Land Resources
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 July 2010: The 38th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council took place in Washington DC, US, from 29 June-1 July 2010, and approved major reforms aimed at helping developing countries to meet international environmental challenges, including those related to climate change and biodiversity.
During the meeting the Council approved major reforms designed to give developing countries and stakeholders more control and access to funds, including: direct access to GEF resources for...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) is one of the main institutional responses by the Caribbean SIDS Member States with respect to land resources. Led by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), it is an expression of the translation of the aims of the UNCCD and the Land Resources Chapter of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) into tangible deliverables.
Beth
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09 Aug 2011
The government is funding a number of important programmes to address land issues, the most significant being the Land Reform Programme. The Solomon Islands also has a national forest policy.
Land issues continue to be prominent sources of conflict, both at local and national levels. Because of continued strong links between people and their lands, issues of land use, migration and resettlement remain potent determinants of stability and conflict. The Solomon Islands forestry sector comprises...
Beth
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03 Aug 2011
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a Physical Planning Act administered by the Department of Lands for managing its land resources.
Almost 97% of land in PNG is customary land, owned either by individuals or under some form of clan ownership. Some six million hectares are used in the rotational gardening cycle. Of the country’s total land area, approximately 470,000 square kilometers, or about 58%, is subject to strong or severe erosion. A further 18% is permanently inundated or...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Palau has a Strategic Plan developed by the Bureau of Agriculture to manage the sustainable develppment of its land resources.
Agricultural activity is mostly of a semi-subsistence nature. There is a trend away from the traditional small-scale farming and agroforestry methods used by Palauan women towards larger farms operated by foreign males and planted with single crops destined for restaurants and supermarkets in Koror. There are about 22 commercial agriculture farms, nearly all located in...
