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    Establishing resilient marine protected area networks - making it happen

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
    This guide pools global experience on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and is intended to be useful to countries and their various organisations in building effective networks of MPAs. It also highlights global commitments for marine conservation and shows how to move from individual MPA sites to an effective system of national and regional MPA networks.
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    Malaysian palm oil - green gold or green wash?

    Friends of the Earth International, 2008
    Focusing on Sarawak, this paper confronts the misleading claims of the Malaysian palmoil lobby and aims to inform decision makers about the serious sustainability challenges the palm oil sector faces on the ground. Key areas of contention highlighted include that:
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    Payments for ecosystem services: getting started. A primer

    The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace, 2008
    Designed to provide the reader with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how they work, this primer is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES — either as prospective PES sellers themselves or as staff of organisations that work directly with communities or landowners who may be interested in PES.
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    Biofuels - at what cost? Government support for biodiesel in Malaysia

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    Focusing on government support policies, this report examines the history and status of the biofuel industry in Malaysia. It forms part of a multi-country effort by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) to characterise and quantify government subsidies and other support for biofuel production, distribution and consumption.
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    Rights-based approaches to forest conservation

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
    In context of the recent emergence of the debate on rights-based approaches (RBA) to conservation, this paper provides a collaborative piece of work on the constitution of RBA’s and some of the key issues surrounding them. It also looks at some examples from countries where there is a need for RBA’s.
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    WWF discussion paper: policy approaches and positive incentives for REDD

    Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme Office, WWF, 2008
    This paper aims to provide an overview to potential policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in the post-2012 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In particular, the paper discusses the potential implications or key elements for consideration when determining positive incentives for REDD.
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    Land and decentralisation in Senegal

    Drylands Programme, IIED, 2008
    Land and decentralisation policies in Senegal have been closely linked since the country became independent in 1960.
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    The Berkeley Electronic Press

    The Berkeley Electronic Press ("bepress") produces tools to improve scholarly communication. These tools provide innovative and effective means of content production and dissemination.
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    Saving water: from field to fork. Curbing losses and wastage in the food chain

    Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
    Agriculture is the largest human use of water. Clearly, agricultural practices need to be targeted to reduce wastage of water. This has been the centre of attention for water saving practices for some years. But there are additional ways to save water. Food consumers and businesses have a key role.
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    How to include terrestrial carbon in developing nations in the overall climate change solution

    The Terrestrial Carbon Group, 2008
    This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial carbon and provides guiding principles for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change, which would support:

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