Biological diversity (CBD)
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- 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 fo...
- 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...
What are developing countries doing to regulate biosafety?
- ( K. Garforth (ed);S. Manga (ed);C. Frison (ed) / Centre for International Sustainable Development Law , 2008)
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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...
How can the "bushmeat crisis" be resolved?
- ( R. Nasi;D. Brown;D. Wilkie / Convention on Biological Diversity , 2008)
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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 con...
- Assessing the potential of carbon sequestration services
- ( W. Brinkman / European Tropical Forest Research Network , 2002)
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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...
- 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 ...
- Can markets for ecosystem services help promote sustainable and pro-poor development?
- ( A.K. Duraiappah / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2006)
- This paper discusses markets for ecosystem services (MES), which is an alternative approach for dealing with the way ecosystem services are used. The MES is proposed to have an important role in sust...
- Practical guidelines for the valuation of wetlands
- ( R.S. De Groot; M.A.M. Stuip; C.M. Finlayson; N. Davidson / Convention on Biological Diversity , 2006)
- This guide aims to assist Ramsar-Convention stakeholders in having economic valuation information better available for decision-making on wetlands. The report outlines a framework which should assist ...
- Ensuring that the proliferation of environmental protection institutions are more effective
- ( A. Najam; M. Papa; N. Taiyab / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2006)
- Since environmental issues entered the international agenda in the early 1970s, global environmental governance (GEG) institutions have been developing rapidly. As a consequence, however, the GEG syst...
- MDGs and the biodiversity convention
- ( B. Pisupati; R. Rubian / Agorra Foundation , 2006)
- This paper looks at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in relations to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The report asserts that while the initial response to the MDGs by UN member n...
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