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The Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.DocumentThe darker side of green: plantation forestry and carbon violence in Uganda.
The Oakland Institute, 2014In recent years, there has been a significant trend toward land acquisition in developing countries, establishing forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution generated in the Global North.DocumentGlobal Estimates 2014: People displaced by disasters
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014IDMC’s latest Global Estimates report shows that 22 million people were displaced in 2013 by disasters brought on by natural hazard events. As in previous years, the worst affected region is Asia, where 19 million people, or 87.1 per cent of the global total, were displaced during the year.DocumentThe risk of disaster-induced displacement in south-east Asia and China
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014With a focus on countries in south-east Asia and China, this is IDMC’s fourth regional study on disaster-related displacement risk.DocumentLocal preferences for REDD+ payment formats in Brazil, The Bolsa Floresta Programme, RDS Rio Negro
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway).DocumentPayment formats for REDD+ interventions: preferences and concerns in Aowin District, Ghana
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway).DocumentCattle and climate in Africa: how climate variability has influenced national cattle holdings from 1961–2008
PubMed Central, 2013The role of cattle in developing countries is as a source of high-quality food, as draft animals, and as a source of manure and fuel. Cattle represent important contribution to household incomes, and in drought prone areas they can act as an insurance against weather risk.DocumentPre-project: Climate change as an opportunity towards adaptive sustainable aquaculture (CADINAL)
2013Cultured food fish currently accounts for nearly 50 % of the global consumption. India and Norway are the world’s second and seventh largest aquaculture producers respectively, thus aquaculture is considered to be a sector which provides immense opportunities in both adaptation and mitigation under climate change realm in both countries.DocumentContribution Analysis: Norwegian Embassy support to indigenous peoples in Brazil 2002 -2013
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) to acquire knowledge and draw lessons about the nature, organisation and achievements of the Norwegian Indigenous Support Programme in Brazil (NISPB), and (b) to inform future strategies, policies and interventions in this area of development cooperation.DocumentAssessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013The government of Uganda has over time been actively engaged in ensuring the sustainable utilisation of its forestry resources. This has been undertaken by different players including the national forestry sector, forest-neighbouring communities and private individuals owning forested land.Pages