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Harmonizing gender in the three Rio conventions and the GEF
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2012
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It is today widely recognized that gender is a key component of human rights and social justice. Moreover, gender equality is a real driver of development, significantly enhancing the effectiveness of...
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Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A natural response to climate change
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2009
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Managing, protecting and restoring nature so that it continues to provide the services, which enable people to adapt to climate change, is known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). Adaptation project...
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Gender, ICTs and Agriculture
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N. Hafkin;H. Hodame
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2002
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This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues:...
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Climate Change and disaster mitigation
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L. Aguilar
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2011
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This publication by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature explains the ways in which gender makes a difference in dealing with climate change and disaster mitigation by portraying a w...
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Training Manual on Gender and Climate Change
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Lorena Aguilar
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2009
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Until recently, those involved in climate change programmes and policy development assumed that men and women experience climate change in similar ways. But recognition is now growing that the effects...
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The ocean and climate change tools and guidelines for action
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D. Herr;G. Galland
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2009
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The ocean plays a critical role in the climate system and is significantly affected by climate change and ocean acidification. Key alterations are occurring to the environment with adverse effects lik...
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Women's empowerment in pastoral societies
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F. Flintan
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2008
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It is often suggested that women in pastoral societies are marginalised and oppressed either through embedded patriarchal values or through outside influences such as development actors, whose monetar...
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Implementing sustainable bioenergy production; a compilation of tools and approaches
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S. Keam (ed);N. McCormick (ed)
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2008
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Concerns about energy security, climate change and support for rural development have climbed rapidly up the political agendas, both in developing and industrialised countries. Bioenergy occupies a un...
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Share – Managing water across boundaries
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C. Sadoff (ed);T. Greiber (ed);M. Smith (ed);G. Bergkamp (ed)
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2008
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Nations share more than 260 international river basins which cover nearly half of the Earth’s surface. As demand for water grows in all countries, these shared resources will increasingly be dra...
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Establishing resilient marine protected area networks - making it happen
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D. Laffoley;A., T. White;S. Kilarski
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union),
2008
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This guide pools global experience on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and is intended to be useful to countries and their various organisations in building effective networks of MPAs. It also highlights...
