Best Practices Challenges And Emerging Issues On Improving Responsible Governance Of Tenure

Author : Ravn-Christensen, C.,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789251336731

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Best practices, challenges and emerging issues on improving responsible governance of tenure by Ravn-Christensen, C.,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This report on lessons learnt, best practices, challenges, and emerging issues on improving responsible governance tenure using the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and the African Union’s Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa (F&G), related to the European Union Land Governance Programme is based on in-country project progress reports and minutes of transversal capitalization meetings carried out throughout the project phases.

Author : Bojic, D., Clark, M., Urban, K.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251362723

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Focus on governance for more effective policy and technical support by Bojic, D., Clark, M., Urban, K. Pdf

There are eight years left to reach the SDGs. Agrifood systems transformation is urgently needed if we are to achieve sustainability, resilience and food security and nutrition in a post-COVID world. This desired transformation can only be achieved by strengthening and capitalizing on the knowledge, experience, skills, and capabilities for collective action of a broad range of public and private actors each of whom bring distinctive interests, needs, resources, influence and capacities. “Governance” is the name for this multidimensional capability for effective and inclusive collective action at all levels. In many country contexts, it is the governance bottlenecks that lead to a gap between policy expectations and their outcomes on the ground. For example, a given policy intervention can make a lot of economic sense but if it is perceived as threatening a powerful interest group or not sufficiently considering that group’s interests, it will most probably fail. Understanding the governance – both institutions and political economy – behind existing agrifood systems can thus make or break the success of any policy or technical support work. Bringing together insights from FAO’s rich experience and knowledge and global literature, this paper introduces an operational four-phased framework for analysis and integration of governance analysis and action into formulation and implementation of interventions at country, regional and global levels. It also provides a review of recent trends in expert thinking about governance for sustainable development and highlights FAO’s conceptual contributions to governance in the areas of FAO’s mandate. The increased use of governance analysis in FAO’s work will stimulate iterative collective learning processes and honest evaluation of potential for change thus supplementing technical solutions with approaches based on a solid understanding of practical and political realities on the ground. With its emphasis on continual learning and adaptation, governance analysis will enable FAO to significantly improve the effectiveness of its policy and technical support to Members to achieve sustainable development that leaves no one behind.

Author : Horman Chitonge,Ross Harvey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030828523

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Land Tenure Challenges in Africa by Horman Chitonge,Ross Harvey Pdf

This book provides a significant contribution to the literature on land reform in various African contexts. While the economic evidence is clear that secure property rights are a necessary condition for catalysing broad-based economic development, the governance process by which those rights are secured is less clear. This book details the historical complexity of land rights and the importance of understanding this history in the process of trying to improve tenure security. Through a combination of single country case studies, comparative case studies and regional comparisons, the book is unequivocal that good governance is paramount for improving the performance of land reform programmes. All attempts at moving towards more formal secure tenure require congruence with informal norms, beliefs and values, and a set of clear systems and processes to avoid corruption and unintended negative consequences.

Author : Cecilia Tortajada,Asit Biswas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317985563

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Improving Water Policy and Governance by Cecilia Tortajada,Asit Biswas Pdf

Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance. Water sector is an integral part of the global system. Consequently, its governance processes and the institutions responsible for its management must change as well in order to cope with the current challenges and potential future changes. Because of these current and future changes, water governance may have to change more during the next 20 years compared to the past 2000 years, if societal expectations are to be successfully met. All these changes will make water governance more complex than ever before witnessed in human history. Improving water governance will require good and objective analyses of case studies from different parts of the world as to what has worked, why and the enabling environments under which good governance has been possible. The present volume analyses case studies of good water governance from different parts of the world, and for different water use sectors. It concludes with an analysis of the critical issues that should be considered for water governance and a priority research agenda for improving water governance in the future. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Author : A.K. Kandya
Publisher : I K International Pvt Ltd
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789384588991

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Sustainable Forestry: Emerging Challenges by A.K. Kandya Pdf

