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The formation of the Brazilian environmental movement
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005Drawing on new perspectives for analysing social movements, this paper blends a variety of concepts – political opportunity structure, micro-mobilisation contexts, collective identity formation, framing processes and mobilising strategies – to examine the formation of the Brazilian environmental movement from the 1970s through to the 1990s.DocumentRemaining drops: freshwater resources: a global issue
Pacific Institute, 2006This report, targeted at the financial sector, outlines key trends in water use and availability, describes new water-related risks and identifies strategies for the financial community to assess investment opportunities and dangers in order to reduce investment risk.DocumentNamibia’s protected areas: their economic worth and the feasibility of their financing
Wildlife Integration for Livelihood Diversification Project, Ministry of Environment and Toursim, Namibia, 2005With a focus on Namibia, this document investigates the economic value of the national parks system with respect to tourism.DocumentHow does community-based natural resource management in Namibia change the distribution of power and influence? Preliminary findings
Wildlife Integration for Livelihood Diversification Project, Ministry of Environment and Toursim, Namibia, 2004What might some of the socio-political effects of communal area conservancies and community based natural resource management (CBNRM)? This document looks at some emerging issues, such as empowerment and the decentralisation of decision-making.The report shows how stakeholders in two Namibian conservancies, and those on the national level, perceive the socio-political impacts of CBNRM.DocumentThe environment: key for economic growth and development in the ACP
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006There is a new emphasis in international and European development bodies on the need to support environmental protection initiatives as a means to reduce poverty.DocumentGuide to participatory tools for forest communities
Center for International Forestry Research, 2006This toolkit contains a collection of participatory tools for environment and development practitioners, researchers, and local government leaders for promoting sustainable forest management and empowerment of forest-dependent communities.DocumentGlobal environmental governance: a reform agenda
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2006Since environmental issues entered the international agenda in the early 1970s, global environmental governance (GEG) institutions have been developing rapidly. As a consequence, however, the GEG system has outgrown its original design.DocumentWhen are payments for environmental services beneficial to the poor?
Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006Payment for environmental services (PES) can encourage agricultural producers to reduce negative environmental impacts or produce positive outcomes.DocumentPreventing disease through healthy environments: towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease
World Health Organization, 2006How much disease could be prevented through better management of our environment?DocumentSpecial evaluation study on environmental safeguards
Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006This report is a special evaluation study (SES) of the Asia Development Bank’s (ADB) environment policy with respect to environmental safeguards.Pages