Structures of good governance
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- Is civil society a real vehicle for democratisation?
- ( G. Cawthra (ed);A. Du Pisani (ed);A. Omari (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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This study investigates the interface between security, at both the national and regional levels, and democratisation. The paper asserts that security and democratic governance are intertwined...
- Paying for protection of the global ecosystem.
- ( I. Bond;M. Grieg-Gran;S. Wertz-Kanounnikoff / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2009)
- Tropical deforestation and forest degradation contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is an important component of a vi...
Reforming wildlife governance through non-governmental actors
- ( U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre , 2009)
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This brief looks at the role corruption plays in structuring wildlife governance systems in Africa by comparing the differing governance structures which have elicited variant economic and ecologic...
- Addressing climate change challenges: prospects for funding
- ( G. Porter;N. Bird;L Peskett;N. Kaur / Heinrich Boell Foundation , 2008)
- This paper describes recent developments and trends in global environmental finance. It aims at mapping out the new environmental funds in terms of their objectives, funding and institutional arrangem...
- Land acquisition: is there a code of conduct?
- ( J. von Braun (ed);R. Meinzen-Dick (ed) / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2009)
- One of the effects of the food price crisis on the world food system is the increasing acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other countries seeking to ensure their food supplies....
- The state of global forest tenure reform
- ( W., D. Sunderlin;J. Hatcher;M. Liddle / The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008)
- In 2002, Forest Trends reported that in recent decades governments had begun to reduce their legal ownership and control of the world’s forests. This document evaluates whether this forest tenur...
- Involving forest stakeholders using collaborative management strategies
- ( C. Diaw (ed);T. Aseh (ed);R. Prabhu (ed) / Center for International Forestry Research , 2009)
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In developing countries, forest management, sharing and collaboration has encountered major problems as reflected in Southern Cameroon’s forested landscape, which is challenged by differences...
- Effective management and cooperation of transboundary waters
- ( C. Sadoff (ed);T. Greiber (ed);M. Smith (ed);G. Bergkamp (ed) / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2008)
- Nations share more than 260 international river basins which cover nearly half of the Earth’s surface. As demand for water grows in all countries, these shared resources will increasingly be dra...
- 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 ...
- Understanding the true economic value of ecosystem services
- ( European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability , 2008)
- This document aims to promote a better understanding of the true economic value of ecosystem services and to offer economic tools that take proper account of this value. The Economics of Ecosystems an...
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