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A guide to biodiversity for the private sector: why biodiversity matters and how it creates business value
International Finance Corporation, 2005Managing risk and securing corporate opportunities are cornerstones of business, but these can be obscured for many private sector companies when addressing biodiversity. Biodiversity is a broad term, subject to different definitions and different value interpretations. It is a global concept but decisions often play out at the local level.DocumentThe top-down global response to bird flu
GRAIN, 2006This report from GRAIN looks at the power politics behind this global response to avian flu and its consequences for the poor.DocumentParks, people and professionals: putting 'participation' into protected area management
International Institute for Environment and Development, 1995The historically dominant ideology underpinning conservation has been that people are bad for natural resources. Policies and practice have, therefore, sought to exclude people and so discourage all forms of local participation in protected areas.DocumentIntegrating biodiversity into environmental management systems and community development programmes
World Conservation Union, 2004The paper, prepared as background for an IUCN workshop, is designed to stimulate discussion and assist practitioners looking into the integration of biodiversity conservation into two existing management tools at the disposal of mining companies: Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) and Community Development Programmes (CDPs).For both tools the paper provides background information and a disDocumentExploring the linkages between poverty, marine protected area management, and the use of destructive fishing gear in Tanzania
Tanzania Online, 2006This paper is a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper focusing on the use of destructive fishing gear, which has been identified as one of the most critical issues being faced by the Marine Protective Area (MPAs) in Tanzania.DocumentThe linkages between land usage, land degradation and biodiversity across East Africa
International Livestock Research Institute, 2004This paper is a regional synthesis highlighting the linkages between land usage, land degradation and biodiversity across East Africa identified from research done over a 30 year period.DocumentDFID’s approach to the environment
Department for International Development, UK, 2006This paper outlines the UK Department For International Development's (DFID) strategic approach to environment and how it aims to integrate environmental considerations into it’s work with developing countries and other donors.DFID’s main focus is on how the environment contributes to poverty reduction and sustainable development in developing countries, as measured by progress towards the MillDocumentEvaluating land policies in highland Ethiopia
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006People living in the rural highlands of Ethiopia suffer from land degradation, low agricultural productivity and poverty. Finding solutions to these connected problems requires policymakers to understand the potential impacts of different interventions.DocumentPolicy reform lessons learned: in developing countries ten years of environmentally related policy reform activities (executive summary)
US Agency for International Development, 2005This quick reference paper from USAID briefly lays out the policy reform fundamentals and key lessons learned from 66 case studies of environmental and natural resource-related projects and programmes.DocumentSupporting livelihoods through agricultural rehabilitation
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Food security interventions in countries emerging from conflict should move beyond conventional seeds and tools approaches. They need to address vulnerability and support the agricultural component of rural livelihoods.Pages