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Sharing monetory benefits from REDD+ at local levels
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015Introduction and background.DocumentPro-poor approaches to REDD+
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015Introduction and background.DocumentREDD+ Pilot Projects in Tanzania 2009-2014
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015Seven NGOs implemented REDD+ pilot projects in Tanzania in 2009 - 2014. The pilots were funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy to test and develop REDD+ readiness in Tanzania, including the verifiable reduction of carbon emissions from land-use changes.DocumentMaking space for women in urban governance? Leadership and claims-making in a Kerala slum
Environment and Planning A, 2015This paper looks at the role of gender in the shaping and exercise of political authority. Its empirical focus is a slum in central Trivandrum, Kerala's capital city, which is undergoing a phased process of formalisation and rebuilding funded through a flagship Indian national programme, the JNNURM.DocumentExplaining and understanding environmental actions in Chinese agriculture: the case of Yuqiao watershed of Tianjin municipality
Taylor and Francis Group, 2015Most of China’s surface waters are undergoing anthropogenic eutrophication, mainly due to leaching of phosphorus (P) from both sewage and agriculture. This is causing quality deterioration in their scarce water resources. The problem has been acknowledged by Chinese authorities and actions sought implemented, though expected ameliorations are on hold.DocumentNature Index Costa Rica: an IPBES pilot project
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2014The “Nature Index Costa Rica” (NI-CR) has been a one-year pilot project to demonstrate and promote the capacity-building objectives of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).DocumentGender review of selected programmes in the agriculture portfolio of the Norwegian Embassy in Malawi
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2015In Malawi, the Global Hunger Index classifies the food security situation as “serious”. Lack of food security causes child undernutrition and child mortality. Levels of malnutrition are alarmingly high. About half of all children under the age of five show signs of chronic malnutrition.DocumentClimate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
IOPscience, 2015Earlier research that reports a correlational pattern between climate anomalies and violent conflict routinely refers to drought-induced agricultural shocks and adverse economic spillover effects as a key causal mechanism linking the two phenomena.DocumentPlant variety protection in developing countries: A tool for designing a Sui Generis plant variety protection system: An alternative to UPOV 1991
2015A new tool to assist developing countries in designing a “custom made” plant variety protection suitable for the seed and agricultural systems that prevail in developing countries has been published by an international group of NGOs. It was presented on the occasion of the Sixth Meeting of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for FoodDocumentClimate adapted vilages. The Development Fund's model for local climate adaptation. Ethiopia.
Development Fund, Norway, 2015The Climate Adapted Villages model aims to make farmers and local communities capable of organizing themselves, identifying climate threats and practicing climate smart agriculture, enabling them to adapt to the current consequences of a changing climate.Pages