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  Who owns the ecosystem?

  Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999

  Paper is about how human society organizes its proprietary relationship to the biosphere and, in particular, the property implications of ecosystem management. Our premise is that ecosystem management is endangered by its "bigger-is-better" bias, the potential source of public backlash among landowners.
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  The economics of biosafety: implications for biotechnology in developing countries

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 1998

  There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology. Most of these studies, however, address the issue of biosafety from a scientific, legal, environmental and organizational perspective.
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  Assessing the economic impacts of integrated pest management: lessons from the past, directions for the future

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 1998

  Paper reviews the literature assessing the economic impacts of integrated pest management (IPM). Definitions of IPM are categorized as input- or outcome-oriented, and an outcome- oriented definition is recommended for public program assessment. The literature on economic impact assessment of IPM is divided according to focus on expected profit, profitability risk, environment, and health.
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  Tree Conservation Information Service

  UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 1999

  Data on over 7000 tree species of global conservation concern, including IUCN red list category and supporting information, gathered using many sources: literature, journals, floras and most importantly contributions from over 300 botanists. The database is being continually updated.
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  Solutions for a Water-Short World

  Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 1998

  As populations grow and water use per person rises, demand for freshwater is soaring. Yet the supply of freshwater is finite and threatened by pollution. To avoid a crisis, many countries must conserve water, pollute less, manage supply and demand, and slow population growth. [author]
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  Forced labour in Myanmar (Burma)

  International Labour Organization, 1998

  Report finds evidence of the pervasive use of forced labour imposed on the civilian population throughout Myanmar by the authorities and the military for portering, the construction, maintenance and servicing of military camps, other work in support of the military, work on agriculture, logging and other production projects undertaken by the authorities or the military, sometimes for the profit
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  NFTPs, Institutions, and Income Generation in Nepal: Lessons for Community Forestry [non-timber forest products]

  NepalNet, 1998

  This study documents four different institutional mechanisms that promote non-wood forest products to generate income. The objective is to highlight some of the institutional guidelines that are relevant to community forestry. The four institutional approaches documented in this paper are listed below. 1.
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  Forests in Sustainable Development: guidelines for forest sector development cooperation

  European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 1998

  Paper defines a strategy for forest sector development, and translates it for practical application. In response to the causes of deforestation and desertification, which are rooted in a complex web of socio-economic factors (both inside and, mainly, outside the forests) these guidelines are centred on the needs of people living in and making a living from forests.
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  Habari ya maendeleo ya Tanzania - 28. A bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian development studies

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997

  Regularly published index to journal articles on Tanzania
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  The New 'Knowers' of West Africa. Muslims, Education and Social Change. A commentated bibliography.

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  Bibliography presents summaries of and comments on eight different texts, each providing important contributions to the subject of Muslims, education and social change in West Africa.

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