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  Vulnerability to climate stress:local and regional perspectives: proceedings of two workshops

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research looked at how conflicts shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stresses, such as drought.
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  Role of monitoring in institutional performance: forest management in Maharashtra, India

  Conservation and Society, 2005

  This article uses 3 case studies in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra in India, to examine the role of monitoring in participatory common property resource (CPR) management. In this paper, reference is made to forest management. The authors conclude that monitoring plays a crucial role in impacting the cohesiveness of institutions and the success of forest management initiatives.
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  Financing pulp mills: an appraisal of risk assessment and safeguard procedures

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2006

  This study examines how international investors and lenders assess the nancial risks and social and environmental impacts associated with pulp mills. It argues that despite the large amounts of capital tied up in these projects, there are weaknesses in the risk assessment system that allow poor practice to go undetected.
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  Community-based forest management

  World Rainforest Movement, 2002

  This bulletin on Community-based Forest Management outlines the viewpoint of the World Rainforest Movement, and represents some community approaches to forest management. The bulletin also shares local experiences from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.
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  Bridging the gap: communities, forests and international networks

  Mekonginfo, 2003

  This Synthesis Report compiles lessons learned on community forestry networks over the past 25.
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  Raising forest revenues and employment

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  Recognising the challenges of globalisation on the forest business in Guyana, the authors argue that a shift in technology and improved information about niche markets are needed to sustain the sector’s long-term prospects. This requires a change in government policies favouring concessions to a few large investors that have proven to be inefficient and heavily indebted.
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  CPF sourcebook on funding for sustainable forest management

  Forestry Department, FAO, 2004

  This sourcebook aims to assists readers in locating global funding sources for sustainable forest management projects in developing countries.Funding sources include e.g. donor agencies, CPF members, international forest organisations, developments banks, private sources, and international NGOs.
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  Greenwash: critical analysis of FSC certification of industrial tree monocultures in Uruguay

  World Rainforest Movement, 2006

  In Uruguay there is growing opposition to the large-scale monoculture plantations of Eucalyptus and Pine. This has partly originated from years of campaigning by local environmental, social and trade union organisations, who have been documenting the impacts of this forestry model.
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  The sustainable forest products industry, carbon and climate change: key messages for policy-makers

  World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2005

  This paper argues that optimum forest management practices will be those that ensure continued carbon sequestration in the forest, provide wood fibre for biomass-based products and carbon neutral biomass fuels, and protect the ecological values of the forest in a balanced way.The Sustainable Forest Products Industry aims to be responsible managers of carbon by:supplying products that st
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  Small and medium forest enterprise in Brazil

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This study, part of the Small-Medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability project, assesses the opportunities and constraints being faced by the Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) in Brazil.

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