Land Resources
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26 Apr 2011
The GEF Council functions as the main governing body of the GEF. Its 32 members meet twice a year, with each representing a group of countries (‘constituency’) including both donors and recipients of GEF funding. GEF funding is channeled to several focal areas, namely: biological diversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, ozone layer depletion and persistent organic pollutants.
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15 Apr 2011
The small size of most small island developing States, coupled with land tenure systems, soil types, relief and climatic variation, limit the area available for urban settlement, agriculture, mining, commercial forestry, tourism and other infrastructure, and create intense competition between land use options. Most aspects of environmental management in small island developing States are directly dependent on, or influenced by, the planning and utilisation of land resources, which in turn are...
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14 Apr 2011
Mauritiusproduced a report entitled A Sustainable Diversified Agri-Food Sector for Mauritius 2008-2015 through the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Fisheries to address the issue of food security. Land resources were also addressed in the National Development Strategy released in 2004.
The Republic of Mauritius is a group of islands in the South West of the Indian Ocean, consisting of the main island of Mauritius, Rodrigues and several outer islands located at distances greater than 350 km...
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05 Apr 2011
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05 Apr 2011
