-reaching programs to restructure their coal
sectors, which in the 1990s were in a state of deep crisis.
One aspect of…

There is a general consensus among academics, politicians and social movements, that BRICS as ‘new donors’ are increasing both their quantitative and qualitative role in defining what is considered to be ‘the world economic order’.
In particular, several authors have underlined the…

Of all the rural social movements in the world, those in post-socialist Russia have been considered to be among the weakest. Nevertheless, triggered by the neo-liberal reforms in the countryside, state attention to agriculture and rising land conflicts, new social movement organisations with a…