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    Protecting the rights of minorities in Africa: a guide for human rights activists and civil society organisations

    Minority Rights Group International, 2008
    The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the subsequent African human rights treaties do not consider minorities as a legal category recognised in African human rights law. This guide outlines regional opportunities for minority rights protection in Africa, highlighting the legal as well as the institutional framework that is in place.
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    Applying a rights-based approach : an inspirational guide for civil society

    The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2007
    Rights-based development starts from the ethical position that all people are entitled to a certain standard in terms of material and spiritual wellbeing. It takes the side of people who suffer injustice by acknowledging their equal worth and dignity; it removes the charity dimension of development by emphasising rights and responsibilities.
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    Urban environmentalism and activists’ networks in China: the cases of Xiangfan and Shanghai

    Conservation and Society, 2008
    This article analyses the characteristics of the Chinese environmental movement in terms of their organisational development and strategies. A comparative study of two Chinese cases - Shanghai and Xiangfan - is conducted to illustrate the dynamics of environmental activism and how they are affected by the social contexts based on their location.
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    Development in Practice 8(3)

    Development in Practice, 2008
    The question of what motivates individuals to become engaged in working for the public good is obviously central to the whole range of activities included in the term ‘development’. Yet the spark that ignites such voluntary engagement often seems to be taken for granted.
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    Community-based worker systems: guidelines for practitioners

    The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2007
    Many communities in Africa are largely dependent on services provided by local people rather than by external agencies, including government. Such services include traditional birth attendants, traditional healers, farmer to farmer extension, home-based carers, paralegals and water pump attendants. [adapted from author]
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    Favouring local development in the Amazon: lessons from community forest management initiatives

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
    The opportunities to profit from commercialising forest products promise to improve livelihoods in the rural Amazon, but only if local communities have ownership over the ways in which their resources are exploited. This policy brief examines case studies in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru with the aim to establish the importance of genuinely equitable partnerships in local forest management schemes.
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    Climate politics in the multi-level governance system. Emissions trading and institutional changes in environmental policy-making

    Wuppertal Institute, 2008
    Emissions trading has forged ahead as a climate policy instrument at several policy levels. The aim of the paper is to critically examine whether the rise in emissions trading policy instrument may be described as a ‘success story’ with the help of a number of theoretical hypotheses from the field of multi-level governance research.
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    Kick the habit: a UN guide to climate neutrality

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    This guide advises how to live a greener and cleaner life. Its particular focus is on carbon neutrality. The guide aims to explain in practical terms how individuals, corporations, cities and countries can start to change.
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    People, protected areas and global change: participatory conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe

    NCCR North South, 2008
    This document compares findings from in-depth research on protected area (PA) management in Latin America Africa, Asia and Europe. It describes how PAs have been managed over the last 50-100 years and considers the ecological, social and economic benefits brought by enhanced participation.
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    Accounting for the ecological dimension in participatory research and development: lessons learned from Indonesia and Madagascar

    Ecology and Society, 2008
    At the interface of environmental and social issues, not enough is known about the links between policies, regionally important biophysical factors, local natural resource management sustainability,

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