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Global Environmental Facility Evaluation Office (GEF Evaluation Office)
The GEF Evaluation Office is an independent evaluation entity within the Global Environment Facility, and reports directly to the GEF Council on monitoring and evaluation matters. - Document
Monitoring land cover dynamics in sub-saharan Africa
European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2006Over the last 25 years civil disturbances, drought, population increases and global market pressures have all contributed in direct and indirect ways to a modification of Sub saharan African land cover.DocumentSwaziland: the myth of sustainable plantations
World Rainforest Movement, 2007Swaziland’s timber plantations have been held up as a model of sustainable forestry management, where other plantations around the world are considered to have had negative environmental and social impacts.DocumentBeyond access: exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2007This book seeks to analyse the application of access and benefit sharing (ABS) to genetic resources in the hands of users and researchers outside the provider country or country of origin.DocumentStrengthening environmental law compliance and enforcement in Indonesia: towards improved environmental stringency and environmental performance
International Development Law Organisation, 2006This paper outlines the major challenges to environmental law and enforcement in Indonesia. It reviews environmental issues and highlights conflicts between economic growth and managing natural ecosystems whilst suggesting strategies learned from an Indonesia-Australia training project.DocumentWhose harvest? The politics of organic seed certification
GRAIN, 2008As the market for organic goods continues to grow, seed corporations are increasingly pushing for organic seed certification schemes, which some argue could create market opportunities for small farmers. But will the new regulations governing seeds pushing organics even further down the road of corporate control?DocumentClimate change and forest genetic diversity: implications for sustainable forest management in Europe
Bioversity International, 2007Climate change is increasingly recognised as one of the most important challenges faced globally by ecosystems and societies alike. Climate change will alter the environmental conditions to which forest trees in Europe are adapted and expose them to new pests and diseases. This document presents papers from a workshop on climate change and forest genetic diversity.DocumentWater scarcity and water management in global agriculture
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007In many of the world’s poorest regions, the competition for water is intense. Water supplies often fail to meet demand, which restricts agricultural production and threatens food security. Meeting global food demands over the next fifty years will require a complete change in attitudes and practices towards agricultural water management.DocumentTrouble in paradise: tourism and indigenous land rights - together towards ethical solutions
Minority Rights Group International, 2007Ecotourism has been heralded as a means to promote economic development while protecting wildlife regions.DocumentCan community conservation bring international goals down to Earth?: Chairman’s report from a workshop on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Nordic Council of Ministers, 2007This is a report from a workshop on the role of local communities and indigenous peoples in the follow-up of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in environment and in development policy and practice. The event formed part of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Association of Impact Assessment in Stavanger, Norway, 23 - 25 May 2006.Pages