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Local communities’ willingness to pay for sustainable forest management in Ghana
2014New policies and interventions for forest management are important because preferences of stakeholders and the state of forests continually change.DocumentFinal evaluation of the Regional Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Capacity Building Programme for Southern Africa
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014Background:DocumentFrom Brazilian fields to Norwegian farms
Norwegian Church Aid, 2014• Brazil has a Federal Constitution and consolidated legislation that provide for the protection of the environment, health and welfare of workers in rural areas.DocumentREDD+ in India: managing carbon storage and biodiversity safeguarding in national forest politics?
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014The report analyses India's approach towards the mechanism on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhance-ment of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), with particular attention to India's handling of both carbon and biodiversity matters.DocumentPower to protect? Participation in decentralized conservation management: the case of Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014This report is based on a case study of participation in and decentralized management of Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) in north-eastern Nepal.DocumentThe Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.DocumentAdaptable neighbours: movement patterns of GPS-collared leopards in human dominated landscapes in India
PLoS ONE, 2014Understanding the nature of the interactions between humans and wildlife is of vital importance for conflict mitigation. We equipped five leopards with GPS-collars in Maharashtra (4) and Himachal Pradesh (1), India, to study movement patterns in human-dominated landscapes outside protected areas.DocumentImproving livelihoods through conservation and education. A case study of the Swastha butterfly garden
Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014In many parts of the developing world, those with physical or mental handicaps are often considered to be a burden on society, with limited to no remunerative activities available in the workforce. Activities such as butterfly farming, which require precision and attention to detail, are potentially relevant for disadvantaged groups as a source of livelihoods.DocumentThe governance of global value chains for live butterflies
Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014Despite estimates that the global butterfly trade generates over US$100 million annually in sales of pupae for exhibitions and deadstock for a range of collector and artisanal uses, almost no research has been conducted that unpacks the dynamics of these value chains.DocumentContribution Analysis: Norwegian Embassy support to indigenous peoples in Brazil 2002 -2013
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) to acquire knowledge and draw lessons about the nature, organisation and achievements of the Norwegian Indigenous Support Programme in Brazil (NISPB), and (b) to inform future strategies, policies and interventions in this area of development cooperation.Pages