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- Climate change could fuel further conflict in the Middle East
- ( O. Brown;A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2009)
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Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water ...
- Climate change and african agriculture: a Ricardian analysis
- ( P. Kurukulasuriya;R. Mendelsohn / African Association of Agricultural Economists , 2008)
- This paper examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa using a ricardian cross-sectional approach. Relying on farm data from an 11-country survey of over 9500 farmers, the study analys...
- Is integrated natural resource management a solution?
- ( R. Thomas;F. Turkelboom;R. La Rovere / International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas , 2008)
- Using the Khanasser Valley in Syria as an example, this paper looks at Integrated Natural Resource management (INRM) as an approach to tackle land degradation. The authors argue that INRM is a better ...
- Arab perspectives on sustainability
- ( International Union for Conservation for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) - West Asia/Middle East Regional Office (WAME) , 2008)
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The absence of a unified Arab perspective towards the sustainability approach and a lack of local capacity to generate a knowledge body which can contribute to the global debate on this, prompted t...
- A comprehensive look at the state of the environment in the Arab world
- ( M.K. Tolba (ed);N.W. Saab (ed) / Arab Forum for Environment and Development , 2008)
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The state of the Arab environment stands at a pivotal juncture with numerous environmental problems both current and imminently threatening the region. Among the major challenges being faced are wa...
- What role can terrestrial carbon markets play in solving climate change problems?
- ( The Terrestrial Carbon Group , 2008)
- This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial car...
Mapping environmental change in Africa: evidence from satellite images
- ( United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2008)
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This African atlas is the first publication to use satellite photos to depict environmental change in each and every African country during the last thirty years. Through an array of satellite imag...
Designing successful programmes to combat land degradation in Western Asia
- ( Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia , 2007)
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This report looks at possible ways for policy-makers and decision-takers to combat and/or prevent land degradation in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region, both genera...
Protecting pastoralists' livelihoods: lessons from Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- ( N. Kipuri;C. Sørensen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable po...
- What approaches can help rehabilitate degraded land?
- ( New Agriculturalist , 2008)
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Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 bil...
