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    Rise and spread of national and sub-national forest carbon schemes

    Forest Carbon Asia, 2012
    In December 2011 at the international climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, there were further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. Various countries have initiated forest-related emission reduction and offsetting schemes within the last year.
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    China, India, South Africa, Brazil (BASIC): Crucial for the global environment. Commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment

    ECON Pöyry, 2011
    This study, commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment, aims to assess why and how the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) are important for the global environment. The study shall also provide an overview of environmental policy in the BASIC countries.
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    The Millennium Development Goals: A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005
    This paper looks at the differences across countries in Latin American and Caribbean region in terms of their chances of attaining the Goals and, wherever possible, the differences between trends in various segments of the population (classified by gender, ethnic group, age group, place of residence and income stratum) as a means of helping to pinpoint the areas in which efforts must be redoubled
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    Global biofuel expansion and the demand for Brazilian land: intensification versus expansion

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    The rapid increase in global biofuel production and consumption, particularly of ethanol, has an associated derived demand for crops to produce the necessary feedstock. This working paper assess the implications of global biofuel expansion on Brazilian land usage at the regional level.
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    The quest for energy security in Argentina

    Trade Knowledge Network, 2010
    Electricity consumption in Argentina has grown at a rate well above the net GDP in the last years, whereas capacity increase has been slower than consumption increase. This report deals with the problem of energy security in Argentina, which implies many challenges for the country.
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    Energy security in South America: the role of Brazil

    Trade Knowledge Network, 2010
    South America has vast energy resources, but countries in the region are unable to guarantee adequate energy security levels for their consumers. This paper argues that the potential economic benefits from the process of South America’s regional energy integration are high, though national regulations impose strong barriers to such a process.
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    Joint water quantity/quality management analysis in a biofuel production area: using an integrated economic-hydrologic model

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol production. Sugarcane production in the region goes hand in hand with controlled fertirrigation practices with potentially significant adverse impacts on the environment.
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    Favouring local development in the Amazon: lessons from community forest management initiatives

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
    The opportunities to profit from commercialising forest products promise to improve livelihoods in the rural Amazon, but only if local communities have ownership over the ways in which their resources are exploited. This policy brief examines case studies in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru with the aim to establish the importance of genuinely equitable partnerships in local forest management schemes.
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    Challenges to managing ecosystems sustainably for poverty alleviation: securing well-being in the Andes/Amazon

    Andes/Amazon Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) program, 2008
    This report presents the results of a situation analysis of ecosystem services and poverty in the Amazon and Eastern Andes, carried out between September 2007 and March 2008. It intends to provide guidance to the Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Programme (ESPA) programme as regards the definition of research and capacity-building priorities for the Andes/Amazon.
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    The cattle realm: a new phase in the livestock colonization of Brazilian Amazonia

    Amazonia, 2008
    Ranching in the Amazon spread at an unprecedented rate over the last five years. This brief documents this recent growth and argues that it now requires additional and undivided attention on the part of government authorities, the market chain, financial institutions, scientists and civil society organisations.

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