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Working Group Report Climate Change Impacts on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity in the Insular Caribbean - Report of Working Group II, Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Insular Caribbean
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, 2008This report is based on a desk study of published and unpublished literature relating to climate change and its impact on coastal and marine biodiversity in the insular Caribbean.DocumentLocal preferences for REDD+ payment formats in Brazil, The Bolsa Floresta Programme, RDS Rio Negro
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway).DocumentPayment formats for REDD+ interventions: preferences and concerns in Aowin District, Ghana
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway).DocumentContribution Analysis: Norwegian Embassy support to indigenous peoples in Brazil 2002 -2013
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) to acquire knowledge and draw lessons about the nature, organisation and achievements of the Norwegian Indigenous Support Programme in Brazil (NISPB), and (b) to inform future strategies, policies and interventions in this area of development cooperation.DocumentAssessment of vulnerability to natural hazards at subnational level: provincial estimates for the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012Vulnerability to natural hazards is measured like hazard frequencies that reflect the predisposition of a system to extreme events at a certain instant of time. The measurement of vulnerability is found useful in the conception of disaster preparedness and positioning regions or countries for aid support.DocumentGreen economy in Amapá State, Brazil: Progress and perspectives
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014This report discusses the opportunities presented by the Amapá State government’s intention to make the transition to a green economy. It explores initial progress in green policy and activity, and associated dynamics in the political economy, and lays out a broad but feasible set of sectoral and cross-sectoral policy options.DocumentEnvironment and regional trade agreements
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2014This report examines trends in the use of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and identifies factors which may explain the presence or absence of these provisions. Analysis of the environmental provisions in RTAs is taken to reveal an upward trend.DocumentUrban China: Toward efficient, inclusive, and sustainable urbanization
World Bank, 2014This report includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanisation: 1. Reforming land management and institutions: The report says currently the amount of farmland available is close to the 'red line' of 120 million hectares, which is considered to be the minimum necessary to ensure food security.DocumentGEO Small Island Developing States Outlook
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2014This report provides four integrated themes for action to support SIDS become the environmental economies of the future.DocumentDownstream voices: wetland solutions to reducing disaster risk
Wetlands International, 2014This report makes the case for addressing ecosystem degradation as one of the root causes of risk and vulnerability and for opting for ecosystem-based solutions as a way to reduce disaster risk and build community resilience.Pages