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  What future for forest people? Can ethical trade help?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Forests and woodland still cover 35 percent of the world’s land area despite centuries of cutting trees. Forests contribute to biodiversity and are the ‘lungs of the earth’, natural capital sustaining the livelihoods of many. How does ethical trade and sustainable forestry affect forest livelihoods?
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  The regulation of private sector participation in urban water supply and sanitation: realising social and environmental objectives in developing countries

  Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 1999

  This paper provides an overview of the issues involved in the significant increase in private sector participation (PSP) in the urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in recent years, and examines some of the mechanisms available to the authorities responsible for the regulation of the sector.The report argues that PSP in urban WSS is likely to continue to increase in importance in deve
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  Ethical trade: issues in the regulation of global supply chains

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2003

  This paper analyses and categorises stakeholders, incentives and mechanisms of ethical trade.
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  Parks beyond Parks: Genuine community-based wildlife eco-tourism or just another loss of land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya?

  Drylands Programme, IIED, 2002

  This paper provides an analysis of the Kenyan ‘Parks beyond parks’ programme which attempts to introduce a community based social component to their parks management policies by allowing locals to establish eco-tourism projects adjacent to parks.
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  Mining certification evaluation project: independent certification of environmental and social performance in the mining sector

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001

  This Discussion Paper sets a project to evaluate whether independent third party certification can be applied to the mining sector.
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  Corporate social responsibility: a business contribution to sustainable development

  European Parliament, 2003

  This report from the European Union calls on the need to make CSR an integral part of business culture and sets out to develop a European framework to be applicable globally, wherever European firms are active.Important requests in this report include:the creation of an agency which would be responsible for introducing a system for assessing and monitoring observance of international an
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  Ethical trade, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and self-regulation

  Centre on Regulation and Competition, Manchester, 2001

  This paper deals with issues surrounding ethical trade, self-regulation and the information and communication technology revolution.
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  Budget 2003 and Aviation [UK]

  Environmental Audit Committee, UK Parliament, 2003

  This paper responds to the March 2003 discussion document released by the UK Treasury and the Department for Transport (DfT) entitled Aviation and the Environment: Using Economic Instruments.
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  Labelling and certification: benefits and challenges for sustainable tourism management and marketing

  Ecoclub: International Ecotourism Club, 2003

  This paper aims to present an overview of certification and to critically consider how it can be used to improve the performance of the tourism sector.
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  Caspian oil windfalls: who will benefit?

  Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2003

  This document calls for greater accountability, transparency, and public oversight in the oil and natural gas industries of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

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