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    Local communities’ willingness to pay for sustainable forest management in Ghana

    2014
    New policies and interventions for forest management are important because preferences of stakeholders and the state of forests continually change.
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    Dead in the water - Ethical ownership and water management in the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global

    Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2015
    The world is facing a serious water crisis with increasing water scarcity and overuse globally. The demand for water resources is growing rapidly mainly due to industrial use, and beverage companies are one of the major industrial consumers.
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    The dynamics of large infrastructure development in conservation of the Serengeti Ecosystem - the case study of a road through Serengeti National Park. Phase 1 report.

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2012
    This report presents results from the first field surveys for the five Thematic Areas – Biodiversity (Zoology and Botany), Human and Animal Health (HAH), Environmental Science, and Socio-ecology - that was conducted along the proposed Serengeti road in Serengeti and Ngorongoro Districts.
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    Water-smart agriculture in East Africa

    International Water Management Institute, 2015
    The inspiration for this sourcebook came from a 2014 meeting of researchers, practitioners and policy makers in Addis Ababa under the auspices of an event co-convened by the Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Water, Land and Ecosystems programme of the CG system.
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    Africa Capacity Indicators 2013: Capacity Development For Natural Resource Management

    African Capacity Building Foundation, 2013
    This report focuses on natural resource management in Africa and links this discussion with state fragility, agricultural transformation and food security.
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    Managing water and fertilizer for sustainable agricultural intensification

    International Water Management Institute, 2015
    This reference guide is designed to improve general understanding of the best management practices for the use of water and fertilizers throughout the world to enhance crop production, improve farm profitability and resource efficiency, and reduce environmental impacts related to crop production.
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    Story Map: Ecosystem services in the Cubango / Okavango river basin

    GRID Arendal, 2015
    Estimates by Alyward (2009) show that 380 000 people derive direct livelihood support from the Cubango/ Okabango River Basin. Much of the direct livelihood support is derived through the benefits obtained from wetlands and floodplain systems.
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    Addressing land degradation: benefits, costs, and policy directions

    Philippine Journal of Development, 2010
    Land degradation in the Philippines is a serious environmental problem with long-term implications for the sustainability of agricultural production. Protection of the resource base has thus become a policy priority, whether in terms of improving crop management in the lowlands or more urgently, arresting soil erosion in the uplands.
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    The silent dangers of quarrying

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001
    Quarrying contributes significantly to the Philippines' infrastructure and overall economic development. Notwithstanding its importance, however, it is a major natural resource extractive sector that causes significant environmental problems. And the sooner we understand the nature and extent of its destruction and be able to do something to address it, the better.
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    Does coastal resources management help? Ask the fishermen!

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    Coastal resources management (CRM) has flourished as a management approach for coastal areas and resources in the Philippines. This is shown in the phenomenal growth of CRM and CRM-type of activities over the past two decades or so.

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