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  Is forced displacement acceptable in conservation projects?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Over ten million people have been displaced from protected areas by conservation projects. Forced displacement in developing countries is a major obstacle to reducing poverty. It should no longer be considered a mainstream strategy for conservation and only applied in extreme cases following international standards.
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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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  Agricultural dynamics in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines

  Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Israel, 2004

  This paper analyses the determinants of agricultural growth and dynamics in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines from the 1960s to the late 1990s.The introduction of new high-yielding varieties of cereals in the 1960s, known as the green revolution, dramatically changed the food supply in Asia, as well as in other countries.
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  An end to EU sugar dumping?: implications of the WTO panel ruling in the dispute against EU sugar policies brought by Brazil, Thailand, and Australia

  Oxfam, 2005

  This brief paper examines the implications of a ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel, which found that EU sugar subsidies contravene WTO rules.The paper presents findings from the ruling as follows:the EU exports of around 2.7 million tonnes of what the EU claims to be unsubsidised sugar (so-called non-quota or 'C' sugar).
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  Organic agriculture and rural poverty alleviation: potential and best practices in Asia

  Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP, 2002

  This document studies the rapidly developing organic farming sector in Asia. It looks at concepts and practices, export potential, market developments and, first and foremost, success cases where small and marginal farmers in the rural areas were able to increase their livelihood through organic agriculture.
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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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  Innovative tools for mastering space in collaborative natural resource management

  Participatory Avenues : Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development, 2003

  This paper and presentation focus on the evolution of community-based mapping techniques which are increasingly being associated with Geographic Information Technologies (GIT).
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  Education for rural development in Asia: experiences and policy lessons

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2002

  This documents the proceedings of a seminar held in 2002 in Bangkok in Thailand to address current issues in rural education.
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  Indigenous and traditional peoples and protected areas: principles, guidelines and case studies

  World Commission on Protected Areas, 2000

  This book is divided into two sections: the first discusses principles and guidelines for indigenous/traditional peoples and protected areas and the second provides case studies.The guidelines are based on the following recognition:protected areas will survive only if they are seen to be of value, in the widest sense, to the nation as a whole and to local people in particularthe rig
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  Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2002

  This publication arises from the Seventh International Forum on Asian Perspectives. The Forum was jointly organized by the Asian Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre on 18-19 June 2001 in Paris with the theme "Technology and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific."The book brings together the papers and speeches presented at the Forum.

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