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  Economic arguments for protecting wildlife sanctuaries in Cambodia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  The Cambodian Government recently increased its support for protected areas, including two important wildlife sanctuaries. However, the management of these two sanctuaries depends on support from donors and non-governmental organisations. There is an urgent need to develop more sustainable sources of funding.
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  Payments for ecosystem services from tropical forests

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  Payments for ecosystem services (PES) from tropical forests have high potential for sustainable forest management (SFM) and conservation, through giving greater value to forests than less sustainable land uses. However, PES will only succeed with fair property rights, good governance and supportive policies from outside the forestry sector.  
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  Kerala Research Programme on Local Development

  The programme has followed a ‘bottom-up’ approach in which individuals are encouraged to submit project proposals that fall in the priority areas of research.  The essential flavour o
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  Pacific island countries, the global tuna industry and the international trade regime: a guidebook

  Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), 2007

  This Guidebook outlines the major trade-related elements of the tuna fishing industry in the Western Central Pacific Ocean.
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  Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) (FFA)

  The FFA is an organisation set up to provide expert fisheries management and development advice and services to member countries.
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  The impacts of carbon trading in developing countries

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  The global market for carbon trading is growing rapidly. Many schemes set up to offset carbon emissions are hosted in developing countries. While these schemes claim to help companies and individuals in developed countries to mitigate the carbon emissions they produce, they may be less well suited to the needs of the host countries.
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  The WorldFish Center

  World Fish Centre is a research centre aiming to improve the production and management of aquatic resources in developing countries. Information services include:
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  Responding to HIV and AIDS in the fishery sector in Africa: proceedings of the International Workshop, February 20-21 2006, Lusaka, Zambia

  The WorldFish Center, 2006

  This paper from the WorldFish Centre examines how fishing communities in Africa have responded to the impact of HIV. It presents the findings of a workshop held in Zambia in 2006 and attended by representatives of thirteen African countries and international organisations.
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  Fisheries, international trade and sustainable development: policy discussion paper

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006

  This policy discussion paper aims to provide an overview of the key linkages, tensions and policy debates on the relationship between fisheries and international trade.
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  The Eastern African ecoregion: towards sustainable and equitable fisheries access agreement in the western Indian Ocean region

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005

  The document reports on a fisheries access agreements workshop that was conducted in June 2005 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This workshop was the fourth in a series designed to promote sustainable access agreements and regional collaboration.

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