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Guidelines for undertaking rapid biodiversity assessments in terrestrial and marine environments in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014This publication contains guidelines for undertaking rapid biodiversity assessments the Pacific island countries and territories of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.DocumentThe state of environmental migration 2014: a review of 2013
International Organization for Migration, 2014This report, part of an annual series, aims to enhance understanding of natural disasters, sudden natural onset events and slow onset events, and their links to human mobility. The publication is not only focused on 2013 events but also considers the longer-term impacts of a natural event on migration, as they can be assessed with the state of knowledge existing in 2013.DocumentThe state of clean transport policy: a 2014 synthesis of vehicle and fuel policy developments
International Council on Clean Transportation, 2014This report compiles advancements in national and international regulations to reduce energy use, mitigate climate change, and control air pollution from motor vehicles and fuels across eleven major vehicle markets from January 2013 through August 2014.DocumentThe environment and the economy: from sustainability to green growth
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012The current paper argues that framing the environment as an asset of society to be conserved presents a challenge to the notion of substitutable capital. The paper states that while it is reasonable to assume that certain elements of natural capital can be substituted for by investment in produced capital, it is also reasonable to assume that there is a limit to this possibility.DocumentThe status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.DocumentClimate change and conflict: lessons for conflict resolution from the Southern Sahel of Sudan
African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011Using a human security perspective, this report identifies and analyses local and international non-governmental organisation (NGO) interventions in cases of conflicts related to the environment and environmental change in the southern Sahel of Sudan.DocumentPACC Demonstration Guide: Improving the public water supply system in Majuro, Marshall Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014On all islands in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) rainwater is the primary source of freshwater, putting the country at high risk from droughts. The water sector was therefore chosen by the RMI Government to benefit from the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project which has been working since 2008 to increase the country’s resilience to drought events.DocumentThinking outside the box: a case for promoting the charcoal industry in Tanzania
UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013Charcoal is Tanzania’s most important domestic energy source and this is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. Demand for charcoal is rising as Tanzania’s population grows and becomes increasingly urban.DocumentTowards a green economy: exploring the potential of forestry in Tanzania through the Green Growth Platform
UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013Economic growth is needed across Africa to tackle poverty, but countries cannot disregard the adverse impact of growth on the environment. Green growth aims to eliminate the dichotomy that traditionally exists between the economy and the environment.OrganisationUONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development
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