Multilateral environmental agreements
- Knowledge on the impact of different land management practices on soil carbon sequestration rates across the world
- A. Braimoh / World Bank, 2012
- This report aims to improve the knowledge base for scaling-up investments in land management technologies that sequester soil carbon for increased productivity under changing climate conditions. The report presents the following key m...
- The Earth System Governance Project
- A governance and global environmental change research network
- Öko-Institut e.V. - Institute for Applied Ecology
- European research and consultancy institute
- Is water adaptation planning effective?
- G. Björklund (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- The Report looks at water adaptation aspects in ongoing processes of formulating and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action – NAPAs. The authors discuss that the NAPA’s main objective is to serve...
- Linking CBD 2010 targets and the MDGs
- B. Pisupati; R. Rubian / United Nations University, 2008
- This report is a literature review to assess the current state of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2010 target. The authors explore the potential for aligning the achievements under ...
- European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi)
- Organisation that provides capacity building to support climate change negotiations
- Future prospects for Joint Implementation
- O. Gassan-zade; A. Korppoo / Climate Strategies, 2008
- This paper looks at the likely future of Joint Implementation (JI) in the fight against climate change. It also compares JI to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and evaluates how things have been going so far for JI. T...
- Framework for an agreement on adaptation to climate change
- E. Levina / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007
- In view of the climate change challenges, this paper aims to outline a possible framework for an agreement on adaptation. It highlights several issues that need to be recognised and clarified to make such an agreement effective and in...
- Are multilateral environment agreements the way forward for Virunga National Park?
- A. Crawford; J. Bernstein / International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
- Focusing on the case of Virunga National Park (PNVi) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this paper looks at Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and the impact of ongoing conflict. It also discusses opportunities for e...
- Eldis Environment Resource Guide
- An Eldis resource guide on environmental issues
- Future prospects for Joint Implementation
- O. Gassan-zade; A. Korppoo / Climate Strategies, 2008
- This paper looks at the likely future of Joint Implementation (JI) in the fight against climate change. It also compares JI to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and evaluates how things have been going so far for JI. T...
- Framework for an agreement on adaptation to climate change
- E. Levina / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007
- In view of the climate change challenges, this paper aims to outline a possible framework for an agreement on adaptation. It highlights several issues that need to be recognised and clarified to make such an agreement effective and in...
- Are multilateral environment agreements the way forward for Virunga National Park?
- A. Crawford; J. Bernstein / International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
- Focusing on the case of Virunga National Park (PNVi) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this paper looks at Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and the impact of ongoing conflict. It also discusses opportunities for e...
- Are countries meeting their commitments to preserve, protect and restore forest biodiversity?
- M. Lovera; S. Gauntlett, (ed); A. Laletin, (ed) / Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008
- This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity. Specifically, the report presents the findings of research undertaken in 22 countri...
- Funding mechanisms for climate change adaptation
- ActionAid International, 2007
- There are significant gaps between funds pledged and the needs of developing countries struggling to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Additionally, there has been insufficient attention to the question of which funding mechanis...
- How have the UNEP, CSD and GEF contributed to environmental awareness and institution building in China
- G. Heggelund; E. B. Backer / Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2007
- The focus of this article is on whether, and to what extent, the major UN bodies for environmental issues – the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD), and the Global Enviro...
- What are developing countries doing to regulate biosafety?
- K. Garforth (ed); S. Manga (ed); C. Frison (ed) / Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, 2008
- This scoping study examines the current context for biosafety and how this has been applied in the development of new national biosafety regulatory regimes. The field of biosafety, which arose from the development of modern biote...
- How can the "bushmeat crisis" be resolved?
- R. Nasi; D. Brown; D. Wilkie / Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008
- This paper addresses the hunting of tropical forest wildlife for food (known as “bushmeat”, “wildmeat” and/or “gamemeat”). It argues that this is an issue of concern primarily for three reasons: ...
- Assessing the potential of carbon sequestration services
- W. Brinkman / European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2002
- This newletter contains four short articles discussing the potential for financing carbon sequestration services. The articles particularly focus on this issue in the context of the Kyoto protocol and Clean Development Mecha...
- Assessing the goods and services of England’s major terrestrial ecosystems
- R. Haines-Young; M. Potschin / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2007
- This paper reviews the key aspects of the Ecosystem Approach, and in particular, it explores how the approach can be used to identify and assess the goods and services associated with England’s major terrestrial ecosystems. It a...
- CDM Policy Dialogue
- Independent high-level panel on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
- International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
- The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organisation promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its members represent about 80 per cent of the world's tropical forests and 90 per cent of the global tropical timber trade.
- Oslo Climate and Forest Conference (OSFC)
- International conference on climate and forests held in Oslo, Norway, May 2010
- The Earth System Governance Project
- A governance and global environmental change research network
- Öko-Institut e.V. - Institute for Applied Ecology
- European research and consultancy institute
- European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi)
- Organisation that provides capacity building to support climate change negotiations
- Eldis Environment Resource Guide
- An Eldis resource guide on environmental issues
- Global Environmental Facility Evaluation Office (GEF Evaluation Office)
- The GEF's independent evaluation office