Forests are critical for sustainable development, environment and also for livelihood. They provide a wealth of goods and services that are essential for people's lives, cash income and green economy. Maintaining and enhancing our planet's forest resources is essential if we are to succeed in the global efforts to alleviate poverty, address water scarcity and biodiversity loss, and mitigate climate change. Culturally and historically, the intrinsic value of forests, and the spiritual and sacred use of forests have great importance to local communities and our cultural identity. This book on Sustainable Forestry: Emerging Challenges, written by experienced academicians, scientists and other researchers shows the present ongoing initiatives in the country to address sustainable forestry and its management. An estimated 230 million people in India rely on forests for their livelihoods to some degree, including some 60 million indigenous people and other forest-dwelling communities. While more than two billion people - the developing world's population use fodder, biomass fuels, mainly firewood, to cook food and large number of non-timber forest products for their day-to-day needs.

Author : Jhaveri, N.J.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Enabling change in forest tenure: Policy and law for gender equality. Training Handbook by Jhaveri, N.J. Pdf

Author : Francesca De Filippi
Publisher : Alinea Editrice
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788860554109

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Slum[e]scape by Francesca De Filippi Pdf

Author : Jessica Duncan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317623199

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Global Food Security Governance by Jessica Duncan Pdf

In 2007/8 world food prices spiked and global economic crisis set in, leaving hundreds of millions of people unable to access adequate food. The international reaction was swift. In a bid for leadership, the 123 member countries of the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adopted a series of reforms with the aim of becoming the foremost international, inclusive and intergovernmental platform for food security. Central to the reform was the inclusion of participants (including civil society and the private sector) across all activities of the Committee. Drawing on data collected from policy documents, interviews and participant observation, this book examines the re-organization and functioning of a UN Committee that is coming to be known as a best practice in global governance. Framed by key challenges that plague global governance, the impact and implication of increased civil society engagement are examined by tracing policy negotiations within the CFS, in particular, policy roundtables on smallholder sensitive investment and food price volatility and negotiations on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition. The author shows that through their participation in the Committee, civil society actors are influencing policy outcomes. Yet analysis also reveals that the CFS is being undermined by other actors seeking to gain and maintain influence at the global level. By way of this analysis, this book provides empirically-informed insights into increased participation in global governance processes.

Author : Bill Pritchard,Rodomiro Ortiz,Meera Shekar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317596257

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Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security by Bill Pritchard,Rodomiro Ortiz,Meera Shekar Pdf

The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade. Yet it is a complex and multi-faceted issue, requiring a broad and inter-disciplinary perspective for full understanding. This Handbook represents the most comprehensive compilation of our current knowledge of food and nutrition security from a global perspective. It is organized to reflect the wide scope of the contents, its four sections corresponding to the accepted current definitional frameworks prevailing in the work of multilateral agencies and mainstream scholarship. The first section addresses the struggles and progression of ideas and debates about the subject in recent years. The other sections focus on three key themes: how food has been, is and should be made available, including by improvements in agricultural productivity; the ways in which politico-economic and social arenas have shaped access to food; and the effects of food and nutrition systems in addressing human health, known as food utilisation. Overall, the volume synthesizes a vast field of information drawn from agriculture, soil science, climatology, economics, sociology, human and physical geography, the nutrition and health sciences, environmental science and development studies.

Author : Jonathan Mark Davies,Pedro M. Herrera,Jabier Ruiz-Mirazo,Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere,Ian Hannam,Emmanuel O. Nuesiri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Land tenure
ISBN : OCLC:1117504304

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Improving Governance of Pastoral Lands by Jonathan Mark Davies,Pedro M. Herrera,Jabier Ruiz-Mirazo,Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere,Ian Hannam,Emmanuel O. Nuesiri Pdf

"This technical guide on Improving the Governance of Pastoral Lands provides advice and examples of how to strengthen governance of tenure in a pastoral context, recognizing the complexity of pastoral tenure arrangements and the great diversity of pastoral societies worldwide."--Publisher's description.

