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  Biofuels for climate change mitigation: international trade issues for the G8+5 countries

  Georgetown University, 2007

  This paper focuses on international trade issues that are arising due to increased interest in biofuels.
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  Guidance for promoting synergy among activities addressing biological diversity, desertification, land degradation and climate change

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2006

  This report highlights the major biological factors that contribute to ecosystem resilience under the projected impacts of global climate change.
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  International trade in biofuels: good for development? and good for environment?

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007

  This briefing argues that biofuels can help tackle climate change problems and improve rural employment and livelihoods. They may also help diversify energy portfolios, ameliorate trade balances and improve air quality. There are however limitations and problems with biofuels.
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  Biofuels for transportation: global potential and implications for sustainable agriculture and energy in the 21st Century

  Worldwatch Institute, 2006

  This paper explores the potential of biofuels in reshaping agricultural development and addressing climate change.
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  Pacific island mangroves in a changing climate and rising sea

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2006

  Mangrove ecosystems provide important and valuable services and products to Pacific Island communities, but are under threat from changing environmental conditions. This publication highlights results and recommendations from a study determining mangrove vulnerability and how Pacific island nations can adapt to mangrove responses to climate change effects.
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  Laying the foundations for clean development: preparing the land use sector - a quick guide to the Clean Development Mechanism

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002

  This booklet provides information to forestry and land-use audiences, principally in developing countries, who want to find out more about the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and how it affects their activities.
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  Climate change and nature: adapting for the future

  World Conservation Union, 2006

  This report argues that climate change requires an adaptive management style that focuses on transparency and learning. Such an approach needs to target stakeholders in decision making and implementation at the level of landscapes and seascapes.
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  How biodiversity and climate change interact

  SciDev.Net, 2004

  This policy brief examines the biodiversity/climate change interface from both sides. The authors firstly explore the impacts of global warming on biodiversity, and then look at how biodiversity affects climate change. Climate impacts on biodiversity can include such things as shifting ecosystem boundaries, sharp increases in the rate of extinction, and more severe pest/disease outbreaks.
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  Millennium ecosystem assessment synthesis report

  Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005

  This report, synthesises the findings of large multi-agency attempt to comprehensively evaluate all of the world’s major ecosystems.
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  Gender perspectives on the conventions on biodiversity, climate change and desertification

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  The paper provides a gender-sensitive perspective on the three Rio Conventions on biodiversity, climate change, and desertification. First, the Rio Conventions are placed in their historical context and their administrative and financial framework. Secondly, the main gender issues relevant to the three conventions are exposed.

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