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  The impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biological diversity: domestic support measures and their effects on agricultural biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2005

  This study provides an in-depth analysis of the potential implications for biodiversity of a reduction in and reform of agricultural support activities.
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  Exploring ecological and socio-economic issues for the improvement of area enclosure management: a case study from Ethiopia.

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005

  Land degradation is a severe problem across sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia is among the most affected countries.
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  Paying for biodiversity conservation services in agricultural landscapes

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper describes the contract mechanism developed for the Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Ecosystem Management Project (RISEMP). The project is testing the use of the payment-for-service mechanism to encourage the adoption of silvopastoral practices in three countries of central and south America, namely, Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
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  Effects of climate change on agriculture and environment in the semi-arid tropics, with Senegal as an example

  North/South Priority Research Area, University of Copenhagen, 2003

  The effects of climate change are likely to be greater in tropical and subtropical developing countries, owing to the greater importance of the primary sector in these countries in terms of contribution to GNP. Many African nations will therefore be largely affected by global climate change.This paper focuses on Senegal, detailing the effects and possible outcomes of climate change.
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  Compensation and cost of conservation payments for biodiversity

  Cornell University Library, 2003

  Under innovative environmental policies, direct conservation payments to farmers are starting to be implemented to induce them to abandon slash-and-burn agriculture as well as the use of forest resources altogether.
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  The impacts of payments for watershed services in Ecuador: emerging lessons from Pimampiro and Cuenca

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  Payments for environmental services (PES) is a topic of increasing interest in Ecuador, particularly as a way to leverage funding for environmental protection.
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  Conservation farming in Zambia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  Examines the effectiveness of the ‘conservation farming (CF) system’, a package of agronomic practices for smallholders introduced to Zambia in 1996 and advocated by a range of stakeholders from donors, government and private sector.The system involves:dry-season land preparation using minimum tillage methods retention of crop residue from the prior harvest (no burning)planting
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  Running pure: the importance of forest protected areas to drinking water

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2003

  This report presents arguments for the potential role of protected areas in helping to maintain water supply to major cities. It demonstrates that water provides a powerful argument for protection.
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  Climate change decreases aquatic ecosystem productivity of Lake Tanganyika, Africa

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  This paper presents evidence that climate warming is diminishing productivity in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.
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  Biodiversity and international water policy: international agreements and experiences related to the protection of freshwater ecosystems

  International Conference on Freshwater, 2001

  The paper reviews current international conventions, agreements and declarations related to the sustainable use of freshwater ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity with the aim of stimulating discussions on practical experiences and challenges in freshwater ecosystem management.

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