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Preparing marine protected areas to survive global change: additional guidelines to address coral bleaching
World Commission on Protected Areas, 2001This paper describes guidelines for marine protected area (MPA) design and management that take into account the significant global problem of coral bleaching.DocumentEconomic impacts of climate change in South Africa: a preliminary analysis of unmitigated damage costs
Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2002What are the predicted economic impacts of climate change in South Africa? This paper attempts to provide preliminary estimates based on secondary data from the findings of the Vulnerability and Adaptation Study for the South African Country Study on Climate Change (1999).DocumentForests, people and rights
Down to Earth: International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia, 2002This report details the status and history of forests and their ownership in Indonesia. It states that a huge amount of the country's forests have been destroyed and that rights and ownership have been handed to large companies and corrupt government friends.DocumentPeople, power and the environment: 15 years of UNRISD research
United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2002This document was prepared for the 2002 Earth Summit. It is divided into two main parts: the first, short section describes the main research themes that the organisation has worked on over the previous fifteen years.The main part of the document is annotated bibliography, listing UNRISD books and papers and providing a summary of each.DocumentForest certification: enhancing social forestry developments?
Mekonginfo, 2001The author begins by providing a brief overview of the concept and reasoning behind certification of forest products. She states that, at the outset, one of the aims of certification was to provide market access and other benefits for small-scale, low-impact, community run ‘eco-timber’ projects.DocumentFinancing protected areas: guidelines for protected area managers
World Commission on Protected Areas, 2000This document is intended as a practical guide to assist protected area managers in identifying and securing appropriate and sustainable finance.The guidelines explore financing options for protected areas and provide advice and information on sustainable financing.DocumentFresh air?: options for the future architecture of international climate change policy
New Economics Foundation, 2002The author of this report describes and evaluates eight leading policy proposals to address climate change that are competing to succeed the Kyoto Protocol’s initial phase.DocumentStatus of coral reefs of the world: 2002
Australian Institute of Marine Science, 2002This document details the latest evidence on the state of the world's coral reefs. It states that although there are some encouraging signs of reef degradation caused by human impact being reversed in areas that have been targeted and protected, many other areas are declining fast.The large document is downloadable in chapters, each describing the state of reefs in one region of the world.DocumentIndigenous and local communities and protected areas: rethinking the relationship
World Commission on Protected Areas, 2002This interview attempts to illustrate the opportunities and obstacles involved in forging a new alliance between communities and conservation. The debate covers practical initiatives and statements of inalienable rights, emerging concepts and their political consequences, the legitimacy/legality dichotomy and the increasing number of social actors involved in protected area management.