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  International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)

  IASCP is devoted to the study of institutions for the management of environmental resources (such as forests, oceans and land) held or used collectively by communities.
• Document

  Law and modern biotechnology: selected issues of relevance to food and agriculture

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This study reviews international, regional and a selection of national laws related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), considering three categories of legal instruments: those dealing with biosafety, food safety and consumer protection.The study deals with issues such as:public participation in the regulatory policy-making processoversight mechanisms to examine the merits of
• Document

  Responsible management of planted forests: voluntary guidelines

  Forestry Department, FAO, 2006

  This working paper reports on issues and activities in the planted forests sector.
• Document

  The deadly chemicals in cotton

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2007

  Cotton is the world’s most important non-food agricultural commodity and its production accounts for over one sixth of global insecticide consumption. This report highlights the environmental and human health cost of pesticide use in global cotton production. It provides case studies of West Africa, Uzbekistan and India.
• Document

  Regulating the use of genetic resources between international authorities

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006

  A large number of stakeholders are involved in the use of and the international transactions with genetic resources.
• Document

  Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options

  Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre, 2006

  The global livestock sector is socially and politically very significant, creating livelihoods for one billion of the world’s poor and accounting for 40% of agricultural gross demestic product (GDP). This report finds that the value of the sector is countered by an often extremely high environmental impact.
• Document

  Adaptation of forest ecosystems and the forest sector to climate change

  Intercooperation, 2005

  This report discusses climate change adaptation strategies with an emphasis on forest ecosystems. The paper argues that adaptation measures must be part of a country’s development process, and that every adaptation action should be framed within the national development policies.
• Document

  Protecting traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore: the way forward

  Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2006

  This briefing paper discusses various avenues for protecting traditional knowledge (TK). It argues that given the holistic nature of TK it will be most appropriately protected by a bundle of different instruments including non-intellectual property (IP) tools.
• Document

  When are payments for environmental services beneficial to the poor?

  Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006

  Payment for environmental services (PES) can encourage agricultural producers to reduce negative environmental impacts or produce positive outcomes.
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  Tree diversity analysis: a manual and software for common statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2006

  This guide provides a solid practical foundation for training in statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies.

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