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    El proceso de Preparación para REDD+ en Mesoamérica: Actores, tendencias y temas críticos

    Programa Salvadoreño de investigación sobre desarrollo y medio mmbiente, 2011
    This report shows that the process of preparation for REDD in Mesoamerica is characterized for being relatively widespread, although there are enormous challenges regarding information, participation and consultation.
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    Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

    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 messages.
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    Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is aimed as a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatlands. The publication informs on management and finance options to achieve emission reductions and enhance other vital ecosystem services from peatlands.
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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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    Forest management and climate change: a literature review

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    This literature review assesses current and potential future changes occurring within the forestry sector. It identifies challenges posed to forests and analyses the relationship between forests and climate change.
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    Global Drylands: A UN system-wide response

    Convention to Combat Desertification, 2011
    Drylands, or ecosystems characterised by a lack of water, cover some 40% of the world’s terrain. Ranging from cultivated lands and grasslands to savannas and deserts, these parched environments support two billion people, 90% of them in developing countries.
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    Adaptation to climate change in international river basins in Africa: a review

    Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2008
    Africa’s fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as growing domestic and industrial needs.
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    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security (CCAFS)

    The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative launched by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) a
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    Assessing the impacts of climate change on community-based sustainable use of forest resources in the Caribbean

    Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, 2010
    The study identifies forest-based livelihood activities in communities, actual and projected climate change impacts on these activities, and possible interventions to increase the communities’ resilience to climate change. Among the issues it explores are the impacts that threats such as increasing severe storms, warming oceans and the rise in agro-forestry diseases due to warmer temperatures.
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    Climate Economics: The State of the Art

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011
    Economic analysis has become increasingly central to the climate policy debate, but the models and assumptions of climate economics often lag far behind the latest developments in this fast-moving field. This report aims to correct this problem and identify areas where substantially more research must be done.

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