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Natural Resources Management and the Environment in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This policy paper focuses on the environmental challenges of sustainable development issues with particular attention to natural resource management, environment and climate change in the food and agriculture sector (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry). FAO’s agriculture, fisheries, forestry and technical assistance programmes provide considerable resources to assist member countries promote conservation, sustainable use and management of natural resources and to reduce the risks associated with climate extremes as well as resilience building.

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