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    Wildlife-human interactions: from conflict to coexistence in sustainable landscapes. A cooperative research project between India and Norway

    Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2011
    Reports on a project which sought to understand the dynamics of wildlife human interactions in India and Norway (in a sample of multiuse landscapes) and to develop mechanisms of coexistence suitable to the countries. The project focussed on species that regularly come into conflict with humans, but which reflect the diversity of forms these conflicts can take.
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    Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research

    Bioforsk conducts applied and specifically targeted research linked to multifunctional agriculture and rural development, plant sciences, environmental protection and natural resource management.
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    High mountain glaciers and climate change: challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2010
    Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. This report calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modeling of glaciers, snow and their role in water supplies.
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    The state of environment: information networking in Rwanda

    GRID Arendal, 2010
    Environmental assessment and reporting are a key catalyst in the drive towards sustainable development. This report reflects an assessment of the state of environment in Rwanda, and provides a number of recommendations for consideration in setting up the Rwanda Environment Information Network (REIN).
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    Working for environment

    GRID Arendal, 2011
    This report, ‘Working for the Environment’, is a publication launched by the Department of Environmental Affairs in South Africa. The report aims to inform and educate the general public in South Africa on work currently being done by the government to protect the environment and alleviate poverty.
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    Midterm assessment of MAP (Mesoamerican Agro-environmental Programme)

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011
    The Meso-american Agro-Environmental Programme (MAP) was established in 2008 as a platform with multiple partner organisations for managing knowledge and innovation. The purpose of this assessment is to shed some light on MAP capacity to achieve its goals, and to provide observations, conclusions and recommendations for improvements on specific aspects of the programme.
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    Supporting child rights: synthesis of lessons learned in four countries

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011
    Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique and Sudan have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and are bound to take legislative, policy, and administrative action to honour their legal obligations. This report synthesises the findings and lessons learned from an evaluation of Norway’s and Sweden’s aid interventions intended to promote child rights in these four countries.
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    Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: global estimates for 2009 and 2010

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2011
    Forced displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters is a large-scale, global phenomenon. This study focuses on quantifying peak levels of displacement, including those due to preventative actions taken before and after the onset of a disaster, as people are forced to flee their homes and lands.
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    Power to the People? Hydropower, indigenous rights, and popular resistance in Guatemala

    Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2010
    The debate about hydropower has recently been revitalised in the context of climate change and the large unmet demand for energy in many countries. This study is a contribution to the debate about hydropower development, indigenous rights, and the rights of affected communities in the face of development projects, presenting Guatemala as a case study. Main findings include: 
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    Impacts of climate change to the global economy in the ENSEMBLES +2 °C scenario E1

    Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2010
    The E1 scenario is one which represents an achievement of the European Union's target to limit climate change in global mean temperature by +2 °C in 2100. This report summarises impacts to the global economies of this scenario. The findings of the paper indicate that: 

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