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  Effects of climate change on agriculture and environment in the semi-arid tropics, with Senegal as an example

  North/South Priority Research Area, University of Copenhagen, 2003

  The effects of climate change are likely to be greater in tropical and subtropical developing countries, owing to the greater importance of the primary sector in these countries in terms of contribution to GNP. Many African nations will therefore be largely affected by global climate change.This paper focuses on Senegal, detailing the effects and possible outcomes of climate change.
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  Climate change and agriculture: a review of impacts and adaptations

  Climate Change, World Bank, 2003

  Agricultural productivity and depending livelihoods are particularly vulnerable to climate change. This paper reviews the impacts of climate change on agriculture, and the adaptation mechanisms that farmers and countries have used to cope with these impacts.
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  Climate change in Latin America: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2001

  This paper discusses the possible implications of climate change in Latin America.
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  Climate change in Asia: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2001

  This paper discusses the possible implications of climate change in Asia. The paper focuses on a number of variables that will be affected by climate change, including, water resources, the El Nino, ecosystems, coastal resources, human health, agriculture and overall vulnerability.
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  Climate change in Africa: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2001

  Africa is highly vulnerable to the various manifestations of climate change. This paper focuses on a number of variables that will be affected by climate change, including, water resources, food security, ecosystems, natural resources, human health, agriculture and overall vulnerability.
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  Impact of carbon value on profitability of improved fallow agroforestry systems in Kigezi highlands, Uganda

  Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 2004

  The economic advantages of improved agro forestry fallow systems over traditional continuous cropping systems are important tools that can be used to influence the choice of land use options at household levels. In Kigezi highlands Uganda, the upper parts of farmers’ crop field terraces are degraded due to continuous cropping.
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  Agricultural and human health impacts of climate policy in China: a general equilibrium analysis with special reference to Guangdong

  OECD Development Centre, 2003

  China’s climate policy over the coming decades will be crucial to efforts to slow global warming. While CO2 emissions growth slowed in the 1990s, it is too early to know if this represents the beginning of a long-term downward trend in the carbon intensity of China’s economy.
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  The environment, natural resources and HIV/AIDS

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This short report looks at impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the environment, with a focus on rural areas in Africa.
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  Overview of the world food situation: food security: new risks and new opportunities

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This speech by IFPRI Director General Joachim von Braun was prepared for the Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Nairobi, October 29, 2003).
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  No place to hide: effects of climate change on protected areas

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2002

  This paper considers the potential impacts of climate change on protected areas (PAs) and actions that can be taken to mitigate them. Recent research suggests that the types of environmental changes predicted in climatic models are now taking place.

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