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  Food security and intellectual property rights in developing countries

  International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2003

  This paper examines the implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on food security and the agricultural sector.
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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  Worming away: Indian women revolutionise solid waste disposal

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Could vermicomposting (using worms to compost waste) be the answer to urban environmental degradation? As environments deteriorate is it realistic to expect municipal authorities to be able to collect and safely dispose of rubbish? Can civil society organisations help establish sustainable community-based solid waste collection systems?
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  Social forestry in south Asia: myths and realities

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  The present study draws on research and field experience in social forestry in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka since the mid 90s. It focuses on some of the major issues in relation to popular thinking about the theory of social forestry development in South Asia, including deforestation, community participation and appropriate forest policy.
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  Domesticating global policy on GMOs: comparing China and India

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This IDS working paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into workable national policy. It is a complex story of selective interpretation, conflict over priorities and politicking at the highest levels of government.
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  Intellectual property rights: food for the rich but poison for the poor?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Can rules concerning intellectual property rights (IPRs) benefit developing countries and reduce poverty? How should IPR rules and regimes cover access to genetic resources? Are the costs involved in patent litigation a necessary price to pay for the incentives offered by the patent system?
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  Mangroves: local livelihoods vs. corporate profits

  World Rainforest Movement, 2003

  This book gathers a selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of mangrove forests and the struggles developed at the local and global levels to protect and use these forests in a socially equitable and environmentally adequate manner.The articles give an overview of
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  Building high-performance knowledge institutions for water management

  International Water Management Institute, 2003

  This briefing argues that many Indian water management institutions are failing to live up to their original promise, failing to deliver high-value thinking, insights or perspectives. It demonstrates that by allowing these institutions to stagnate, there is a risk of a loss of a vitally important tool for research and policy making.
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  Rhetoric or reality? Joint management of natural resources in India

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Policies promoting joint management (between the state and the users) of natural resources such as forests or water are increasing in India and elsewhere: decentralised administration has advantages that are tempting. However, joint management, implying as it does a redistribution of power, is profoundly political.
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  Reaching a watershed? Local government reform and water management in India

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Recent guidelines issued by central government for watershed development in India fit awkwardly with local government or Panchayati Raj. While decentralisation of development planning and implementation are key objectives at both levels, the roles of the proposed Watershed Committees overlap - and potentially compete - with those of the local government.

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