- What elements are required for an effective biosafety liability protocol?
- Gurdial Singh Nijar / Third World Network, 2000
- This paper explores the options for a liabilty regime drawing on potentially similar regimes from other conventions and examing the possibility of tailoring elements of these to fit the circumstances of the Biosafety Protocol. ...
- Is the biosafety protocol a positive addition to international environmental and trade law?
- A. Cosbey; S. Burgiel / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2000
- Briefing paper looking into the Biosafety protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The authors discuss the process by which the agreement was reached and ask how strong is the resulting protocol; what does—and doesn...
- Forest biodiversity and the CBD work programme
- World Conservation Union, 2002
- IUCN document which calls on the Conference of Parties (COP) to move from a research orientated work programme on forest biological diversity towards a more action orientated programme. It identifies conservation, sustainable use, sus...
- Is sedentarisation a good think for pastoralists in Tibet?
- W. Ning; C. Richard / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 1999
- This article disucsses the effects of the last four decades of change in China in relation to traditional Tibetan pastoral production systems. The article particularly studies the government's ambitious rangeland intensification schem...
- Survey of one of the worlds most species rich forests may be too late to save it from destruction.
- A Gillison / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001
- The current rate of land conversion suggests that virtually all remaining lowland forests in Sumatra will disappear by the year 2004. WWF's Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy (AREAS) project is currently exploring ways of achiev...
- The current role of social science in guiding and shaping the conservation work
- E. Chornesky / Conserve Online, 2001
- This report looks at specific techniques to the enable the rapid understanding of human systems and dynamics in an ecoregion or conservation site. It examines current use across The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of tools from the social sc...
- Spacial modelling to determine the optimum size and location of national forests in the Brazilian Amazon
- A. VerÃssimo; M. A. Cochrane; Carlos Souza; R. Salomão / Conservation Ecology [journal], 2002
- Article which presents a method for optimally locating national forest areas that incorporates information on existing protected areas, current vegetation cover, areas of human occupation, and timber stocks. The method combines these ...
- Invasive species: economic solutions to an economic problem?
- C. Perrings; M. Williamson; E. B. Barbier; D. Delfino1; S. Dalmazzone; J. Shogren; P. Simmons; A. Watkinson / Conservation Ecology [journal], 2002
- Argues that the causes of the problem of invasive alien species are primarily economic and, as such, require economic solutions. Invasive alien species are of increasing concern for four reasons. First, introduct...
- What impacts has intervention by financial institutions had on the forestry sector in Indonesia and beyond?
- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001
- The conference consisted of two complementary sessions. The first session highlighted the results of the CIFOR/WWF-MPO research detailing the impacts of IMF/World Bank policy interventions on the forest and oil palm sectors of Indones...
- Survey looks at causes of deforestation, including the impact of cultural and socio-political forces
- H. J. Geist; E. F. Lambin / Land Use and Land Cover Change Project, 2001
- Using the framework of the Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) Science/Research Plan this study takes 152 studies of deforestation in different regions of varying size from around the tropics and analyses them to assess how important dif...
- Job opportunities in forestry
- European Tropical Forest Research Network, 1999
- INFOTERRA Thesaurus (3rd edition, being updated to 4th)
- INFOTERRA, 1999
- Agriculture and the policy environment: Zambia and Zimbabwe: political dreams and policy nightmares
- Doris J. Jansen; Andrew Rukovo / OECD Development Centre, 1992
- The paper examines the effect of differing policies in the post-independence period on the agricultural and overall economic performance of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It focuses on the interaction between macroeconomic and agricultural poli...
- Forests and climate change: role of forest lands as carbon sinks
- S. Brown / World Forestry Congress, 1997
- Forests potentially contribute to global climate change through their influence on the global carbon (C) cycle. They store large quantities of C in vegetation and soil, exchange C with the atmosphere through photosynthesis and respira...
- Forests for carbon sequestration or fossil fuel substitution?: a sensitivity analysis
- G. Marland1; B. Schlamadinger / World Forestry Congress, 1997
- Among the proposals for mitigating the increase of atmospheric CO2 are the possibility of reforesting degraded lands to sequester C or of using sustainable forest harvests to displace fossil fuels. Storing C on-site in forests and har...
- Assessment and monitoring of forest and tree resources
- R. Persson; K. Janz / World Forestry Congress, 1999
- The interest for better information about forest resources is growing at both national and international level. Demands for new types of information are now frequently being raised (regarding e.g. biological diversity, non- wood fores...
- Teddy Online (TERI Energy Data, Directory, and Yearbook) [India energy and environment statistics database]
- Tata Energy Research Institute, India, 1999
- Series of over 800 statistical tables on topics related to energy and environment in India. Compiled from many hard-to-obtain government documents and a few established private sources, and rigorously cross-checked by experts, the dat...
- Forest product trade and certification: an Indonesia scheme
- E. Salim; U Djalins; A Suntanal / World Forestry Congress, 1997
- The certification system developed by Indonesia comprises three stages, encompassing pre-field assessment, field assessment, and post field evaluation. It assesses unit management through a multi-criterion based decision that is repre...
- IITO process in the development of criteria and indicators for the measurement of sustainable tropical forest management
- World Forestry Congress, 1997
- Since ITTO pioneered the process of developing guidelines, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management - that exercise has become a stimulus to mobilise the world community to take a holistic view of forests, especially ...
- International Journal of Regulation and Governance
- Tata Energy Research Institute, India, 1999
- This journal provides a forum for detailed and comprehensive investigation, analysis, and reviews in the sectoral areas of energy, telecommunications, water, environment, and transport, which confront decision-makers, planners, consul...
- 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
