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    An overview of glaciers, glacier retreat, and subsequent impacts in Nepal, India and China

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005
    This paper exposes the rate of retreat of Himalayan glaciers accelerating as global warming increases. The report states that glaciers in the region are now receding at an average rate of 10-15 metres per year. There are several problems associated with retreating glaciers that need to be understood in order to proceed to the next stage of quantifying research and mitigating disaster.
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    Experience sharing tour and workshop on shelterbelts and fuel wood substitutes in Sudan

    Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2004
    This report assesses the possibilities for establishing shelterbelts that may prevent sand movement into farming lands in Sudan.
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    Could wood combat climate change?

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
    Combating human-induced climate change is a key challenge of this age, and requires a wide range of concerted actions. Preferential use of wood products can make a positive contribution - both in terms of mitigating the negative effects of climate change and fostering sustainable development.
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    Africa Environment Outlook

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2003
    The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) report provides a comprehensive and integrated analysis of Africa’s environment. AEO contains a detailed assessment of the current state of the environment in the region, indicates discernible environmental trends and examines the complex interplay between natural events and the impacts of human actions on the environment.
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    Sustainable development in Africa: is the climate right?

    International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University, 2005
    This paper proposes that much better management of climate variability is essential if sustainable development is to be achieved in Africa.
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    Indigenous dialogue

    Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2005
    This paper discusses a June 2004 conference, “Sharing Indigenous Wisdom: An International Dialogue On Sustainable Development,” hosted by the College of Menominee Nation’s Sustainable Development Institute. The focus of the conference was on the foundational elements of the Menominee model of sustainable development.
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    Transportation and greenhouse gas emissions: exploring opportunities for the clean development mechanism in Chile

    Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2004
    This paper summarises a project undertaken by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Development Consultants and the Center for Clean Air Policy, examining possible scenarios for using the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a tool to promote sustainable development in Chile’s transportation sector.Through three different case studies, examining bicycle inf
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    Shared terrestrial ecosystems of East Africa: towards conviviality

    African Centre for Technology Studies, 2002
    The East African Community (EAC) initiated a process to prepare common guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of shared aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of East Africa. The shared terrestrial ecosystems of East Africa include wetlands, forest ecosystems and protected wildlife ecosystems.
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    Shared aquatic ecosystems of East Africa: status and trends

    African Centre for Technology Studies, 2002
    The East African Community (EAC) initiated a process to prepare common guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of shared aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of East Africa.
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    Comparing the net benefits of incentive based and command and control regulations in a developing context: the case of Santiago, Chile

    Programa de Gestion y Economia Ambiental, Chile, 2002
    As a result of high levels of pollution and only recent introduction of control policies, health benefits of reducing pollution significantly can be expected to be high whereas the costs may still be relatively low. Consequently the excess reductions may produce net benefits (benefits of improved air quality minus compliance costs).

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