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Searching with a thematic focus on Environment, Biodiversity and environment in Tanzania

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    The governance of nature and the nature of governance: policy that works for biodiversity and livelihoods

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzania).
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    People, protected areas and global change: participatory conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe

    NCCR North South, 2008
    This document compares findings from in-depth research on protected area (PA) management in Latin America Africa, Asia and Europe. It describes how PAs have been managed over the last 50-100 years and considers the ecological, social and economic benefits brought by enhanced participation.
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    Safety net: protected areas and poverty reduction

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2008
    This report looks at the role of protected areas in poverty reduction, focusing primarily on the poorest countries and on poor communities within those countries. The publication seeks to specifically review five linked questions:
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    Sustainability standards and coffee exports from Tanzania

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2008
    One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countries. This paper aims to identify critical areas to facilitate compliance with sustainability standards in coffee, which is the major traditional export crop for Tanzania.
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    Engaging neoliberal conservation

    Conservation and Society, 2008
    The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broader context of neoliberalism. This latest edition of Conservation and Society journal explores what can be gained by seeing conservation through a neoliberal lense.
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    Human-wildlife conflicts over food and water in Tanzania

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Conflicts between humans and wildlife are a growing problem. People kill wild animals, or reduce their habitats, to retaliate over the loss of human life, the destruction of crops, and competition for land, water and other resources. Previous studies have looked at human-wildlife conflicts from a conservation perspective; few have focused on the impacts on people’s food security.
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    Trouble in paradise: tourism and indigenous land rights - together towards ethical solutions

    Minority Rights Group International, 2007
    Ecotourism has been heralded as a means to promote economic development while protecting wildlife regions.
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    Climate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006
    This report highlights some of the major impacts of climate change on conservation for East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It also illustrates that climate change in Africa is not only a conservation issue but also a socio-economic one that must be dealt with on a global scale.
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    Exploring the linkages between poverty, marine protected area management, and the use of destructive fishing gear in Tanzania

    Tanzania Online, 2006
    This paper is a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper focusing on the use of destructive fishing gear, which has been identified as one of the most critical issues being faced by the Marine Protective Area (MPAs) in Tanzania.
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    Shortcomings of linkages between environmental conservation initiatives and poverty alleviation in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2003
    There are few studies on poverty and the environment that have addressed the question of how measures geared towards solving environmental degradation can also be used as a means of combating poverty. This paper is a survey of conservation initiatives and interventions that can be used as entry points for addressing issues of poverty alleviation in Tanzania.

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