Flexible land policies could facilitate cost effective and productive use of land contributing to economic development and poverty reduction.

As the GEF land degradation executing agency linked to the GM, IFAD has the opportunity to match land degradation to poverty reduction and development concerns.

Land use planning and tourism development control is crucial to preventing the loss of biodiversity.

The UNDP programme for rural and economic development involved investments of some 5 million in new projects for land reclamation and integrated rural development.

The Integrated Rural Development Programme (PDRI) covers land improvement and drainage activities and provides commercial credit.

That year, the Sursock family sold some of the village lands to the Palestine Land Development Company.

In certain countries, grazing land reforms are brought about by the changing context of the development institutions.

Their problems included displacement from their land, poor socio economic development and lack of access to decision making.

In 2003, through the Ministry for Agrarian Development (MDA), the Government made joint title to land a reality.

16. Also encourages the increased involvement of local authorities, as well as other relevant stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector, in the development and implementation of programmes, land use planning and land tenure arrangements, and activities related to sustainable development in mountains

Statutory planning otherwise known as town planning, development control or development management, refers to the part of the planning process that is concerned with the regulation and management of changes to land use and development.

At the end of the 19th century, there was no further free land for development in the Christian Quarter.

One of the aggravating factors in the development of modern intensive agricultural production is heavy fragmentation of land property.

The restitution of land formerly used by the United States Armed Forces opened up new possibilities for economic development.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has supported land reform programmes in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, including through the provision of technical advice on land legislation and training for legal clinics.

From 1965 to 1997, Arab population growth drove demand for agricultural development, leading to a doubling of land under irrigation.

Unlike other African or Middle Eastern countries, Tunisia remained largely a land of free enterprise, allowing for some industrial development.

Thus, the potential for pharmaceutical development will not provide strong encouragement to private landowners or companies to protect their land.

Continuing discrimination against women in access to education, health care, land, credits and productive means stifle reconstruction and development efforts.

For the biennium 2008 2009, it was decided that CSD sessions should focus on agriculture, rural development, land, drought and desertification.

According to L Express de Madagascar, The legal rights to the 172 ha of land belongs to a promoter who acquired the land for a development project (unconfirmed sources mentioned the construction of an amusement park).

Noting the preparatory work being carried out by the Commission on Sustainable Development for its next two year cycle, with the thematic focus on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa,

Grassland to forested land Cropland to forested land Wetland to forested land Settlement to forested land.

Key elements of its development strategy including its stress on education, equality, and land reform are even more important today in Africa.

We are sponsoring a continuing series of regional ministerial meetings on housing, land and urban development in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

The degradation of more than a billion hectares of land has had a devastating impact on development in many parts of the world.

Licensing processes can help to identify enterprises that comply with legislation and to deter others Land use planning and development control These combined instruments are critical in enhancing the sustainability of new tourism development.

Human capital development cannot take place without proper schools and healthcare provisions agricultural productivity depends on, among other things, irrigation systems and land management.

Thousands of hectares of agricultural land were not exploited because of the danger of mines, thereby substantially impeding the economic development of those regions.

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But the Land Matrix Partnership report found that this is not the case roughly 45 of the purchases involved existing croplands, and almost a third of the purchased land was forested, indicating that its development may pose risks for biodiversity.

For example, pressures to use forest land for agriculture and grazing and to exploit forest products at an unsustainable level may be rooted in poverty and in some places, owners may face pressures to sell forest land for building development.

Stressing the potential of alternative development strategies, including preventive alternative development, to promote and consolidate models of sustainable land use that counter the deterioration caused by excessive and unplanned exploitation of forests and other natural resources,

An integrated approach to land use, housing development, the delivery of water and sanitation services, transportation infrastructure, education and health care facilities, and employment is essential for the effective planning and development of sustainable human settlements.

Take away land speculation, price of land drops.

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Land planning must be overhauled, with industrial monopolies broken up and development goals set according to population, resource volume, and the capacity to absorb pollution.

Potential nationalization was based on the concept of dead land , i.e., property which has not been developed or on which obvious development cannot be seen.

Article 14 women and sustainable development This section examines combining paid work and family responsibilities and land use planning, and women who combine different tasks.

Myanmar possesses considerable development potential, given its fertile agricultural land, a rich endowment of other natural resources and potential as a locus of regional trade.

Were concrete measures being taken by the Government to facilitate women's access to and control over all productive resources land, credit, capital and development programmes?

The Documentation Program understands that obtaining these documents as a necessary step to integrate the rural women into policies of development and access to land.

While there were many unresolved issues, the end of colonial settlement in one part of Palestinian land, the Gaza Strip even though it represented only 6 per cent of the total land area of the occupied Palestinian territory was a positive development.

Furthermore, rural and dryland development programmes need to be implemented through integrated approaches that have due regard for societal factors such as the security of land tenure, level of decentralization of planning and governance of land resources, and potential for developing alternative livelihoods.

Environmental protection and land management Farm or undeveloped land composes the majority of land in most countries.