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Green hills, blue cities: an ecosystems approach to water resources management for African cities
Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2011In light of its rapid urban growth, Africa is likely to experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change – particularly when it comes to water and food security, which places enormous pressure on growing urban populations.DocumentBanking for the future: savings, security and seeds: a short study of community seed banks in Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Nepal, Thailand, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Development Fund, Norway, 2011The aim of seed banks is to increase food security and contribute to the continued utilisation of locally important genetic diversity. This paper is sought to document the experiences of community seed banks (CSBs) in a number of developing countries. The paper concludes that:DocumentStudies of the waterscape of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: water management in hill furrow irrigation
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2011The main objective of this thesis is to contribute knowledge of water management and water use in hill furrow irrigation in Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania. The paper analyses the waters of the region, conceptualised as a waterscape constituted by material, institutional and ideational aspects. The study underlines the following facts:DocumentMultistakeholder forestry program: milestones and challenges in 2010: external evaluators’ review
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2010The partnership for governance reform in Indonesia (Kemitraan) continues to run the only forest governance programme (namely FGP) that bridges civil society with government partners in sustainable forest management efforts.DocumentClimate knowledge for action: a global framework for climate services and empowering the most vulnerable
World Meteorological Organization, 2011Climate is a critical factor in the lives and livelihoods of all people, especially those in developing countries. This report proposes how a global system for the provision of climate services can be set up over the next few years that will protect the jobs and homes of vulnerable people.DocumentNorwegian support to the Liberian energy sector: baseline study and RBM system
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011The Norwegian support to Liberia’s energy sector was initiated in 2007 through funding to the Emergency Power Programme (EPP) II. This report describes the situation in the Liberian energy sector pre‐project implementation, and a system for results-based management (RBM) of the Norwegian-supported energy projects in Liberia.DocumentTackling corruption for governing REDD in the Philippines
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011National efforts to reverse forest degradation in the Philippines have taken on a new dimension in the context of recent international focus on mitigating the effects of climate change.DocumentResults of development cooperation through Norwegian NGOs in East Africa: volume II
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011This paper presents a number of case studies that shed light on the overall effectiveness of Norwegian aid to East Africa’s countries.DocumentResults of development cooperation through Norwegian NGOs in East Africa: volume I
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011It is among the Norwegian government’s targets to enable a more evidence-based perspective on the role of Norwegian NGOs as a channel of official development assistance. As such, this paper evaluates the development activities of Norwegian NGOs in East Africa. The paper states that the Norwegian programmes focused on poverty alleviation as well as on women and children.DocumentReal-time evaluation of Norway’s international climate and forest initiative: Tanzania
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011In April 2008, Norway and Tanzania signed a letter of intent on a climate change partnership focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The current paper reviews Norwegian-supported programmes on adaptation and mitigation of climate change in Tanzania, trying to find out how fruitful this partnership has been.Pages