- Rangeland management on the Tibetan Plateau: needs to respect a heterogeneous evironment
- C. Richard / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2000
- This paper initially highlights the general characteristics of rangelands and pastoral production systems of the Tibetan Plateau. The article finds that: given the realities of life in a heterogeneous and margina...
- Participatory approaches are crucial to the success of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
- K. Miller; E. Chang; N. Johnson / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2001
- WRI reports on the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor - an attempt to safeguard one of the world's biodiversity hotspots while meeting the social and economic needs of the region's people. The report finds that among people and institut...
- Analysing trends in forest management since the Earth Summit
- S. Bass / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
- Report charting trends towards - and away from - sustainable forest management since the Earth Summit. The author highlights several positive trends such as the mainstreaming of participatory forestry approaches, growing consensus on ...
- Are Zimbabwe's rulers exploiting conflict in DRC to plunder natural resources?
- Global Witness, 2002
- This report focuses on the Zimbabwe government and military ambitions to exploit timber resources in the DRC. It highlights their role in a global corporate web which is taking advantage of conflict in the DRC to exploit natural resou...
- FAO Forestry Country Profiles
- Forestry Department, FAO, 2002
- Extensive collection of country based data on forestry and forests culled from various FAO reports. The information is accessed through indexes or clickable maps. Data for each country is divided into sections as follows (avail...
- Deforestation, social conflict and financial crisis in Indonesia's pulp and paper industry
- E. Matthews; J. Willem van Gelder / Friends of the Earth, 2002
- Latest report from Friends of the Earth's Coporates Campaign looking at linkages between financial institutions, pulp and paper manufaturers and paper merchants in forest destruction. The report focuses on the activities of Asia Pacif...
- Responses sought to preliminary research into decentralisation in Indonesia.
- Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
- With Indonesia's ongoing processes of decentralisation and regional autonomy significant degrees of authority over forest administration have now, for the first time, been transferred to the provincial and district governments. In som...
- A map-based assessment of the forces of change in Indonesian forests
- C. V. Barber; D. Brown; E. Matthews; T. H. Brown; L. Curran; C. Plume / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
- Joint report from Forest Watch Indonesia, World Resources Institute and Global Forest Watch. It provides a detailed analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia’s forests. The report concludes that the doubling of...
- Potential sources of forest damage from climate change and their possible socioeconomic consequences.
- R. Sedjo; B. Sohngen / Indonesian Development Studies, 1998
- The impact of climate change on global forests in their entirety would in all likelihood be modest. However, its impact on individual forests could be substantial as they adapted to new climate conditions. New forests might rise up in...
- Carbon sequestration projects for carbon offset credits in Honduras offers both developmental and environmental benefits
- R. Ayling / Canadian Forestry Advisers Network, 2001
- Report on project in Honduras aimed at assessing the potential for carbon sequestration through both establishing new plantations and conservation of existing forests. At the same time the goal was to illustrate that a project to sequ...
- 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...
- Desertification and drought - extent and consequences proposal for a participatory approach to combat desertification
- FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1995
- Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
- Convention on Biological Diversity, 1999
- Working Group on Biosafety, Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on Biological Diversity, 1999
- Key aspects of strategies for the sustainable development of drylands
- FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1993
- Halting degradation of natural resources: is there a role for rural communities?
- J. M. Baland; J. P. Platteau / FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1996
- Erosion de suelos en America Latina
- FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1994
- Community based conservation
- M.C.J. Cruz / American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1995
- This overview paper stresses what most of the authors believe: that in order to successfully manage biodiversity, local residents and resource users must be involved, and the people who are affected by conservation projects must be pa...
- 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
