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  China and Africa's natural resources: the challenges and implications for development and governance

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009

  China’s energy concerns have been playing an increasingly crucial role in its foreign policymaking in the new century.  This paper proposes to analyse China’s growing engagement in Africa’s mineral sector and assess its impact on local governance.
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  China in Africa Policy Brief: China's environmental footprint in Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008

  Along with its economic presence, China has rapidly expanded its environmental footprint in Africa. An important objective of China’s Africa strategy is to extract natural resources that have so far not been accessible. Such resources are often located in fragile ecosystems and countries with weak governance systems.
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  China’s green long march: A study of renewable energy, environmental industry and cement sectors

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013

  China has witnessed growth in a wide range of renewable energy sectors over the past decade. But challenges remain including a continued reliance on coal and oil relied on for 90 per cent of the country’s energy needs. Air and water pollution are also an issue as well as an underdeveloped waste management sector.
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  Pastoralists and wildlife conservation in western China: collaborative management within protected areas on the Tibetan Plateau

  Pastoralism, 2012

  Pastoralists have long inhabited vast areas of western China, including the Tibetan Plateau region. Their traditional land use practices and cultural conservation ethic have helped to protect the natural resource base upon which they depend and the wildlife that co-exist with them in the grassland landscapes.
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  How can social and environmental services be provided for mobile Tibetan herders? Collaborative examples from Qinghai Province, China

  Pastoralism, 2011

  Tibetan herders have lived for centuries in the high grasslands of Central Asia, yet many development programs are currently transforming their lives. One of the main assumptions of government policy, in China and around the world, is that the provision of social services is best provided in settled, urban environments.
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  Pastoralists and wildlife conservation in western China: collaborative management within protected areas on the Tibetan Plateau

  2012

  Background Pastoralists have long inhabited vast areas of western China, including the Tibetan Plateau region. Their traditional land use practices and cultural conservation ethic have helped to protect the natural resource base upon which they depend and the wildlife that co-exist with them in the grassland landscapes.
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  Prospects for shale gas development in Asia: examining potentials and challenges in China and India

  Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2012

  Between now and 2035, global energy consumption is forecast to grow by 50 percent, and China and India together will account for more than half of this global growth. The scale of their energy consumption affects global supply and demand and, inherently, the price levels of various energy commodities - including natural gas - in the global marketplace.
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  Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models

  Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012

  Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme.
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  Climate legislation study: a review of climate change legislation in 33 countries (third edition)

  GLOBE International, 2013

  This review of climate change legislation in 33 countries shows that developing countries are leading action on climate change. Overall, there has been significant progress in the climate and/or energy-related legislation of almost all major economies, but a great amount of the 2012 effort took place in emerging countries.
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  The state of environmental migration 2011

  International Organization for Migration, 2012

  This report is the second volume in an annual series, which aims to provide regular assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration. This volume focuses on cross-border displacement and the securitisation of migration.

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