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  Innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2001

  This issue of ETFRN News explores innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management, whether in conceptual stage, under development, or operational.The newsletter defines innovative forest financing mechanisms as new ways and institutional set-ups to transfer financial resources from actors who are willing to pay for the generation and maintenance of ecological
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  Forestry, forest users and research: new ways of learning

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2000

  This book shows three ways in which the boundaries of forestry are changing, perhaps even disappearing:forestry is coming out of isolation; it is not only becoming a multidisciplinary sector, it is also accepting the legitimate participation of a much wider range of actors than before, both directly as resource users, and indirectly as having an interest in the fate or impact of forest man
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  Alternatives to slash-and-burn

  Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, Kenya, 2003

  This Policy Brief is the first in the series and introduces ASB and the issues it deals with.
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  Reducing smoke pollution from tropical fires

  Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, Kenya, 2002

  This paper assesses the effects of smoke pollution on human health, biodiversity and global warming, and it makes recommendations to donors on how to control it.The paper argues that focusing on the smoke and its effects during crises will not solve the problem and indeed can divert attention from its real causes.
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  Private forestry based on Paulownia in Sri Lanka: an appraisal of the outgrower scheme presented by Paulownia Plantations LTD

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This paper presents the recommendations of NORAD consultants to a request for funding from Paulownia Plantations (Pvt.) Ltd (PPL) to develop a plantation industry based primarily on Paulownia, a fast growing tree species originating from China.The team of consultants were requested to assess the viability of the plans presented, economically, environmentally, socially and in terms of their pote
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  The emerging role of forestry as an important tool in poverty alleviation: a role for Norwegian development assistance?

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  The international forest policy dialogue has significantly changed the approaches related to forestry of many international organisations and donors.
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  Fuel substitution: poverty impacts on biomass fuel suppliers

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This paper reports on a project to determine the full livelihood and poverty impacts of fuel substitution. The paper makes recommendations to policy makers on how negative impacts can be mitigated.The project focused on traditional fuel suppliers in Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Kampala in order to identify and characterise the traditional fuel supply sector from a livelihood point of view.
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  Economic aspects of forests: Report of the Secretary-General

  United Nations Forum on Forests, 2003

  This report was prepared by the World Bank, in consultation with other member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, to facilitate discussions at the Forum’s third session.
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  The process of institution building to facilitate local biodiversity management

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2002

  This paper examines theoretical approaches and practical experiences on local participation and the use of local institutions to improve biodiversity management.
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  Caffeine and conservation

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  Overproduction of coffee and low coffee prices have resulted in a global crisis affecting the people and biodiversity of many tropical countries. The authors, from the Wildlife Conservation Society in Indonesia, describe expanding production of low-quality robusta coffee, which contributes to low prices and lowland deforestation, but is not improving the livelihood of local farmers.

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