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  China and the African oil sector: channels of engagement, motives, actors and impacts

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011

  China’s rapid economic growth and urbanisation puts pressure on the country’s scarce domestic natural resources, which are essential for powering the ever-growing economy. Consequently, China is increasingly engaging with low income countries to ensure access to overseas natural resources, particularly energy resources. In search of affordable oil resources, China has turned to Africa.
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  Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP)

  Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is a public institution with independent legal status.
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  Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience

  2012

  Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing.
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  Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries: challenges and opportunities

  Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, 2010

  Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) were introduced by the Bali Action Plan in 2007 and they have since been interpreted in various ways by different countries and country groupings. A key question for the talks on NAMAs at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in 2009 and beyond is whether the different positions can be reconciled.
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  Implementing Farmers’ Rights under the FAO International Treaty on PGRFA: The need for a Broad Approach based on Biocultural Heritage

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011

  The FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) seeks to protect Farmers’ Rights through equitable benefit-sharing from the use of farmers’ crop varieties. It recognises the enormous contribution that indigenous and local communities and farmers have made to the conservation and development of crop genetic resources.
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  Improving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience: a special joint G20 publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank

  World Bank, 2012

  This publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by G20 members and invited countries, as well as the OECD.
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  Respecting rights, delivering development: forest tenure reform since Rio 1992

  The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2012

  This report evaluates the progress achieved in forest management by indigenous people and local communities, which was set as a key objective at the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents new findings and identifies what needs to done to protect global forest areas and ensure their contributions to social, environmental and economic development.
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  Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012

  This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is aimed as a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatlands. The publication informs on management and finance options to achieve emission reductions and enhance other vital ecosystem services from peatlands.
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  Agrofuels: a boost of energy for the Mekong region?

  Focus on the Global South, 2011

  Agrofuels, strongly promoted by agribusiness corporations, have attracted the interest governments in the region of Mekong, which have drafted various policies to stimulate their development.
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  Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding

  Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011

  The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the timing of water flows, hydropower rivalries and persistently unsafe drinking water.

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