- How does decentralization contribute to environmentally and socially sustainable development?
- M. Dupar; N. Badenoch / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
- This report provides an overview of the decentralisation of natural resources decision-making and management in mainland Southeast Asia during the past 20 years. It is based upon seven in-depth case studies from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodi...
- Community and handpump management in Malawi
- J. DeGabriele / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002
- Examines ways in which the rate of hand-pump sustainability may be improved. The main conclusion is that sustainability is more likely through using good quality products, and by assuring reliable management services are provid...
- How has Brazil faired in attempts to regulate access to genetic resources?
- S.M. Silva / Growing Diversity, 2002
- Senator Marina Silva of the National Congress of Brazil critically describes efforts to regulate access to genetic resources in Brazil. It describes how the interactions between various international agreements, vested interests, indi...
- Is TRIPS stifling innovation in southern agriculture where the Green Revolution left off?
- M Gul Hossain / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002
- Article which looks at the impacts of TRIPs on plant variety protection (PVP) and community rights in the context of Bangladesh's rural development and agricultural history. The author first oulines some basic premises about the relat...
- What prospects for the precautionary principle? The case of GMOs
- V. Lehmann / World Economy, Ecology and Development, 2002
- This study focuses on the regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and traces back the history, components and future consequences of the precautionary principle (PP). It scrutinizes the criticism on the PP based on the pre...
- Are modern agriculture and biodiversity really incompatible?
- S. J. Scherr; J. A. McNeely / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
- Paper which argues against the 'conventional wisdom' that modern agriculture and biodiversity conservation are incompatible. Instead the authors propose that enhancing the contribution of farming systems is an essential part of any bi...
- It is time to support emerging opportunities for sustainable local forestry enterprises.
- J. Mayers; S. Vermeulen / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
- IIED opinion paper which argues that forestry can offer some high-potential routes out of rural poverty. Forestry, the authors state, can contribute to food security, provide resource safety nets and sometimes enterprise opportunities...
- How can conservation biologists in Africa interact better with practitioners, stakeholders and policy makers?
- A. H. Bornbusch / American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002
- This report records the outcomes of a workshop held in September 2001to share information about the status of conservation biology in Africa and to discuss ways to strengthen it, especially through regional and international collabora...
- UNEP report on state of global environment
- Global Environment Outlook Report and Project, UNEP, 2002
- This high profile and detailed UNEP report is aimed at fulfilling the reporting requirement of Agenda 21. It provides an overview of the main environmental developments of the past three decades since the 1972 Stockholm Conference and...
- What reforms would encourage genuine local control over the management of agricultural biodiversity?
- M.P. Pimbert / Growing Diversity, 2002
- "Community based conservation" and "peoples' participation" have become part of the conventional rhetoric and more attention is being paid to this approach on the ground by international and national organisations. There are now sever...
- Exploring predictions of the regional impacts of climate change
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1997
- The special report provides, on a regional basis, a review of (then) state-of-the-art information on the vulnerability to potential changes in climate of ecological systems, socioeconomic sectors (including agriculture, fisheries, wat...
- Riverlink: directory of NGOs in river and watershed issues
- International Rivers Network, 1999
- Riverworks is a directory of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), activists and experts working on river and watershed issues around the world. It is constantly updated and printed upon request. Riverworks is produced by Internation...
- Sub-Saharan Africa science support programme
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999
- The AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa Program was inaugurated by AAAS in 1987, representing a concerned response on the part of U.S. scientists and educators to the institutional crisis their African colleagues were facing. Its establishment al...
- The costs and benefits of Korean Unification
- M. Noland; S. Robinson; Li-Gang Liu / Institute for International Economics, USA, 1997
- "We construct the Korean Integration Model (KIM), a two-country computable general equilibrium (CGE) model linking the North and South Korean economies. Using KIM, we simulate the impact of a customs union and a monetary union of the ...
- Ancestor Spirits and Land Reforms: Contradictory discourses and practices on rights on land in South India
- Y Uchiyamada / Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, 1999
- This paper is about Untouchable ancestors' strong emotional attachment to their ancestral land. Ancestrors of Untouchables remain in their ancestral land at the margin of the village, whereas ancestors of high castes leave for the abo...
- Better Land Husbandry: Re-thinking approaches to land improvement and the conservation of water and soil
- F. Shaxson; M. Tiffen; A. Wood; C. Turton / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997
- Soil erosion has conventionally been perceived as the chief cause of land degradation, yet the limited effectiveness and poor uptake of widely promoted physical and biological anti-erosion methods challenges this logic. An alternative...
- Supporting sustainable agriculture through extension in Asia
- C. a Garforth; A. Lawrence / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997
- There are widespread concerns about the environmental impact of agricultural technologies and over the long-term sustainability of farming systems in Asia. Although the content of extension programmes includes sustainable technologies...
- Neglected Species, Livelihoods and Biodiversity in Difficult Areas: How should the Public Sector Respond?
- R. Blench / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997
- Recent research on neglected crop and animal species suggests that there exists an important gap between the priorities of development and research agencies and the way small farmers, both in Africa and elsewhere in the world, treat s...
- Community management of forests under pressure from economic and demographic changes
- M. Richards / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997
- This paper considers the evidence surrounding the popular view that common property management regimes (CPMRs) of forest management in Latin America must inevitably break down in the face of economic and demographic pressures. The evi...
- The Role of Agricultural Education in Improving the Performance of Support Services for the Renewable Natural Resources Sector
- I. Wallace; E. Nilsson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997
- Whilst recent research (mainly in sub-Saharan Africa) has indicated a number of successful innovations in agricultural education and training (AET), it has generally been unresponsive to changing patterns of demand for trainees, which...
- InTech
- InTech is a multidisciplinary open access publisher of books covering the fields of science, technology and medicine. Since 2004, InTech has collaborated with more than 83436 authors and published 2211 books and 7 journals with the aim of providing free online access to high-quality research and helping leading academics to make their work visible and accessible to diverse new audiences around the...
- Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment is a research centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The purpose of the Institute is: to increase knowledge and understanding by performing world-class research on climate change and the environment to promote better informed decision-making about clim...
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
- The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change is a non-profit research institution established in 2005, with the financial support of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. CMCC manages and promotes scientific and applied activities in the field of international climate change research. The Center has been fully operative since 2006. CMCC collaborates with experie...
- Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels (CTA)
- On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners. The Brussels briefings website hosts the video documentation of all the speeches given at the conference, as well as the presentations of the speakers, the programme of...
- International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF)
- The International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF) is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit international organisation, which aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, research and technology to enhance capacity building in all areas related to green energy and the environment. IEEF publishes a peer-reviewed scientific journal, International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJ...
- GLOBE International
- The Global Legislators' Organisation (GLOBE) supports national parliamentarians to develop and agree common legislative responses to the major challenges posed by sustainable development. It supports legislators through national chapters which provide economic and policy support to develop legislation and monitor how it is implemented. The organisation has headquarters in London and off...
- Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on the Environment (TSHE)
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- Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF)
- The Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF) program is a five year, $20 million dollar program, engaging regional governments, forestry and climate mitigation specialists and universities in technical capacity building focused on REDD+. The program also focuses on policy and market incentives for improved forest management and land-use planning, develops innovative sub-national interventions,...
- Climate Focus
- An advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
- A non-profit, independent research, policy and outreach organisation working towards achieving sustainable development in the Amazon region
