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    Establishing resilient marine protected area networks - making it happen

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
    This guide pools global experience on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and is intended to be useful to countries and their various organisations in building effective networks of MPAs. It also highlights global commitments for marine conservation and shows how to move from individual MPA sites to an effective system of national and regional MPA networks.
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    The status of rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007
    Poverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area’s population lives in rural areas. This report focuses on key rural poverty issues in 13 diverse countries in the region, without attempting to propose policy or programme actions at national or local levels.
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    Practical approaches to transboundary water benefit sharing

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2008
    The emergence and maintenance of transboundary water management regimes rests on a complex web of inter-related factors that define incentives for cooperation. This paper considers practical mechanisms towards an operationalisation of benefit sharing in transboundary water by focusing on steps for putting the concept into practice and the lessons learned from existing cooperative efforts.
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    Saving water: from field to fork. Curbing losses and wastage in the food chain

    Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
    Agriculture is the largest human use of water. Clearly, agricultural practices need to be targeted to reduce wastage of water. This has been the centre of attention for water saving practices for some years. But there are additional ways to save water. Food consumers and businesses have a key role.
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    Water, livelihoods and growth: concept paper

    Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region, 2007
    With a focus on RIPPLE (Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region), this paper looks at research-inspired policy and practice learning in Ethiopia and the Nile.
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    Depopulating the Tibetan grasslands: national policies and perspectives for the future of Tibetan herders in Qinghai Province, China

    Plateau Perspectives, 2008
    Tibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world and encompass the source areas of many major Asian rivers.
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    The north-western Sahara aquifer system: concerted management of a transboundary water basin

    Sahara and Sahel Observatory, 2008
    The North-western Sahara aquifer system (NWSAS) shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia contains considerable water reserves; however, it is largely unrenewable and not fully exploitable.
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    Innovation for sustainable development: local case studies from Africa

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
    This report aims to shed light on the way innovative solutions have arisen to address local sustainable development challenges, examining the determinants of success and the scope for replication. The report focuses on the African experience, and contributes to the documentation for the 16th and 17th sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
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    How the water flows: a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2008
    This paper develops and presents a typology of irrigation systems in Afghanistan. The report is intended to enhance knowledge of irrigation methods and management with the aim of improving system performance and productivity.
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    Land degradation assessment and prevention: selected case studies from the ESCWA region

    Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2007
    This report looks at possible ways for policy-makers and decision-takers to combat and/or prevent land degradation in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region, both generally and specifically in the following countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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