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    Rents, Rights and Restructuring: Namibia’s Lessons for the Governance of Africa’s Fisheries

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Namibia is often cited as an example of an African country that has achieved relative success in managing its marine resources and promoting local ownership in the fisheries sector. This paper draws out key lessons from Namibia’s fisheries governance experience, highlighting not only successes but also a range of challenges facing the country.
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    What drives the global land rush?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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    Towards REDD+ Integrity: opportunities and challenges for Indonesia

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015
    Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has become a cornerstone of Indonesia’s forest sector policies. Given corruption risks in the sector, a number of policies and initiatives – both specifically linked to REDD+ and to broader national reform efforts – have been launched to ensure that risks of corruption in REDD+ are minimised.
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    Beyond the thumrule approach: regulatory Innovations for bioprospecting in India

    2015
    In the wake of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), there is unprecedented attention on good Green Governance, which implies the development of resource efficient, rights based and effective domestic frameworks to regulate bioprospecting. India has been pioneering in this regard due to its ABS legislation in 2002 that long preceded the Nagoya Protocol.
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    The social uses of livestock among pastoralists in Sudan: food systems, stores of value, wealth, power, and authority

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014
    The impact of livestock on the economy of Sudan and its social uses within the pastoral sector are of great importance in the future development of the country. The role of livestock is that of a food system and store of value, wealth, power, and authority in areas where pastoralists practice their daily life without being reached by modern banking systems and market economy.
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    Communities’ Perceptions and Knowledge of Ecosystem Services: Evidence from Rural Communities in Nigeria

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2015
    IFPRI's research to improve our understanding of stakeholders’ knowledge and perception about ecosystem services (ES).
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    Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

    The Council on Energy, Environment and Water is an independent, not-for-profit policy research institution.
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    Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

    KOICA was founded in1991, with a mission to fight against global poverty and has the goal of being Korea’s dedicated grant aid agency.
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    Biodiversity for sustainable development: delivering results for Asia and the Pacific

    United Nations Development Programme, 2014
    This book focuses on biodiversity work in the Asia-Pacific region. It presents results, stories and photographs on innovations in monitoring endangered species, creating protected areas and managing them better, adapting to climate change, improving community livelihoods and energy efficiency, and diversifying crops.
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    Sankalp Forum: preliminary report

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2013
    Launched in 2009, Sankalp Forum, an Intellecap initiative, recognises and supports innovative, sustainable, high impact social enterprises. It builds an enabling ecosystem for early-stage social enterprises, channels impact investments, and engages over 11,000 stakeholders globally through collaborative year-round initiatives.

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