Natural resource management
- Analysis of a prototype REDD project aimed at reducing carbon emissions at a sub-national level
- A. Densham; R. Czebiniak; D. Kessler; R. Skar / Greenpeace International, 2009
- This paper examines the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project (NKCAP) as a prototype for future sub-national projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). It evaluates the ability of the project to deliver on cl...
- A report focusing on food security and human development in Africa
- P. Conceição (ed); R. Fuentes-Nieva (ed); S. Levine (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity...
- 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...
- Guidelines for incorporating free, prior and informed consent into REDD+ projects
- P. Anderson / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2011
- The right for indigenous people to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has recently been strengthened through the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. These guideli...
- Extensive IPCC report concerning renewable energy technologies and climate change mitigation.
- O. Edenhofer (ed); R. Pichs-Madruga (ed); Y. Sokona (ed) 2012
- This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report regarding renewable energy and mitigation provides a comprehensive overview of the costs, benefits and future potential of the different renewable sectors. With contribution...
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water F...
- Balancing rural livelihoods, urban consumption and conservation key to controlling bushmeat hunting
- Noelle Francesca Kumpel / Imperial College, University of London, 2006
- Bushmeat hunting is thought to be becoming increasingly unsustainable in west and central Africa, but true assessment of sustainability and consequently appropriate management, is constrained by poor understanding of cause and effect....
- Policy implications for NTFP commercialization: research from Mexico and Bolivia
- E. Marshall (ed); K. Schreckenberg (ed); A.C Newton (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as an approach to rural development in tropical forest areas. However, donor investments in the development of NTFP resources have often failed to delive...
- Income generation potential from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan
- J. Pfund (ed); P. Robinson (ed) / Intercooperation, 2006
- NTFPs from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan have the potential to contribute to poverty alleviation in the region. This can only occur through the reform of institutional arrangements regarding access to these products. The au...
- The effect of agricultural practices on climate change
- H. Paul (ed); S. Semino (ed); A. Ernsting / EcoNexus, 2009
- Agriculture plays an important role in climate change, both as a contributor emitting greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and as a potential reducer of negative impacts. This paper gives an overview of how current and proposed agricultural pract...
- Analysis of a prototype REDD project aimed at reducing carbon emissions at a sub-national level
- A. Densham; R. Czebiniak; D. Kessler; R. Skar / Greenpeace International, 2009
- This paper examines the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project (NKCAP) as a prototype for future sub-national projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). It evaluates the ability of the project to deliver on cl...
- A report focusing on food security and human development in Africa
- P. Conceição (ed); R. Fuentes-Nieva (ed); S. Levine (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity...
- 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...
- Guidelines for incorporating free, prior and informed consent into REDD+ projects
- P. Anderson / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2011
- The right for indigenous people to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has recently been strengthened through the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. These guideli...
- Extensive IPCC report concerning renewable energy technologies and climate change mitigation.
- O. Edenhofer (ed); R. Pichs-Madruga (ed); Y. Sokona (ed) 2012
- This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report regarding renewable energy and mitigation provides a comprehensive overview of the costs, benefits and future potential of the different renewable sectors. With contribution...
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water F...
- Balancing rural livelihoods, urban consumption and conservation key to controlling bushmeat hunting
- Noelle Francesca Kumpel / Imperial College, University of London, 2006
- Bushmeat hunting is thought to be becoming increasingly unsustainable in west and central Africa, but true assessment of sustainability and consequently appropriate management, is constrained by poor understanding of cause and effect....
- Policy implications for NTFP commercialization: research from Mexico and Bolivia
- E. Marshall (ed); K. Schreckenberg (ed); A.C Newton (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as an approach to rural development in tropical forest areas. However, donor investments in the development of NTFP resources have often failed to delive...
- Income generation potential from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan
- J. Pfund (ed); P. Robinson (ed) / Intercooperation, 2006
- NTFPs from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan have the potential to contribute to poverty alleviation in the region. This can only occur through the reform of institutional arrangements regarding access to these products. The au...
- The effect of agricultural practices on climate change
- H. Paul (ed); S. Semino (ed); A. Ernsting / EcoNexus, 2009
- Agriculture plays an important role in climate change, both as a contributor emitting greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and as a potential reducer of negative impacts. This paper gives an overview of how current and proposed agricultural pract...
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