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Monetary incentives to avoid deforestation under the Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)+ climate change mitigation scheme in Tanzania
Springerlink, 2014The paper estimates and compares the level of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) payments required to compensate for the opportunity costs (OCs) of stopping the conversion of montane forest and miombo woodlands into cropland in two agro-ecological zones in Morogoro Region in Tanzania. Data collected from 250 households were used for OC estimation.DocumentFinal evaluation of the Regional Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Capacity Building Programme for Southern Africa
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014Background:DocumentFood wasted, food lost: food security by restoring ecosystems and reducing food loss
GRID Arendal, 2014Food security is critical for health, labour productivity, economic growth and sustainable development.DocumentIllegal timber trade and REDD+ Interface in Eastern Africa: A Pilot
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015This report is a desk appraisal of the following programme proposal: “Illegal Timber Trade and REDD+ Interface in Eastern Africa: A pilot” (hereafter ‘ITT-REDD’). The programme’s objective is to enhance national and regional capacity to combat the illegal timber and charcoal trade in East Africa.DocumentFrom Brazilian fields to Norwegian farms
Norwegian Church Aid, 2014• Brazil has a Federal Constitution and consolidated legislation that provide for the protection of the environment, health and welfare of workers in rural areas.DocumentTowards REDD+ Integrity: opportunities and challenges for Indonesia
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has become a cornerstone of Indonesia’s forest sector policies. Given corruption risks in the sector, a number of policies and initiatives – both specifically linked to REDD+ and to broader national reform efforts – have been launched to ensure that risks of corruption in REDD+ are minimised.DocumentBeyond the thumrule approach: regulatory Innovations for bioprospecting in India
2015In the wake of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), there is unprecedented attention on good Green Governance, which implies the development of resource efficient, rights based and effective domestic frameworks to regulate bioprospecting. India has been pioneering in this regard due to its ABS legislation in 2002 that long preceded the Nagoya Protocol.DocumentThe social uses of livestock among pastoralists in Sudan: food systems, stores of value, wealth, power, and authority
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014The impact of livestock on the economy of Sudan and its social uses within the pastoral sector are of great importance in the future development of the country. The role of livestock is that of a food system and store of value, wealth, power, and authority in areas where pastoralists practice their daily life without being reached by modern banking systems and market economy.DocumentImpacts of large-scale investments in agriculture on water resources, ecosystems and livelihoods; and development of policy options for decision makers
GRID Arendal, 2014The goal of this project is to analyze the nature and extent of impacts of foreign direct investments (FDI) in agriculture in Africa.DocumentWaghoba tales: Adventures in leopard land
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2014Between 2007 and 2011, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science received funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy (New Delhi) for a large project on Human-Wildlife Conflicts.Pages