Author : Clayton Campanhola,Shivaji Pandey
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128121351

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Sustainable Food and Agriculture by Clayton Campanhola,Shivaji Pandey Pdf

Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach is the first book to look at the imminent threats to sustainable food security through a cross-sectoral lens. As the world faces food supply challenges posed by the declining growth rate of agricultural productivity, accelerated deterioration of quantity and quality of natural resources that underpin agricultural production, climate change, and hunger, poverty and malnutrition, a multi-faced understanding is key to identifying practical solutions. This book gives stakeholders a common vision, concept and methods that are based on proven and widely agreed strategies for continuous improvement in sustainability at different scales. While information on policies and technologies that would enhance productivity and sustainability of individual agricultural sectors is available to some extent, literature is practically devoid of information and experiences for countries and communities considering a comprehensive approach (cross-sectoral policies, strategies and technologies) to SFA. This book is the first effort to fill this gap, providing information on proven options for enhancing productivity, profitability, equity and environmental sustainability of individual sectors and, in addition, how to identify opportunities and actions for exploiting cross-sectoral synergies. Provides proven options of integrated technologies and policies, helping new programs identify appropriate existing programs Presents mechanisms/tools for balancing trade-offs and proposes indicators to facilitate decision-making and progress measurement Positions a comprehensive and informed review of issues in one place for effective education, comparison and evaluation

Author : United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211314763

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The State of the World's Cities, 2001 by United Nations Centre for Human Settlements Pdf

Cities are now home to nearly half of the world's population, and the issue of sustainable development is one of the most pressing challenges facing the international community in the 21st century. This publication is the first in-depth attempt to monitor and analyse the realities faced by urban populations around the world. It explores a range of issues, trends and policy responses in five major areas relating to: shelter, society, environment, economy and governance. It introduces the 'City Development Index', which has been developed by the UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). Over time, this should become a standard monitoring tool used to track regional, national and city level progress towards implementing the Habitat Agenda. The report concludes that local democracy is a key factor for the future of all cities.

Author : Pauline Weetman,Ioannis Tsalavoutas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351128483

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The Routledge Companion to Accounting in Emerging Economies by Pauline Weetman,Ioannis Tsalavoutas Pdf

As researchers reveal the increasing complexities of accounting practices in emerging economies, there is a growing need for an overview of the topic. The Routledge Companion to Accounting in Emerging Economies is a prestige work offering an introduction to current scholarship in the field, with indications of future directions for enhancing the contribution to knowledge. With regional coverage of key emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, the team of contributors analyse issues in accounting in detail, while shedding light on the role of the accounting profession in providing accountability and governance across the developing world. Each chapter is headed up by an internationally recognised author who is a leading expert in designing and implementing research approaches to the topic. Within the team of authors, some are experienced senior contributors while others are developing new avenues of exploration on the basis of high-quality doctoral study. This range of author experience has been deliberately chosen to allow the reader to envisage working in such a team while growing in confidence. This unique reference offers a comprehensive guide to advanced students, academics, practitioners and policy makers on the current state of, and potential developments in, accounting in developing economies globally. This work will be of particular interest to students and researchers looking to identify topics in emerging economies, academics and practitioners seeking convenient access to an unfamiliar area, and established researchers seeking a single repository on the current state of knowledge, current debates and relevant literature.

Author : Erika Techera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136637377

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Marine Environmental Governance by Erika Techera Pdf

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas. Focusing on small island states, in which indigenous populations have to a large extent continued to maintain traditional lifestyles, this book takes up the question of how indigenous customary law and state-based legislation can be reconciled in the implementation of international environmental law. Including a range of case studies, as well as detailed comparative analysis, it pursues an interdisciplinary approach to legal pluralism 'in practice' that will be of considerable interest to environmental lawyers, legal anthropologists, conservation biologists and those working in the area of community-based conservation.

Author : Oliver Springate-Baginski,Eva Wollenberg
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9786028693158

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REDD, Forest Governance and Rural Livelihoods by Oliver Springate-Baginski,Eva Wollenberg Pdf

Experiences from incentive-based forest management are examined for their effects on the livelihoods of local communities. In the second section, country case studies provide a snapshot of REDD developments to date and identify design features for REDD that would support benefits for forest communities.