- 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...
- Links between environment and agriculture in Africa: implications for economic growth and policy (PCG)
- World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1999
- Forest policy in South Africa: Government Green Paper
- African National Congress, 1999
- Population policy in South Africa: Government Green Paper
- African National Congress, 1999
- Japan's Aid Program: Trends Issues and Prospects (AusAID)
- Australian Agency for International Development, 1999
- African women: selected journal issues and articles 1985-92 (Illinois)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, 1999
- Environment and Forests Informatics Division, India
- National Informatics Centre, India, 1999
- Malaysian National Forestry Policy 1978 (revised 1992)
- Malaysian Timber Council, 1992
- Sharing the benefits and costs of forest conservation (TDRI)
- Thailand Development Research Institute, 1999
- What makes a local organisation robust?: evidence from India and Nepal (ODI Natural Resource Perspectives)
- M. Hobley; K. Shah / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- The move towards decentralisation of resource control and management promises more efficient, equitable and sustainable resource use. Debate centres on what type of institutional arrangement in a given context is most appropriate and ...
- Situation and prospects for forest conservation and development: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 1
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- 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
