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    Pursuing a green economy: growth alongside environmental sustainability in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    Latin American countries have been implementing some innovative market incentives to catalyse the expansion of the green economy, in particular in relation to natural resource conservation and development of greener energy and infrastructure. This Guide explores these experiences to identify useful lessons for other regions of the world.
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    Payments for environmental services: a market mechanism protecting Latin America’s forests

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    In Latin America, payments for environmental services schemes are the preferred market mechanism for forest conservation and reforestation. Success stories from the region provide a range of valuable lessons for other countries still struggling to curb deforestation.
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    Tackling institutional violence: the protocol for harassment and sexual harassment in the Mexican Federal Public Administration

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    The Intervention Protocol for Harassment and Sexual Harassment is a pioneering attempt from the Mexican Federal Government to transform the structural causes of institutional violence within the public administration. Initiated in 2009, the Protocol has been implemented in over 30 state institutions, with replication now taking place at local level.
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    Tackling gender violence in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    Latin American countries are implementing innovative mechanisms to address different forms of gender violence, including establishing a regional convention, national laws against femicide, programmes aimed at creating safer cities for women and gender observatories.
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    Lessons learned from community forestry in Latin America and their Relevance for REDD+ Forest carbon, markets and communities (FCMC) Program

    Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities, 2014
    This review analyzes experiences and key lessons learned over 30 years following the introduction of legal and policy reforms supporting community rights over forests as well as community involvement in the management of forests. It presents some key lessons from community forestry that are highly relevant for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation).
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    New frontiers in South-South engagement: relationship between India and Latin America and the Caribbean

    Indian Council of World Affairs, 2013
    Initially led almost exclusively by the private sector, ties between India and Latin America have more recently begun to take on a deeper state-to-state and people-to-people form. India and Latin America have also initiated engagements at a multilateral level, both as a part of new organisations of the global
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    Latin America awakes: a review of the new drug policy debate

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    Latin America is confronted with astonishing levels of organised and interpersonal violence, much of it connected to illicit narcotics production and trafficking and the so-called “war on drugs”. There is evidence, however, of mounting resistance to the global drug control regime and its narrow emphasis on suppressing supply, chiefly through enforcement measures.
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    Latin America and the drug issue: searching for a change

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2013
    This report analyses the current global situation of the drug question and highlights the limitations of the so-called "war on drugs". It specifically reflects on the particularities of the anti-narcotics crusade in Latin America by showing its poor results in terms of coping with the drug phenomenon.
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    The EU and Latin America and the Caribbean: Paving the road towards a new global climate change agreement in 2015?

    European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Foundation, 2013
    This paper argues that existing relations and common goals between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) can serve as a solid foundation to build momentum towards a fair, robust and ambitious international agreement on climate change in 2015. It explores the current EU-LAC partnership and new options for increasing cooperation and diplomacy on climate change.
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    European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Foundation (EU-LAC)

    EU-LAC was created by the 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government, the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Foundation (EU-LAC Foundation) and took up its activities in 2011.

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