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    Coastal fishers’ livelihood in peril: sea surface temperature and tropical cyclones in Bangladesh

    Center for Participatory Research and Development, 2012
    Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world, where more than 3.5 million coastal peoples’ livelihoods depend directly or indirectly on fishing and related activities under extremely difficult conditions. Economic hardship is likely to be aggravated by climate change and its various effects.
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    Frontline observations on climate change and sustainability of large marine ecosystems

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    This publication on the risks posed by climate change on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) shows that warming ocean waters as a result of climate change are threatening LMEs and thus the livelihoods of billions of people who are dependent on them.
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    Ecuador Case Study: Climate Change Impact on Fisheries

    United Nations Development Programme, 2007
    Part of the Human Development Report 2007/2008 by the UNDP, this document conducts a vulnerability assessment of fisheries in Ecuador, including both social and climate related issues. An analysis of the impact of el Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is included, as well as potential adaptation responses.
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    Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    Tackling the issue of land and resource tenure is one of the prerequisites for mechanisms such as REDD+ to have positive impacts not only on reducing emissions from the forestry sector but also in reducing poverty and achieving food security.
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    Helping to better manage the world's oceans

    World Bank, 2012
    This brief published by The World Bank presents the sectoral results for sustainable ocean ecosystem management and the Bank's role in the creation of the Global Partnership for Oceans.
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    2010-2011 Annual Performance Report of UNDP supported GEF financed projects

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have published this annual report on joint projects financed during 2011 on ecosystems and biodiversity preservation, green development strategies, and sustainable use of water and ocean resources, among other topics. The GEF financed and supported 323 UNDP projects in 2011.
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    Technologies for climate change adaptation: agriculture sector

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
    The agriculture sector faces the challenge of providing adequate food to a growing world population. There is limited scope to expand arable land, and unpredictable weather, floods, and other disastrous events make food production even more challenging. This guidebook provides information on 22 technologies and options for adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector.
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    The fisheries and aquaculture sector in National Adaptation Programmes of Action: importance, vulnerabilities and priorities

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
    Half a billion people directly or indirectly depend on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Fish provides essential nutrition for about three billion people and is highly traded with more than 37 per cent of production entering international trade. The world’s capture fisheries and the livelihoods they support are under threat from a range of factors including over-exploitation.
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    The future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability

    Foresight UK, 2011
    The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.
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    Climate change as the ‘new’ security threat: implications for Africa

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    This paper discusses the existence of climate change as a new security threat. It particularly examins the issues with respect to implications for Africa.

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