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[...] [...] irrigation methods, desertification, education [...] [...]

[...] decline of swidden cultivation [...] [...]

[...] [...] water, ICTs, desertification, and safeguarding [...]

(o) Governments should mainstream the 10-year strategic plan and framework to enhance the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification into their national and regional policy platforms with a view to improving the livelihoods of affected populations and improving affected ecosystems

[...] [...] treatment in land and agrarian reform, as well as in land resettlement [...] [...]

[...] [...] occupiers’ “historical land” or “fatherland”, [...] [...]

We’ve been using Cat® equipment since 1993,” says Huang Weize, deputy procurement manager at CHALCO Guangxi.

[...] from the 1925 Land Settlement and [...] [...]

The second illustration shows that clearing part of the forest and draining wetlands for agriculture increases the amount of food produced in the same area.

[...] [...] peoples who practise shifting cultivation and [...] [...]

Above all, a sustained commitment will be required by the community of industrialized nations.

Like them, we had shaken off foreign rule; like them, we had to learn for ourselves how to reclaim the land, how to increase the yields of our crops, and how to defend ourselves.

[...] [...] Convention to Combat Desertification; United Nations [...] [...]

Priority will be given to particularly vulnerable developing countries, especially low-lying coastal, arid and semi-arid areas, LDC’s, SIDS and Africa, land-locked countries, and developing country parties with areas prone to floods, drought and desertification, with fragile ecosystems, and facing increased frequency of extreme and catastrophic events and trends linked to climate change.

Little land is cultivated for domestic consumption or commercial sale.

[...] [...] well as continue to petition the private [...] [...]

Its extraordinary scenery is due to its volcanic origins; large parts of the island are covered with ashes and lava, and Lanzarote's inhabitants have successfully cultivated the rich, fertile soil.

The protection of natural forest and peatland carbon stocks, the sustainable management of forests, the use of native assemblages of species in reforestation and land restoration activities, sustainable wetland/coastal habitats management and sustainable agricultural practices play important roles in limiting increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and human-induced climate change.

[...] formally recognize shifting cultivation as a traditional occupation for indigenous peoples that is closely related to their social and cultural identity and integrity and take effective measures to stop all discriminatory acts targeted at indigenous peoples’ practice of shifting cultivation in line with the provisions of ILO Conventions Nos. 169 and 111, ILO Recommendation No. 104 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including through the delineation and the titling of the territories and lands concerned.

[...] clearing of forested land.

[...] depended on clearing land whilst irrigation [...]

Section I: land reclamation with: agricultural water management (drainage, irrigation, sanitation, embanking), land management, land clearing

The delegation stated that, with a view to addressing nutritional issues and providing access to a variety of foods, the Government had introduced a programme to revive land cultivation, which had already produced good results.

A specific consultancy addressing land reclamation in Wadi Mahrour is also ongoing.

[...] [...] drainage and land reclamation, [...] [...]

Rapidly adopt the new draft land code in conformity with the other relevant legislative texts, putting an end in particular to land speculation: define the legal framework for land ownership certificates; clarify the status of marshlands and of lands worked by farmers; find a solution for the landless through better management of State lands; institute a mechanism governing the concept of land exploitation; adjust the legislation to East African Community standards.

As the US Bureau of Reclamation report there have been many problems in the past, where Control systems were designed and installed without adequate instructions to the operators, and the systems did not perform well because operators did not understand how to use them.