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Real-time evaluation of Norway’s international climate and forest initiative: Indonesia
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011The rationale behind Norway’s support for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is to make a substantial contribution in the struggle against global warming.DocumentReal-time evaluation of Norway’s international climate and forest initiative: Guyana
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011As a high forest cover/low deforestation rate country, Guyana has been keen to engage in a pilot of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) to utilise payments for the environmental services.DocumentReal-time evaluation of Norway’s international climate and forest initiative: contributions to national REDD+ Processes 2007-2010, country report: Democratic Republic of Congo
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a high forest cover – low deforestation rate country emerging from a long period of political and civil instability that eroded public and social institutions.DocumentIdentification of potential aquaculture and fish processing investment projects and partners in selected countries in Africa
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2009The Norwegian private sector has a great potential for good investments in terms of aquaculture, fisheries and fish processing. The purpose of this study is to provide relevant information for Norwegian companies interested in investment and/or joint ventures in African fisheries and aquaculture.DocumentStudies of the waterscape of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: water management in hill furrow irrigation
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2010The practices and technology related to irrigation in Tanzania are relevant to debates about indigenous intensive agricultural systems, concerning their sustainability and prospects for development. This study analyses water system of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania, focusing on its material, institutional, and ideational aspects.DocumentInternational responses to Pakistan’s water crisis: opportunities and challenges
Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2010Pakistan faces a multidimensional water crisis that claims hundreds of thousands of lives every year. This paper examines the potentials for the international community to help Pakistan to overcome this crisis, and makes recommendations to both the Pakistani government and other interested parties.DocumentAssessing the role of economic instruments in a policy mix for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision: a review of some methodological challenges
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2010In the context of the EU 2010 goal of halting biodiversity loss, researchers have been called upon to evaluate the role of economic instruments for cost-effective decision-making, as well as non-market methods to assess their benefits.DocumentUganda’s environment and natural resources: enhancing parliament’s oversight
GRID Arendal, 2010Uganda’s natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa, resulting in the country’s economy relying heavily on goods and services so provided. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a ready source of environmental information and trends for legislators, to foster effective appreciation and representation of environmental issues in parliament.DocumentClimate change to conflict?: lessons from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya
Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2010The contextual environment African pastoralists live in is characterised by population growth, environmental degradation, and cultural and political factors that pave the way for frequent outbreaks of conflict. This paper attempts to understand the relationship between environmental/climatic factors and the conflict dynamics in the Horn of Africa.DocumentForest governance in Congo: corruption rules?
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010Innovative management of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) forests is an international priority. This paper argues, however, that recent forestry codes and initiatives have not achieved expected results, and that corruption and mismanagement are a main reason for this.Pages