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  Regulating the use of genetic resources between international authorities

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006

  A large number of stakeholders are involved in the use of and the international transactions with genetic resources.
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  Communities, livelihoods and natural resources: action research and policy change in Asia

  International Development Research Centre, 2006

  This book responds to the question of how poor rural people can improve their living conditions and the productivity of their resource base through local interventions in natural resource management. The book describes and analyses processes and outcomes from a set of action research projects in the poorest parts of Asia.
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  Environment and globalisation: five propositions

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2007

  Written for the Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF), this paper explores the links between globalisation and the environment in order to gain a better understanding of the extent and nature of globalisation and environmental challenges we face.
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  A funny place to store carbon: UWA-FACE Foundation’s tree planting project in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda

  World Rainforest Movement, 2006

  This report documents human rights abuses at Mount Elgon National Park in east Uganda, where a Dutch foundation plants trees for the purpose of carbon offsetting.
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  Can payments for avoided deforestation to tackle climate change also benefit the poor?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  Avoided deforestation (AD) has become a global concern with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This paper discusses financial incentive schemes to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation in tropical countries may be established and considers some of the issues from the perspective of host countries and the forest-dependent poor.
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  Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options

  Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre, 2006

  The global livestock sector is socially and politically very significant, creating livelihoods for one billion of the world’s poor and accounting for 40% of agricultural gross demestic product (GDP). This report finds that the value of the sector is countered by an often extremely high environmental impact.
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  Guidance for promoting synergy among activities addressing biological diversity, desertification, land degradation and climate change

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2006

  This report highlights the major biological factors that contribute to ecosystem resilience under the projected impacts of global climate change.
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  International trade in biofuels: good for development? and good for environment?

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007

  This briefing argues that biofuels can help tackle climate change problems and improve rural employment and livelihoods. They may also help diversify energy portfolios, ameliorate trade balances and improve air quality. There are however limitations and problems with biofuels.
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  Forests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2006

  This paper addresses the state of illegal forest activities (IFA) in Cameroon with particular attention to environmental outcomes and implications for livelihoods.
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  Payments for environmental services: a trial in Vietnam

  IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 2006

  This study looks at whether Vietnam could adopt the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) approach as part of its national conservation strategy. Using a pilot study in the country’s uplands, it investigates how such a scheme might run and assesses its impact on the environment and on the local people’s livelihoods.

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