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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

A budget expenditure of Rs 34.15 billion was earmarked for rural development activities exclusively for irrigation (Rs 25.19 billion), land reclamation (Rs 1.77 billion) rural development (Rs 6.19 billion) and rural electrification (Rs 1 billion) during 2003 04.

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.

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

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

The land categories shall be consistent with those defined in chapter 2 (Basis for consistent representation of land areas) of the IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.

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.

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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.

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.

The land shall not be sold for ever for the land is mine for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Tables of the common reporting format for land use, land use change and forestry

Tables of the common reporting format for land use, land use change and forestry

His Government was therefore focusing on environmental protection and management for sustainable development in the context of national strategies, including waterway and land readjustment and afforestation projects.

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

With such intensive use of land, our land constraints for housing construction are vanishingly small.

In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

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

Countries are different, and trade facilitation and development strategies need to be tailored to the specificities of, for example, land locked, least developed and small island developing states.

In the course of 2004, a 10 country project on the use of gum arabic for land rehabilitation and economic development in dryland areas in Africa was prepared.

Relaxation of overly restrictive land development regulations and building codes, particularly in slums and informal settlements, could facilitate investments in housing construction and improvement for low income households.

As for agricultural development strategy, appropriate institutional legal foundations, along with a series of institutional incentive measures, should be in place for sustainability and promotion of agricultural production and sustainable use of land.

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

There is Land Law (1997), which consecrates equal right to land for both men and women.

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.

Its land titling was fragmented, the laws governing land acquisition were archaic, and the process of rezoning land for industrial use was non transparent.

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

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For example, land sharking the practice of coercing landowners to sell their land and then flipping it for huge profits is no longer as lucrative as it once was, because land prices have been flat for years.

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

Media development vs. media for development Some development organizations and experts make a distinction between media development and media for development.