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    Promoting group justice: fiscal policies in post-conflict countries

    Political Economy Research Institute, 2008
    The need for post-conflict countries to address economic inequality, particularly horizontal inequality among culturally defined groups, is increasingly being recognised. But it is less clear how this should be done.
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    Potatoes and climate change

    InfoResources, 2008
    As the fourth most important food crop after rice, wheat and maize, potatoes are of invaluable importance for the diets and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. On the occasion of the International Year of the Potato, this issue of InfoResources Focus takes a look at the challenges that climate change poses to agriculture, and more specifically, to potato farming.
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    Nepali voices: perceptions of truth, justice, reconciliation, reparations and the transition in Nepal

    The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2008
    For many nations the signing of a peace agreement in an intra-state conflict is just the beginning of a long process. A process which needs to address the grievances, concerns and needs of the many innocents affected by the violence, so that society can process, reconcile and heal.
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    People and animals. Traditional livestock keepers: guardians of domestic animal diversity

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    The present variety of farm animal species and breeds is the result of centuries of local knowledge-based selection by traditional livestock keepers. However, domestic animal diversity is being lost at an alarming rate as local livestock breeds are crossed or replaced with higher-yielding animals.
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    Humanitarian agenda 2015 - the state of the humanitarian enterprise

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2008
    Is ‘humanitarianism’ at risk? The humanitarian community is operating in a ‘changing’ environment which is forcing it to question its own notions of inclusivity and grapple with the fundamental issue of impartiality.
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    Corruption in emergencies: what role for media?

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2006
    This document brings together the deliberations of a meeting of donors, NGOs and journalists from Sri Lanka, Liberia and Nepal on the role of the media in tackling corruption in humanitarian aid programmes. It draws on various case studies and suggests ways in which humanitarian agencies and the media can mutually support responsible coverage of corruption in emergency aid.
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    Increasing access to environmental justice: a resource book for advocacy and legal literacy in South Asia

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2007
    Traditionally, Himalayan communities depend on access to land, tenure, and use rights in order to feed their families. Tenure and use rights play a large role in the decisions made about the use of land, whether it is invested in and conserved or used for short term means. These arrangements are not always just and can result in unrest and even violent conflict.
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    Facilitating sustainable mountain tourism – volume 2: toolkit

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2007
    The Himalayas have long captured the imagination of travellers with its immense beauty and rich cultural diversity. Nevertheless it is one of the poorest regions in the world with its inhabitants dependent on subsistence agriculture. Faced with a booming population and a rapidly deteriorating natural environment alternative livelihood options are crucial.
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    Facilitating sustainable mountain tourism- volume 1: resource book

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2007
    The Himalayas have long captured the imagination of travellers with its immense beauty and rich cultural diversity. However it is one of the poorest regions in the world with its inhabitants dependent on subsistence agriculture. Faced with a booming population and a rapidly deteriorating natural environment alternative livelihood options are crucial.
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    Knowledge systems and deliberative interface in natural resource governance: an overview

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    The focus of the publication is to analyse and understand how different groups of social agents engage in the diverse knowledge systems operating in the natural resource sector in Nepal. It examines how knowledge is developed, documented and applied at different levels of natural resource governance using six case studies from forest, agriculture and water sectors.

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