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  Children's letters to ministers

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006

  There has been growing concern over the lack of information that society as a whole has with respect to our water resources. But this report shows that children and young people intuitively know the importance of water in all its complexity.
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  Regulating the commons in Mauritania: local agreements as a tool for sustainable natural resource management

  International Association for the Study of Common Property, 2006

  Natural resource management is Mauritania is a complex pluri-legal affair, with tribal law, colonial French law and modern state law coexisting and often contradicting. One approach of dealing with these codes, and at the same time, the various stakeholders, is to establish local agreements (LAs).
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  An institutional perspective on the valuation of biodiversity

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2006

  This draft paper focuses on a set of problems related to determining social choices when dealing with the conservation of biodiversity. It finds that the institutional perspective normally used to consider these choices is often unsatisfactory. The paper clarifies what institutions are and the role they play in valuation processes.
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  Adaptation of forest ecosystems and the forest sector to climate change

  Intercooperation, 2005

  This report discusses climate change adaptation strategies with an emphasis on forest ecosystems. The paper argues that adaptation measures must be part of a country’s development process, and that every adaptation action should be framed within the national development policies.
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  Your right to a healthy environment: a simplified guide to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Justice in Environmental Matters

  Economic Commission for Europe, UN, 2006

  The Convention Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Justice in Environmental Matters establishes three rights of the public in relation to environmental issues: the right to information, the right to participate, and the right of access to justice.This guide provides accessible information for governments and individuals in the EU signatory sta
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  Payments for environmental services: a solution for biodiversity conservation?

  Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2006

  Can biodiversity be conserved through direct payments to landholders to adopt sustainable land-use practices?
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  Protecting traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore: the way forward

  Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2006

  This briefing paper discusses various avenues for protecting traditional knowledge (TK). It argues that given the holistic nature of TK it will be most appropriately protected by a bundle of different instruments including non-intellectual property (IP) tools.
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  Our precious coasts – marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems

  GRID Arendal, 2006

  Global warming events and storms are expected to increase in the future, along with significant coastal population growth and development. This report finds that it will therefore be essential to effectively control marine pollution and coastal development in order to build resilience and enhance the ability of coral reefs to recover from severe weather events.
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  Planning and managing water resources at the river-basin level: emergence and evolution of a concept

  Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, IWMI, 2006

  This report discusses the evolution of the concept of a river basin in order to give a more politicised view of integrated water management. The paper argues that the river basin has been associated with various strands of thinking and sometimes co-opted or mobilised by particular groups to strengthen the legitimacy of their agenda.
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  Valuing wetlands: guidance for valuing the benefits derived from wetland ecosystem services

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2006

  This guide aims to assist Ramsar-Convention stakeholders in having economic valuation information better available for decision-making on wetlands. The report outlines a framework which should assist readers to conduct an integrated assessment of wetland ecosystem services, and it sets out five key steps in undertaking a wetland valuation assessment.

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