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FAO Governance of tenure
Land Governance, Web Resource, Other UN AgencyLand, fisheries, forests and other natural resources provide a platform for livelihoods and a basis for social, cultural and religious practices. Pressure on these resources is increasing as areas are sought for cultivation, are occupied by urban expansion and as people abandon areas because of degradation, climate change and conflicts. In response, FAO and its partners initiated the...
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Land Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyFirst UN publication on the state of the world’s indigenous peoples reveals alarming statistics on poverty, health, education, employment, human rights, the environment and more. In the United States, a Native American is 600 times more likely to contract tuberculosis and 62 per cent more likely to commit suicide than the general population. In Australia, an indigenous...
IFAD land tenure indicators
Framework, Land Governance, Other UN AgencyRural Sector Performance Assessments (RSPA) is a rules-based system that uses a formula that incorporates measures of country need and country performance, in the rural sector. The purpose of PBAS is to increase the effectiveness of the use of IFAD’s scarce resources and to establish a more transparent basis and predictable level of future resource flows. Main purpose is to provide...