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    Sustaining agricultural biodiversity and the integrity and free flow of genetic resources for food for agriculture

    Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2002
    This report claims that agricultural biodiversity is being lost as a result of industrialisation, the globalisation of markets and genetically modified crops.It calls on governments to implement treaties and plans to which they have signed up but are not enforcing.
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    Integration of biodiversity into national tourism sectors

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2001
    This report is one of eight thematic reviews prepared for the Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP), a programme created to help countries strengthen national capacity to prepare and implement National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans in compliance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity.The study consists of the following sections:Integrating biodiversity
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    Guide to developing a biodiversity strategy from a sustainable development perspective

    United Nations Development Programme, 2000
    Parties to the convention on biological diversity are committed to the preparation of a biodiversity strategy and action plan. However, studies have show that methodological resources to facilitate work with the new, complex and multisectoral nature of biodiversity planning are inadequate.The report proposes the use of a framework developed in Québec.
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    The World Bank and the environment in the Caspian: a case study of the Kolkheti National Park

    BankWatch, 2002
    This report focuses on the construction of an oil terminal and related infrastructure inside one of Georgia’s national parks. The World Bank has a positive environmental objective in helping to finance the establishment of the Kolkheti National Park but this, the authors claim, is being undermined by the private development of the Kulevi Oil Terminal.
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    Where's the forestry in community forestry?

    Mekonginfo, 2001
    This paper argues that the modern form of community forestry has focused mainly on what might be called forest organization in the context of forest management and that, as such, the technical aspects of forestry, especially the scientific element, have been marginalized.
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    Who owns the world's forests?

    Forest Trends, 2002
    This study examines land tenure data for 24 of the 30 most forested countries accounting for 93% of the worlds natural forest cover and examines global trends in forest ownership.
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    Biodiversity Planning in Asia - Thailand (IUCN)

    Mekonginfo, 2002
    Chapter which documents historical and current approaches to biodiversity planning in Thailand.The authors find that, although Thailand is not a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), since signing the Convention at the Earth Summit in 1992 the country has made significant progress in implementing its provisions.
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    Biodiversity Planning in Asia - China (IUCN)

    Mekonginfo, 2002
    Chapter which documents historical and current approaches to biodiversity planning in China - one of the first countries to ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).The authors find that after several years of implementation of the National action plan for biodiversity (NBAP) there is an urgent need to identify and benefit from the lessons learned both from within China but also from
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    Biodiversity Planning in Asia - Vietnam (IUCN)

    Mekonginfo, 2002
    Chapter which documents historical and current approaches to biodiversity planning in Vietnam dating back to before the government ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994 and adopted a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) in 1995.The authors find that rapid development and a growing population largely dependent on natural resources are placing increasing pressure on biodiversity
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    Living Planet Report 2002

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2002
    The Living Planet Report is WWF’s periodic update on the state of the world’s ecosystems - as measured by the Living Planet Index - and the human pressures on them through the consumption of renewable natural resources - as measured by the Ecological Footprint.

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