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  The digital dump: exporting re-use and abuse to Africa

  Basel Action Network, 2005

  This report reveals that large quantities of obsolete computers, televisions, mobile phones, and other used electronic equipment exported from USA and Europe to Lagos, Nigeria for “re-use and repair” are ending up gathering dust in warehouses or being dumped and burned near residences in empty lots, roadsides and in swamps creating serious health and environmental contamination from the toxic leac
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  BTC Pipeline: an IFI recipe for increasing poverty

  BankWatch, 2005

  This report details the infringements detected in the construction phase of the Georgian section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline.The pipeline has been build by a consortium led by BP, in order to bring oil from Caspian Sea oilfields to Western markets.
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  General equilibrium analysis of a fuel tax increase in Chile

  Banco Central de Chile / Central Bank of Chile, 2005

  Recently, developed countries have incorporated the need for a more equitable and environmentally balanced growth. Unfortunately, many measures that affect the environment also have an impact on economic growth, poverty, employment, or income distribution.
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  Avante consulta!: effective consultation

  Policy Power tools, 2005

  This tool proposes a set of steps that aim to empower communities in local consultations intended to identify:who has the rights to manage natural resources in an area, andhow this management should be carried out and monitored.The tool has been written within the context of the policies regarding land and forestry rights in Mozambique.
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  The SouthSouthNorth sustainable development appraisal and ranking matrix tool

  SouthSouthNorth, 2005

  This SouthSouthNorth matrix tool can be used to appraise sustainable development of Clean Development Mechanism project activities under the Kyoto Protocol. It has been designed with project developers and host country governments in mind, as a means of appraising and rating projects at the time of project design and approval.
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  Environmental fiscal reform for poverty reduction: DAC guidelines and reference series

  OECD Development Co-operation Directorate: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series, 2005

  Environmental fiscal reform (EFR) refers to a range of taxation and pricing measures which can raise fiscal revenues while furthering environmental goals. This document outlines the key issues to be faced when designing EFR.
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  In search of excellence: exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This publication reflects the outcome of an initiative to identify instances of exemplary forest management in the region and examine the core components of high quality forest management in an effort to illustrate good forest management to a wide audience and encourage others to take up some of the most promising ideas, methods and approaches.
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  Facing up to climate change in South Asia

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change on three of the least developed countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. In these countries, climate change effects will include changes in temperature, distribution of rainfall, sea-level rise, and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
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  Adapting to climate change in East Africa: a strategic approach

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change in three least developed countries in East Africa: Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. In the coming decades, climate change is likely to alter temperatures and distribution of rainfall, contribute to sea-level rise and increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in East Africa.
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  Promoting social adaptation to climate change and variability through knowledge, experiential and co-learning networks in Bolivia

  Shell Foundation, 2004

  This paper summarises different aspects of country development that might be critical in the context of developing a strategy for climate change adaptation.

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