Natural resource management
- Prospects and Constraints of Madhupur National Park Management
- M Mia / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012
- The study was conducted in Madhupur National Park (MNP), which is very well known for its characteristics as deciduous forest. This study examined the constraints of park management, causes of deforestation and prospects of Madhupur S...
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD)
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD) is a regional alliance of peoples’ movements, community organisations, coalitions, NGOs and networks.
- Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
- The Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) helps to develop the capacity of the people and institutions of the Congo Basin to preserve and manage their forests.
- 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.
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
- AIDA is a non-profit environmental law organisation that works across international borders to defend threatened ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them.
- Assessment of the most important environmental goals and objectives
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
- The fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) analyses the state, trends, outlook and responses to environmental change. It assesses progress towards meeting internationally agreed goals and identifies gaps in their achievement. ...
- Synthesis of information received from a global survey on REDD+ financing and implementing arrangements
- Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, 2010
- This paper presents a synthesis of results from a survey on countries and international bodies on their current REDD+ financing and implementing arrangements. It reports that REDD+ activities which have received financing support incl...
- Oslo Climate and Forest Conference (OSFC)
- International conference on climate and forests held in Oslo, Norway, May 2010
- Sustainable forest management by indigenous peoples and local communities
- The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2012
- This report evaluates the progress achieved in forest management by indigenous people and local communities, which was set as a key objective at the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents new findings and identi...
- A summary of the current status of international public finance for REDD+ development
- A. Creed (ed); S. Nakhooda (ed) / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2011
- This paper summarises the current status of international public financial support and the progress made in the development of multilateral and bilateral delivery mechanisms for REDD+. The paper states that though it is difficult to e...
- A summary of the current status of international public finance for REDD+ development
- A. Creed (ed); S. Nakhooda (ed) / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2011
- This paper summarises the current status of international public financial support and the progress made in the development of multilateral and bilateral delivery mechanisms for REDD+. The paper states that though it is difficult to e...
- How to limit deforestation through the design and implementation of REDD policies
- M. Kanninen; D. Murdiyarso; F. Seymour / Center for International Forestry Research, 2007
- This paper provides a brief overview of the current knowledge and data on deforestation rates, research on the causes of deforestation and forest degradation and relevant policy options. It highlights issues of particular relevance to...
- 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...
- How water management practices must adapt in the Americas
- Water and Climate Change in the Americas, 2012
- This solutions document, a product of the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas (comprised of 21 different agencies), seeks to address the ways in which water management practices must cha...
- Highlighting the need and potential for adaptation to climate change in African international river basins
- M. Goulden (ed); D. Conway (ed); A. Persechino (ed) / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2008
- Africa’s fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as growing domestic and industrial needs. This paper reviews literature on climate ch...
- Scaling up common pool resource management from local to global commons
- P. C. Stern / International Journal of the Commons, 2011
- This paper examines the eight design principles, which were first put forward by Elinor Ostrom and are based on her work on stable local common pool resource management. The author asks whether Ostrom’s design princi...
- An update on international REDD+ developments and forest carbon policies from April 2011 to January 2012
- U. Chokkalingam (ed); S.A Vanniarachchy (ed) / Forest Carbon Asia, 2012
- In December 2011 at the international climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, there were further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. Various countries ...
- Is there balance between conservation and consumption of natural resources in Malawi?
- E. Kaunda; O. Chapotoka / Bunda College of Agriculture, 2011
- In a country where over 75% of the families cannot feed themselves, producing on average only 64% of their own food requirements, and where at least 500-1,000 people died of hunger and hunger-related diseases in 2002, managing riverin...
- The implementation of water resource management in the Lake Chilwa catchment area, Malawi
- G.M.S. Chavula / University of Malawi - The Polytechnic, 2010
- The Lake Chilwa Basin is important for fishing,agricultural production, research and a source of water supply for the Municipality of Zomba, Southern Malawi. The local population depend on the flood plain of Lake Chilwa for rice ...
- A bio-economic model of fishery exploitation of Lake Malombe Chambo, Malawi
- F. Manguza-Tembo / Bunda College of Agriculture, 2002
- The importance of fisheries resources to the economy of Malawi cannot be understated. These resources make a significant contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), provide both direct and indirect employment and supply relative...
- Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB)
- Biodiversity in South Asia
- The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
- The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organisations engaged in conservation, research and development. The RRI mission is to promote greater global action on pro-poor forest policy and market reforms to increase household and community ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees. Its programme areas are broken down into c...
- Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)
- A focus on water supply and sanitation challenges in Ethiopia
- The Terrestrial Carbon Group (n/a)
- The Terrestrial Carbon Group develops policy recommendations to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon. It is an international group of specialists from science, economics, and public policy with expertise in land management, climate change, and markets. The objective of the group is for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change.
- The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace
- Information on markets and payment schemes for ecosystem services
- id21 Natural Resources
- International development research on natural resources
- SAFIRE (SAFIRE)
- Zimbabwe-based rural development organisation
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
- Research Center for Forest Ecology and Environment, Vietnam
- Vietnamese research organization on sustainable forest management and development
- Global Mechanism
- The Global Mechanism is subsidiary body of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), specialising in upscaling finance for sustainable land management
