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  Locating human-wildlife interactions: Landscape constructions and responses to large carnivore conservation in India and Norway

  Conservation and Society, 2015

  People's reactions to large carnivores take many forms, ranging from support and coexistence to resistance and conflict. While these reactions are the outcome of many different factors, in this paper we specifically explore the link between social constructions of landscapes and divergent responses to large carnivore presence.
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  Final review of the project "Making REDD+ and the Carbon Market Work for Communities and Forest Conservation in Tanzania" implemented by TFCG and Mjumita.

  The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015

  “Making REDD+ and  the  Carbon  Market  work  for  Communities  and  Forest  Conservation  in Tanzania” is a five-year  project  implemented  by Tanzania  Forest  Conservation  Group (TFCG)  in partnership  with  the  Tanzania community forest conservation network (MJUMITA).
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  Final review of the project "Combining REDD, PFM and FSC certification in South-Eastern Tanzania" implemented by MCDI and partners

  The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015

  The project “Combining REDD, PFM and FSC certification in South-Eastern Tanzania” was designed and implemented between January 2010 and December 2014 by Mpingo  Conservation  &  Development Initiative, MCDI in collaboration  with  several  partners  including  academic  institutions,  such  as the University  of  E
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  Final review of the project "Hifadhi ya Misitu ya Asali (HIMA) - Piloting REDD+ in Zanzibar through Community Forest Management" implemented by CARE International and partners

  The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015

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  Corruption and state-corporate crime in fisheries

  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015

  This U4 Issue paper describes corruption in the fisheries sector through the lens of state-corporate crime. It presents a case study from Senegal where Russian, European and Asian fishing firms, supported by their home governments, gained access to overfished stocks that are vital to local food security and the artisanal fishing sector.
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  By the gun or by the bribe: Firm size, environmental governance and corruption among mining companies in Guatemala

  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015

  This U4 Issue discusses the corruption risks faced by mining companies in Guatemala, with a particular focus on the risks faced by small, “junior” mining companies primarily engaged in exploration.
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  Afar Resilience Study

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015

  This paper has been prepared in conjunction with a project for resilience building in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia under the auspices of the Afar Region Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Food Security Coordination Office and the Agriculture Knowledge Learning Documentation and Policy Project (AKLDP), Ethiopia which is implemented by the Feinstein International Center, Tufts Univer
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  Alternatives to local content

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2015

  This paper by Ivar Kolstad and Abel Kinyondo suggests that an optimal local content policy in the context of flawed institutions is a more minimal one than those typically pursued by developing countries with recently discovered petroleum reserves.
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  Responses to weather and climate: A cross-section analysis of rural incomes

  World Bank, 2015

  This paper was commissioned by the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Cross-Cutting Solutions Area and is a background paper for the World Bank Group’s flagship report: “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty.” It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discus
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  Mainstreaming climate change in Norwegian development aid: Reconciling climate priorities with aid delivery procedures

  Stockholm Environment Institute, 2015

  This brief examines Norway’s approach to integrating climate issues into all of its official development assistance.

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