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    The Green Growth Platform: inspiring a green approach to development

    UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013
    In Tanzania, and in Africa generally, there is growing awareness that the economy and environment cannot be viewed and treated as two separate domains in policy and practice. Rather, both are intrinsic to human existence and will need to be managed in parallel.
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    Thinking outside the box: a case for promoting the charcoal industry in Tanzania

    UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013
    Charcoal is Tanzania’s most important domestic energy source and this is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. Demand for charcoal is rising as Tanzania’s population grows and becomes increasingly urban.
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    Towards a green economy: exploring the potential of forestry in Tanzania through the Green Growth Platform

    UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013
    Economic growth is needed across Africa to tackle poverty, but countries cannot disregard the adverse impact of growth on the environment. Green growth aims to eliminate the dichotomy that traditionally exists between the economy and the environment.
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    Climate change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: The state of current knowledge

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011
    The Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is one of the most ecologically sensitive and fragile areas in the world. In all likelihood, the effects of climate change will become evident here first and with the greatest intensity. This report synthesises the present knowledge about the consequences that climate change could have for the region.
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    Water wars: enduring myth or impending reality

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2000
    Within the context of the South, water security does not simply translate into economic development, but also food security, and the very survival of states and their citizens. Under these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the World Commission on the Environment and Development (WCED) has concluded that such resource conflicts are likely to increase as those resources become scarcer.
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    Kailash sacred landscape conservation initiative – Feasibility assessment report

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011
    The Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) spreads across a vast region that includes remote portions of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (TAR China) and contiguous areas of Nepal and India.
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    Inertia, equity and ingenuity: mapping opportunities in South Africa's green economy

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    As with preceding notions of economic opportunity such as “industrial conglomeration”, “local economic development” and the “digital economy”, the “green economy” runs the risk of becoming a fad, especially if viewed as something distinct from conventional economic theory.
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    Large cardamom farming in changing climatic and socioeconomic conditions in the Sikkim Himalayas

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014
    This working paper focuses on large cardamom (Amomum subulatum), an important cash crop and livelihood option for people in Sikkim Himalayas, India.
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    Towards a framework for achieving food security in the mountains of Pakistan

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014
    This working paper outlines a mountain-specific framework for addressing food security in the mountains of Pakistan. It builds on efforts by ICIMOD together with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) to understand the special issues of food security and find solutions in the mountain areas of Pakistan.
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    Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change

    International Water Management Institute, 2014
    This document addresses the need for explicit inclusion of livelihoods within the environment nexus (water-energy-food security). The authors present a conceptualisation of ‘environmental livelihood security’, which combines the nexus perspective with sustainable livelihoods.

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