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  Payments for environmental services: an equitable approach for reducing poverty and conserving nature

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006

  This paper looks at Payments for Environmental Services (PES) as an equitable approach for reducing poverty and conserving nature. It presents a number of case studies including Guatemala, Peru and the Philippines, whilst also discussing the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) approach to equitable PES.
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  Payment for Environmental Services: a survey and assessment of current schemes

  NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2004

  This report surveys Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes in the Western hemisphere. It analyses the main differences and similarities between PES models as well as their strengths and limitations and identifies conditions for success and highlights experiences that could emerge as best practices to maximise positive impacts in environmental and socio-economic outcomes.
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  Compensation for Ecosystem Services (CES): a catalyst for ecosystem conservation and poverty alleviation?

  InfoResources, 2004

  This document looks at the use of Compensation Ecosystem Services (CES) as a potential catalyst for ecosystem conservation and poverty alleviation. It aims to improve understanding of the concept and also discusses the key challenges faced in implementation of CES.
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  The ecosystem concept and the identification of ecosystem goods and services in the English policy context

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2007

  This paper reviews the key aspects of the Ecosystem Approach, and in particular, it explores how the approach can be used to identify and assess the goods and services associated with England’s major terrestrial ecosystems. It also looks at the rationale for using an ecosystem approach in decision making.
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  Bunda College of Agriculture

    The college aims to advance and promote knowledge , skills, self-reliance and sound character for:
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  Socio-economic and political concerns for GM foods and biotechnology adoption in the Philippines

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political and socio-economic concerns surrounding GM foods and bio-technology in the Philippines. It particularly focuses on past experiences and looking at what the future holds for GM in the country.
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  Biofortified crops and biotechnology: a political economy landscape for India

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political receptivity to bio-fortification in India, especially when it involves genetic engineering. The paper draws on an understanding of political economy of pro-poor policies as well as the political responses to Bt cotton - the only GM crop that has received regulatory approval.
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  Patterns of political response to biofortified varieties of crops produced with different breeding techniques and agronomic traits

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper examines the political response to two crops that were nutritionally enhanced through conventional breeding - Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. It also looks at the political response to other food crops - maize, potato, and papaya ,as well as biofortified Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) rice, potatoes, cassava, and sorghum.
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  Biofortified food crops: progress and prospects in developing countries: patterns of political support and pathways to final impact

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This document presents a hypothetical scheme for predicting which bio-fortified food technologies will enjoy greatest political support or opposition and from which actors on the political landscape. It also examines the likely consequences of bio-fortified food crops in terms of actual nutritional impact.
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  Biofortified foods and crops in West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This article examines the political landscape for the introduction of bio-fortified crops in west Africa. Focusing on Burkina Faso and Mali, it analyses the current state of bio-safety legislation and the political debates regarding genetically modified (GM) crops.

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