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    The natural capital approach: a concept paper

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    Natural Capital is gaining considerable interest as a means for devising policies that reconcile economic and environmental imperatives.This concept paper, funded by Environment Canada, explores the Natural Capital Approach  as a means for identifying and quantifying natural resources and associated ecosystem goods and services that can help integrate ecosystem-oriented management with eco
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    Gender and natural resource management: livelihoods, mobility and interventions

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment, and natural resource management.
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    Trends in sustainable development

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
    This report highlights key developments and recent sustainability trends in agriculture, rural development, land, desertification and drought, five of the six themes being considered by the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at its 16th and 17th sessions (2008-2009).
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    Conservation and human rights

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2007
    This paper presents a collection of articles exploring the key issues surrounding the relationship between human rights and conservation. It looks at what human rights are and what do they have to do with conservation.
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    Developing better policies for the sustainable development of the Indian coal sector

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
    Sustainable development of the coal sector will require developing the ability to sustain the increased production of coal in a country, and to do so in an environmentally and socially acceptable manner.
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    Land suitability for oil palm in Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, 2007
    There is an increasing global demand for oil palm, but its production provokes societal debate on the environmental and social aspects that surround it, particularly in southeast Asia.
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    Maximising the contributions of local enterprises to the supply chain of oil, gas & mining projects in low income countries

    Engineers against Poverty, 2008
    A publication from Engineers Against Poverty for the extractive industries - an eight-page briefing note to guide oil, gas and mining (OGM) companies on how they can maximise the contribution of local enterprises to the supply chain of their projects in low income countries.
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    Use of indigenous knowledge and traditional practices in fisheries management: a case of Chisi Island, Lake Chilwa, Zomba

    Malawi Journal of Science and Technology, 2008
    This paper presents results of a study which examined local ecological knowledge and traditional management practices in lake resources management on Chisi Island, Lake Chilwa, Malawi. A combination of household questionnaires, semi structured interviews with key informants and focus group discussions were used to collect the required data for the study.
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    Forests and the biodiversity convention: independent monitoring of the implementation of the expanded programme of work: summary report

    Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008
    This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity.
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    Safety net: protected areas and poverty reduction

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2008
    This report looks at the role of protected areas in poverty reduction, focusing primarily on the poorest countries and on poor communities within those countries. The publication seeks to specifically review five linked questions:

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