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Environmental 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.DocumentLivestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options
Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre, 2006The global livestock sector is socially and politically very significant, creating livelihoods for one billion of the world’s poor and accounting for 40% of agricultural gross demestic product (GDP). This report finds that the value of the sector is countered by an often extremely high environmental impact.DocumentWhen are payments for environmental services beneficial to the poor?
Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006Payment for environmental services (PES) can encourage agricultural producers to reduce negative environmental impacts or produce positive outcomes.DocumentTree diversity analysis: a manual and software for common statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies
World Agroforestry Centre, 2006This guide provides a solid practical foundation for training in statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies.DocumentGuidelines for establishing audits of agricultural–environmental hotspots
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003This report outlines guidelines for assessing Agriculture-Environmental Hotspots.DocumentDown on the farm: the impact of nano-scale technologies on food and agriculture
Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI, 2004This report examines applications of nanotechnology to food and agriculture, which have the potential to revolutionise and further consolidate power over the global food supply.DocumentEnvironmental histories, access to resources and landscape change: an introduction
Land Degradation and Development, 1999This paper outlines a framework for understanding the complexity of land degradation processes, their impacts, and offers insights into their remediation.DocumentCities versus agriculture: revisiting intersectoral water transfers, potential gains and conflicts
International Water Management Institute, 2006Making better use of the water we have- instead of increasing and diversifying supply, is proposed by many as a way of mitigating water-scarcity problems. Moving water away from agriculture to uses with higher economic value is widely seen as desirable. But does this notion really hold water?DocumentGlobal forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management
Forestry Department, FAO, 2005This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.DocumentBiodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: are we asking the right questions?
Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, Kenya, 2004This paper sheds new light on the relationship between the global loss of biodiversity and agricultural productivity.Pages