- Appropriate trade will benefit forests and forest communities
- S. J. Scherr; A. White; D. Kaimowitz / Future Harvest, 2002
- Policy briefing which argues that there is an inextricable link between the futures of the world’s forests and millions of the world’s poorest people and lays out strategies to improve the contributions of forest markets to ...
- Farmers rights, plant variety protection and patents
- M. Blakeney / Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, 2002
- This report addresses policy options for developing countries in implementing legislation dealing with plant variety rights, farmers’ rights and bioprospecting in the context of the following key issues: The link b...
- Gender bias within Indian community
- B. Agarwal / Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2001
- Communities managing common pool resources, such as forests, constitute a significant example of group functioning. The paper demonstrates that seemingly successful groups can cloak significant gender exclusions, inequities and ineffi...
- Are forest peoples views well represented in UN institutions?
- T. Griffiths / Forest Peoples Programme, 2001
- This briefing paper assesses the progress made in indigenous participation in forest policy making at the UN and reviews the extent to which indigenous peoples have achieved recognition of their rights and inclusion of their concerns ...
- The interaction between technological change in agricultural sectors and deforestation in a broad economy-wide context.
- S Jayasuriya / Mekonginfo, 2001
- Utilises a number of situations observed in tropical Asia to motivate a simple trade-theoretical analysis of the implications of technological progress in agriculture. The models used recognise the factor and commodity market linkages...
- The World Bank's water strategy: reveals a fixation with privatisation?
- D. Hall; K. Bayliss; E. Lobina / Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002
- This article discusses the World Bank's water strategy. The article is critical of the water strategy. The article suggests that the strategy's limitations stem from the organisation's misplaced faith in the private sector. The...
- Behind the Logo: an environmental and social assessment of forest certification schemes.
- S. Ozinga / Fern, 2001
- This report focuses on the four largest certification schemes; the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the Canadian Standards Association’s Sustainable Forest Management Standard (CSA), the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and...
- Indigenous land tenure: rights and recognition in international law
- M. Colchester; F. MacKay; T. Griffiths; J. Nelson / Forest Peoples Programme, 2001
- This study provides a concise overview of the information available on the land rights of indigenous peoples, with a focus on those in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Successive chapters summarise the ...
- Do protected areas really protect biodiversity?
- A. G. Bruner; R. E. Gullison; R. E. Rice; G. A. B. da Fonseca / Komodo National Park, Indonesia, 2001
- This report assesses the impacts of anthropogenic threats on 93 protected areas in 22 tropical countries to test the hypothesis that parks are an effective means to protect tropical biodiversity. Each park tested was over 5 years old ...
- Species protection, trade issues and development
- B. Dickson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- Looks at how CITES measures have evolved over time and the growing interest in the use of restricted trade measures as a conservation tool. The report critically examines the effectiveness of CITES measures and looks at the extent to ...
- Policy, planning and institutional arrangements: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 2
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- The development of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 3
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Cambodia, where money grows on trees: continuing abuse of Cambodia's forest policy
- Global Witness, 1996
- A report which compares the promises made by the Royal Government of Cambodia at the 1996 Consultative Group meeting with the actions taken by the government in the following months.
- Royal Government of Cambodia (RCG) policy and practice and the case for positive conditionality
- Global Witness, 1996
- A report aimed at the 1996 Consultative Group meeting which makes the case for the application of positive conditionality of future international support for Cambodia
- National Forestry Action Programmes (NFAP) as tools for sustainable forest management (Clement / Unasylva)
- Unasylva, FAO, 1999
- Survey of recent attempts to model the environmental effects of trade: an overview and selected sources (CEC)
- NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 1996
- Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): appendices on flora and afauna
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1999
- Food from Indonesian forests (Ellen / CSAC)
- Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, Kent, 1999
- Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): text of convention
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1999
- CITES listed species database
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 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
