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    Knowledge networks on the use of biodiversity for sustainable livestock production in Latin America: A model platform for capacity building

    Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2014
    Knowledge networks are self-organized struct ures where knowledge generation and exchange take place, thereby providing a basis which capacity building programs can build on by facilitating activities that promote knowledge exchange and mutual learning. The suitability of this kind of network relies on a series of characteristics.
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    Adaptable neighbours: movement patterns of GPS-collared leopards in human dominated landscapes in India

    PLoS ONE, 2014
    Understanding the nature of the interactions between humans and wildlife is of vital importance for conflict mitigation. We equipped five leopards with GPS-collars in Maharashtra (4) and Himachal Pradesh (1), India, to study movement patterns in human-dominated landscapes outside protected areas.
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    Thirsty, hungry and no power? : African resources in a global world

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014
    Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?
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    Improving livelihoods through conservation and education. A case study of the Swastha butterfly garden

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    In many parts of the developing world, those with physical or mental handicaps are often considered to be a burden on society, with limited to no remunerative activities available in the workforce. Activities such as butterfly farming, which require precision and attention to detail, are potentially relevant for disadvantaged groups as a source of livelihoods.
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    The governance of global value chains for live butterflies

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    Despite estimates that the global butterfly trade generates over US$100 million annually in sales of pupae for exhibitions and deadstock for a range of collector and artisanal uses, almost no research has been conducted that unpacks the dynamics of these value chains.
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    Sustainability coffee certification in India. Perceptions and practices

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    Certification programs has been employed in many agricultural products as a means to encourage and communicate compliance with standards associated with various attributes, such as organic, fair-trade, GMO free, and eco-friendly, among others. Such programs further seek to provide added value, through a price premium, to producers and supply chain actors associated with the label.
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    Promoting conservation in India by greening coffee

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    The Indian coffee sector is at an important transition point, increasingly stuck in the middle between quality and value segments of the market. A potential niche for India is in the development of eco-friendly (green) coffees, leveraging the natural environment and biodiversity present in many regions.
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    Mercury: Acting now!

    GRID Arendal, 2013
    THE UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate actions to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment by minimizing and where feasible, ultimately eliminating global, anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land.
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    Conflicting dilemmas: economic growth, natural resources and indigenous populations in South America

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    South American countries have experienced impressive economic growth in the last two decades. This growth, based on natural resource exports and increasing natural resource extraction, is largely dependent on the expansion of the economies of Brazil and China.
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    Irrigation Management, Institutions and Local Livelihood Adaptation on Usangu Plains, Tanzania

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014
    This paper studies the evolution of irrigation water management in Usangu Plains and evaluates present irrigation schemes using Ostrom’s design principles for long-enduring common pool resources (CPR) and their influence on farmers’ livelihood. Three types of schemes were identified for comparative analysis.

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