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Challenges for the Nile Basin region: T. Oestigaard (ed) / Nile Basin Research Programme, University of Bergen, 2010; The Nile Basin Research Programme (NBRP), as a strategic, multidisciplinary programme for research and higher education on topics related to the Nile Basin, has had the overall aim to enhance and prom...
Can the financial market conserve biodiversity?: A. Vatn;D.N. Barton;H. Lindhjem / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011; New varieties of financial mechanisms may potentially play a greater role in the future mix of instruments used to increase financing for conservation, and potentially create more appropriate incen...
Are cost-based approaches sufficient to demonstrate economic feasibility of payments for ecosystem services at farm scales?: D.N. Barton;I. Ring;G. Rusch / Norwegian Institute for Nature Research , 2010; In the context of the EU 2010 goal of halting biodiversity loss, researchers have been called upon to evaluate the role of economic instruments for cost-effective decision-making, as well as non-ma...
The role of international conventions: farmers’ rights and managing genetic crop resources in South Asia: R. Andersen;T. Winge / Farmers' Rights, 2009; This paper demonstrates the importance of harmonising other international agreements with the Plant Treaty. In this sense, the author believes that the International Regime on Access and Benefit Sh...
Achieving legal certainty for access and benefit sharing of genetic resources: T.R. Young;M.W. Tvedt / Fridtjof Nansen Institute , 2009; This report seeks to identify a balanced approach to the components ‘building blocks’ of access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources for the purpose of making it functional an...
Broadening the concept: towards a multidimensional utilisation of genetic resources: P.J. Schei;M.W. Tvedt / Fridtjof Nansen Institute , 2010; This paper aims at contributing to the development of an international regime on access and benefit sharing (ABS) by clarifying the concept of ‘genetic resources’ as it has emerged and ...
What fate for gorillas in the Congo Basin?: C. Nellemann (ed);I. Redmond;J.R. Refisch / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2010; Gorillas are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production a...
The conflict between conservation and redistribution of land in Namaqua, South Africa: T.A. Benjaminsen;H. Svarstad / Current Conservation, 2009; This article summarises research carried out in Namaqualand in South Africa that identifies the discrepancies between rhetoric and practices in conservation. The author points at an on-going confli...
Review of the Phase II proposal for Community Markets for Conservation Programme in Zambia: S.W. Bie;E. Kuntashula;Lewis K. Mughogho / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009; This paper reviews the proposal for a Phase II of the Community Markets for Conservation Programme (COMACO) in Zambia. The programme is seen as a tool to offer poachers and charcoal burners incentives...
Maintaining ocean ecosystems for reducing climate change: C. Nellemann (ed);E. Corcoran;C. M. Duarte / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2009; While the reduction of emissions are currently at the center of climate change discussions, the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems has been vastly overlooked. The objective of this repor...