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    Agroenergy: myths and impacts in Latin America

    Focus on the Global South, 2007
    Biofuels (or agrofuels) production has increased dramatically in Latin America over recent years, as global concern over climate change grows and oil prices continue to rise. But are biofuels really a sustainable energy solution, and what are the costs?
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    Sudan post-conflict environmental assessment

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2007
    Despite a peace agreement with the south and a fast-growing economy, Sudan faces critical environmental issues including land degradation, deforestation and the impacts of climate change, that threaten the Sudanese people’s prospects for long-term peace, food security and sustainable development.
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    Mirage and oasis: energy choices in an age of global warming

    New Economics Foundation, 2005
    This article argues that renewable energy is a more cost-effective, flexible, secure, and reliable solution to climate change than nuclear power. The benefits of renewables and microgeneration over nuclear power can be summarised as follows:
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    Dealing with drought: livelihood options for drought risk reduction

    Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
    Recent development in South Asia has led to a rapid increase in exploitation of rivers and groundwater, causing considerable stress on these water sources.
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    100 to 1: EFIC’s gamble with climate

    AID/WATCH, 2007
    This report explores the ways in which Australia’s Export Finance Insurance Corporation (EFIC) may be undermining efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It argues that,  through its export credit agency (ECA), the Australian Government facilitates and encourages the development of many highly polluting projects in developing countries.
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    Towards a single development vision and the role of the single economy

    Caribbean Community Secretariat, 2007
    This report is meant to provide a vision for the development of the Caribbean Community to which all stakeholders can give their support. It aims to serve as a basis for decisions by the Heads of Government on a ‘road map’ for the further implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy.
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    Biofuel production and the threat to South Africa's food security

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
    As biofuel production continues to expand rapidly all over the world, there is increasing concern about how this will affect food prices, particularly of foodcrops used to produce biofuels.
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    Reforestation and control of landslides in Macacos Hill, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    South South North, 2006
    The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when they do occur. Project activities will include: 1. Identifying critical points of erosion and deforestation in Macacos Hill;
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    Water demand initiative - WaDImena

    International Development Research Centre, 2000
    With the lowest volume of annual renewable water resources and of water resources per capita, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the most water-scarce region in the world.
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    Adaptive policymaking for agriculture and water resources

    International Development Research Centre, 2005
    In 2005, IDRC provided CA $1,000,000 to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to support a four-year research collaboration with TERI of India. These institutes will study the adaptation of agricultural communities that have experienced environmental change in the last two decades.

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