Land Resources
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
The Marshall Islands has submitted its First Report to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Land is held communally by family groups called bwij, which trace their claim to land matrilineally through the alap, or the person in immediate charge of a piece of land. Food crops in the Marshall Islands are produced primarily for private consumption. The main staple food crops are green and mature coconut, breadfruit and pandanus, which produces fruit...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
General Land Use Plans have been adopted for the two urbanized islands, South Tarawa and Kiritimati.
The land area of each of the atolls is very small. There is little forestland on the atolls, but “agroforestation” efforts to increase agricultural productivity are underway. The demands of a rising population and an increasing level of socioecomomic development have implied a loss of “forest” land. Human settlements on the outer islands are traditional village settings...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
Barbados‘ Physical Development Plan (PDP), amended in 2003, is a comprehensive document that coordinates public and private development efforts with an emphasis on sustainability, including guidelines for land use and Environmental Impact Assessments. The Town and Country Planning Act provides for the orderly and progressive development of land, ensures water rights and legal security of tenure for individuals, and preserves the amenities of the land. The Land for Landless Farmers...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape (CPPL) Act 1997 regulates certain land resource-related development activities in the Bahamas. The Bahamas also signed the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in June 1997. Additionally, in line with the UNCCD, a National Action Plan to Combat Land Degradation is being drafted.
It is estimated that only 5.4% of the total area of the Bahamas is land (the rest being the marine Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ). There are competing demands for...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
An Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development (IMCSD) was established in 2008 to set out Singapore’s sustainable development strategy, and came up with the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint (SSB) that outlines sustainable development for the next 20 years.
Singapore comprises the main island of Singapore and some 63 smaller offshore islets. It is located in the midst of one of the world’s busiest sea and air transit point. Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with...
