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  Exploring the linkages between poverty, marine protected area management, and the use of destructive fishing gear in Tanzania

  Tanzania Online, 2006

  This paper is a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper focusing on the use of destructive fishing gear, which has been identified as one of the most critical issues being faced by the Marine Protective Area (MPAs) in Tanzania.
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  The linkages between land usage, land degradation and biodiversity across East Africa

  International Livestock Research Institute, 2004

  This paper is a regional synthesis highlighting the linkages between land usage, land degradation and biodiversity across East Africa identified from research done over a 30 year period.
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  Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management

  Forestry Department, FAO, 2005

  This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.
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  A methodological guide on how to identify trends and linkages between changes in land use, biodiversity and land degradation

  Land Use Change, Impacts and Dynamics, 2004

  Land quality in the man-modified agricultural landscapes of eastern Africa has been shown to degrade over time, resulting in higher demands for farm inputs in order to sustain productivity. Loss of biodiversity has also been observed in all these areas of land use change.
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  Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: are we asking the right questions?

  Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, Kenya, 2004

  This paper sheds new light on the relationship between the global loss of biodiversity and agricultural productivity.
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  The impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biological diversity: domestic support measures and their effects on agricultural biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2005

  This study provides an in-depth analysis of the potential implications for biodiversity of a reduction in and reform of agricultural support activities.
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  The institutional paradox of community based wildlife management

  Global Development Network, 2003

  The paradox of institutional development for community based wildlife management is that a phase of co-management is a necessary requirement before community based initiatives can be established.
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  Exploring ecological and socio-economic issues for the improvement of area enclosure management: a case study from Ethiopia.

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005

  Land degradation is a severe problem across sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia is among the most affected countries.
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  Agroecology versus Ecoagriculture: balancing food production and biodiversity conservation in the midst of social inequity

  World Conservation Union, 2004

  This paper critically reviews the concept and vision of ecoagriculture and the initiative of Ecoagriculture Partners .
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  Paying for biodiversity conservation services in agricultural landscapes

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper describes the contract mechanism developed for the Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Ecosystem Management Project (RISEMP). The project is testing the use of the payment-for-service mechanism to encourage the adoption of silvopastoral practices in three countries of central and south America, namely, Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

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