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  The right to food and the impact of liquid biofuels (agrofuels)

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008

  This paper examines the impact of biofuel production on the human right to freedom from hunger. It is argued that liquid biofuel production has already served to weaken access to food resources for the poor and vulnerable and in the future, will continue to threaten such food access in at least three ways:
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  Poverty, pastoralism and policy in Ngorongoro: lessons learned from the Ereto I Ngorongoro pastoralist project with implications for pastoral development and the policy debate

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008

  Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to  livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable policies.
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  Navigating amidst complexity: a guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environment

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2006

  This guide looks at implementing effective research and development in improving livelihoods and the environment. The guide is mainly for researchers already involved in Natural Resource Management (NRM) but it will also be of interest to implementers of NRM projects, as many of the elements and strategies are common to research and implementation.
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  Focus on... Neglected species

  New Agriculturalist, 2008

  Increasingly, global food security has become dependent on a shrinking basket of a select number of crops. With prices for staple crops such as rice, wheat and maize having recently doubled or even tripled, it is timely to re-focus on the neglected or underutilised crops that can provide food security and income generation, particularly for the poor.
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  Senegal: role of women in a model of community management of fish resources and marine environments

  Gender and Water Alliance, 2008

  During the last twenty years pressure on marine resources in Senegal has increased so significantly that fish have become scarce. Despite their involvement in the use of coastal and marine resources around the world, many women face barriers to participating fully in the planning and management of those resources.
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  Impacts of the Hutan Kamasyarakatan social forestry program in the Sumberjaya watershed, West Lampung District of Sumatra, Indonesia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008

  This paper investigates the impacts of a social forestry programme in Hutan Kamasyarakatan (HKm), Indonesia.
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  Small boats, big problems

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2008

  This paper argues that small boats can cause as much damage in fisheries around the world as big trawlers. While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and over capacity, many demand the right to continue subsidising 'small' vessels.
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  Biofuel and global biodiversity

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008

  How is the increasing demand of plant biomass for biofuels exacerbating agriculture’s impact on biodiversity? This document analyses how biofuels are changing land-use patterns in many regions around the world, including some of the most diverse and sensitive regions on the planet, and provides recommendations for moving biofuel production toward more sustainable systems.
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  The state of food and agriculture 2007: paying farmers for environmental services

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007

  This issue of 'The State of Food and Agriculture' examines the role of agriculture in the provision of ecosystem services using the payment for environmental services (PES) approach.
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  Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble

  Earth Policy Institute, 2006

  Update of the original Plan B book. Discusses, among other things, whether an earth restoration budget that parallels the budget for poverty eradication is a viable and/or effective approach to dealing with environmental degradation.

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