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Changing aid delivery and the environment: can general budget support be used to meet environmental objectives?
Overseas Development Institute, 2007This paper examines how environmental objectives are pursued by donors in a context where aid delivery mechanisms are changing. It cites General Budget Support (GBS) as an example of an increasingly important aid instrument that emphasises domestic commitment to achieve better environmental outcomes.DocumentPartnerships in the water and sanitation sector
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2007This guide explores current thinking on partnerships with specific reference to the water and sanitation sector. It provides an overview of what is meant by partnerships and attempts to categorise them. It describes how to build and assess partnerships and examines some existing partnerships in the case studies.DocumentScoping study to assist in structuring of a biodiversity financing technical assistance facility
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2007This document sets out to recommend the European Task Force on Banking, Business and Biodiversity on the design and functions of a Biodiversity Financing Technical Assistance Facility (BFTAF) which could, if operational, promote investments into businesses so as to reduce their impact on biodiversity.The study looks at the following aspects of biodiversity financing: analysis of the curDocumentBiofuels for climate change mitigation: international trade issues for the G8+5 countries
Georgetown University, 2007This paper focuses on international trade issues that are arising due to increased interest in biofuels.DocumentDecentralised governance of natural resources: part 1: manual and guidelines for practitioners
Drylands Development Centre, UNDP, 2006This publication aims to promote learning from experience, to enable practitioners to improve on current and future efforts to mainstream and integrate governance of natural resources into a decentralised governance processes.DocumentWorld’s top 10 rivers at risk
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2007This report illustrates how the world’s great river basins are fast dying as a result of over-extraction, dams and infrastructure development, invasive species, climate change, over-fishing, and pollution.DocumentProtecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006This collaborative research project seeks to assist indigenous and local communities I protecting their rights over traditional knowledge (TK) relating to biological resources, in accordance with their customary laws and practices. The project further aims to inform and influence policy makers at all levels.DocumentEnvironmental service incentives in conformity with poverty alleviation: policy implications and guidance from the ROA project
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006This newsletter presents the overall conclusions from the environmental service incentive (ESIs) component of the Roles of Agriculture Project Phase II. The objective is to draw policy implications and to deliver practical policy guidance to design, implement and enforce ESIs consistent with poverty alleviation in developing countries.OrganisationInternational Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation (IPIECA)
IPIECA, the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association is a voluntary non-profit organisation whose membership includes both petroleum companies and associations at the naOrganisationDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
The South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism is comprised of various departments responsible for:Environmental Quality and ProtectionMarine and Coastal ManagementTPages