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    Reconciling the needs of man and widlife in India

    Wildlife Interest Group, American Society of International Law, 1999
    Essay which discusses the contention that what gets conserved, and by whom, will ultimately be determined by social and political processes as much, if not more, than by the scientific knowledge which conservationists bring to bear on resource management.The author argues that state exclusionary policies of protected area management have largely failed to achieve conservation goals and in some
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    Mission Greening: strengthening market forces to develop commercial forests in China

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002
    How it is possible to create or provide economic incentives for people to invest in forest plantation, and ensure the sustainability of forests in China?The depletion of forestland has been caused by a combination of rising demand for wood due to industralization, population growth, low price of wood prior to the 1980s, and institutional constraints on the supply of wood.This paper provides
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    The protection of community rights and plant varieties, the experience of Bangladesh

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002
    Article which looks at the impacts of TRIPs on plant variety protection (PVP) and community rights in the context of Bangladesh's rural development and agricultural history.
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    Biodiversity: opportunities and dilemas [access to genetic resources]

    Growing Diversity, 2002
    Senator Marina Silva of the National Congress of Brazil critically describes efforts to regulate access to genetic resources in Brazil.
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    Power from the trees: how good forest governance can help reduce poverty

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
    IIED opinion paper which argues that forestry can offer some high-potential routes out of rural poverty. Forestry, the authors state, can contribute to food security, provide resource safety nets and sometimes enterprise opportunities where little else exists.
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    Reconciling agriculture and biodiversity: policy and research challenges of ‘ecoagriculture’

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
    Paper which argues against the 'conventional wisdom' that modern agriculture and biodiversity conservation are incompatible.
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    Building on hidden opportunities to achieve the millennium development goals:

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
    IIED opinion paper which argues that whilst biodiversity loss has the potential to undermine progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), conservation of biodiversity offers many (sometimes overlooked) opportunities to reduce poverty.
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    Partnerships for strenghtening conservation biology in Africa

    American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002
    This report records the outcomes of a workshop held in September 2001to share information about the status of conservation biology in Africa and to discuss ways to strengthen it, especially through regional and international collaboration.The report highlights areas which the workshop identified as priorities to help translate conservation research into practical action.
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    The Rio Branco commitment

    Growing Diversity, 2002
    On the 19 May 2002, the participants of the Growing Diversity Rio Branco International Workshop in Acre, Brazil claimed that the principal mode of agricultural production should be biodiversity based and under the control of local communities.
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    Towards Democratic Control and Participation in the Management of Agricultural Biodiversity

    Growing Diversity, 2002
    "Community based conservation" and "peoples' participation" have become part of the conventional rhetoric and more attention is being paid to this approach on the ground by international and national organisations.

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