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    Story Map: Ecosystem services in the Cubango / Okavango river basin

    GRID Arendal, 2015
    Estimates by Alyward (2009) show that 380 000 people derive direct livelihood support from the Cubango/ Okabango River Basin. Much of the direct livelihood support is derived through the benefits obtained from wetlands and floodplain systems.
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    REDD Integrity: An evidence based approach to anti-corruption in REDD+

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015
    Schemes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) have emerged as a means to address deforestation trends in developing countries and related emissions of forest carbon. Governance and corruption challenges facing REDD+ are widely acknowledged to be daunting both in their scale and severity.
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    Topic guide: Urban poverty, urban pollution and environmental management

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    This Topic Guide provides a summary of what is known about the environmental impacts of urban areas with a particular focus on urban pollution, and on good practice in reducing it. Produced by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), this peer-reviewed guide:
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    Topic guide: education, climate and environment

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    This Topic Guide provides expert knowledge on the relationship between education, climate and environment. In particular, it outlines:
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    Trees and livelihoods in Karamoja, Uganda

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    Karamoja is a dryland sub-region in north-east Uganda, where 82% of the population live under the poverty line. It is troubled by climate variability and climate change, where floods and droughts have had a particularly detrimental effect.
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    Trees and watershed management in Karamoja, Uganda

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    Karamoja is a dryland sub-region in north-east Uganda, where 82% of the population live under the poverty line. It is troubled by climate variability and climate change, where floods and droughts have had a particularly detrimental effect.
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    FOCAC: Addressing joint environmental challenges?

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2012
    Cooperation on environmental challenges has been an instrumental part of the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) since its inception in 2000. With increasing levels of economic interactions and political cooperation, environmental concerns have become increasingly important.
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    Norway’s municipal international cooperation - results achieved and lessons learnt

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2015
    Municipal International Cooperation (1997-2014) was a programme involving municipalities in Norway and the Global South. It was managed by the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This report sums up results and identifies lessons to be learnt for a possible future scheme.
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    National-level corruption risks and mitigation strategies in the implementation of REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An overview of the current situation

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the first REDD+ target countries due its huge forest ecosystem potential. Since 2011, the country has been creating key pieces of legislation as well as implementing REDD+ readiness activities and making pilot investments to mitigate some of the key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation identified in the country.
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    Interim assessment of revised National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPS)

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2015
    On behalf of UNEP-WCMC and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, Balakrishna Pisupati and Christian Prip have conducted an interim assessment of 25 national biodiversity strategies and action plans submitted after the adoption of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the "Aichi Targets" at CBD COP 10 in 2010.

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