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    Challenges for a business case for high-biodiversity REDD projects and schemes

    EcoSecurities, 2009
    This report explores whether there is a business case for high-biodiversity REDD projects and schemes and how such a business case could be created or promoted. It was commissioned by the Secretariat of the CBD as part of its efforts to support Parties efforts to address reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries.
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    Integrated solutions to the water, agriculture and climate crises

    2009
    This report investigates the role of agriculture in addressing global challenges related to climate, water and food.
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    Land and water resource management in Asia. Challenges for climate adaptation

    Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009
    This paper identifies key development issues relating to land and water management in the less developed countries of the Himalayan and South East Asian (SEA) regions, and how these are likely to be affected by long-term climate change. The authors link the issues of poverty reduction, land and water resource management, and climate adaptation in practice.
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    A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    This paper examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa using a ricardian cross-sectional approach. Relying on farm data from an 11-country survey of over 9500 farmers, the study analyses the impact of climate and other variables on the annual net revenue. The authors confirm that current climate change affects the net revenues of farms across Africa.
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    The environmental food crisis: the environment’s role in averting future food crises. A UNEP rapid response assessment

    GRID Arendal, 2009
    This report provides the first summary by  the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasive pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and how we may be able to feed the world in a more sustainable manner. The report examines the need to get smart and more creative about recycling food wastes.
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    Micro-level analysis of farmers’ adaptation to climate change in Southern Africa

    2007
    This discussion paper is based on micro-level analysis of adaptation that focuses on tactical decisions farmers make in response to seasonal variations in climatic, economic, and other factors in Southern Africa.  The document is based on a cross-section database of three countries: South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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    The future of sustainability in the Arab region

    International Union for Conservation for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) - West Asia/Middle East Regional Office (WAME), 2008
    The absence of a unified Arab perspective towards the sustainability approach and a lack of local capacity to generate a knowledge body which can contribute to the global debate on this, prompted the development of a regional forum to consolidate a south-based perspective with a special emphasis on Arab countries.
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    Conserving land, protecting water

    International Water Management Institute, 2008
    Following from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture project, this book examines the relationships and linkages between land use and water management and social systems.
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    Climate adaptation in Asia: knowledge gaps and research issues in China. Final report to IDRC and DFID. The full report of the China team.

    Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008
    This is a summary of a report on climate change adaptation research knowledge and capacity gaps in China, commissioned by DFID (UK) and IDRC (Canada) to consider support for a programme of applied research on climate adaptation in Asia.
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    Malaysian palm oil - green gold or green wash?

    Friends of the Earth International, 2008
    Focusing on Sarawak, this paper confronts the misleading claims of the Malaysian palmoil lobby and aims to inform decision makers about the serious sustainability challenges the palm oil sector faces on the ground. Key areas of contention highlighted include that:

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