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EastAgri

EastAgri is a network of institutions coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre committed to improving the agricultural and agribusiness...

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Uzbekistan land reform assessment

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FAO release five new country profiles in the Gender and Land Rights Database

The Gender and Land Rights Database was launched by FAO in 2010 to highlight the major social, economic, political and cultural factors that influence the enforcement of women’s land rights across...

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Roster Of Expert Consultants, Gender Mainstreaming

Gender equality is central to FAO’s mandate for achieving food security for all by raising levels of nutrition, improving agricultural productivity and natural resource management and, improving the...

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Conflicts over land. A role for responsible and inclusive business (2014) -...

CSR Asia has published a new report on Conflicts Over Land: A Role of Responsible and Inclusive Business. The report examines the rise of “land grabs” in Asia and how this impacts on poor and...

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Auburn Indian Restoration Act (P.L. 103-434).

LegislationLEX-FAOC011174An Act for the recognition of the United Auburn Indian Community in California, for the restoration of rights of this tribe, and for the economic development of the...

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Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-399).

LegislationLEX-FAOC011172"Indian lands" means lands within the limits of Indian reservations, dependant Indian communities, and Indian allotments (sect. 3). The Act applies also to Alaska Native...

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Treaty to resolve pending boundary differences and maintain the Rio Grande...

LEX-FAOC051757Purpose of the Agreement is to resolve all pending boundary differences between the two countries, and provide for maintaining the Rio Grande and the Colorado River as the international...

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Betting on World Agriculture

ReportBetting on World AgricultureBetting on World Agriculture: US Private Equity Managers Eye Agricultural Returns, a new report from the Oakland Institute (OI), focuses on the private investment...

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Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement between the Federal Minister of...

LEX-FAOC132518The purpose of the present Agreement is to: a) exchange GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence Information) Information for the use of both Parties for defence purposes; b) establish and...

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This Land is Whose Land? Dispossession, Resistance and Reform in the United...

Policy BriefThis Land is Whose Land? Dispossession, Resistance and Reform in the United StatesFood First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian CrisisNorth...

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Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1013).

LegislationLEX-FAOC143372This Act directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program of land conservation and utilization in order to correct maladjustments in land use and thus assist in...

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Cave Resources Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.)

LegislationLEX-FAOC143373This Act established requirements for the management and protection of caves and their resources on Federal lands including indian lands, including allowing the land managing...

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Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1013).

LegislationLEX-FAOC143372This Act directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program of land conservation and utilization in order to correct maladjustments in land use and thus assist in...

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Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 USC 1451-1466).

LegislationLEX-FAOC143424This Act establishes a voluntary national program within the Department of Commerce to encourage coastal States to develop and implement coastal zone management plans.United...

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Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

LegislationLEX-FAOC143423This Act designates various undeveloped coastal barrier islands for inclusion in the Coastal Barrier Resources System (areas adjacent to or contiguous with lands managed for...

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Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

LegislationLEX-FAOC143423This Act designates various undeveloped coastal barrier islands for inclusion in the Coastal Barrier Resources System (areas adjacent to or contiguous with lands managed for...

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Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 USC 1451-1466).

LegislationLEX-FAOC143424This Act establishes a voluntary national program within the Department of Commerce to encourage coastal States to develop and implement coastal zone management plans.United...

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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 USC 1271-1287).

LegislationLEX-FAOC144315This Act establishes a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and prescribes the methods and standards through which additional rivers may be identified and added to the...

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Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136, 78 Stat. 890).

LegislationLEX-FAOC144313This Act directs the Secretary of the Interior, to review every roadless area of 5,000 or more acres and every roadless island within National Wildlife Refuge and National Park...

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