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    Space, soil and status: insights from the APRM into the governance of land in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    Land is central to Africa’s fortunes, and thus has occupied a prominent place in the inquiries of Africa’s home-grown governance review system, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). This paper interrogates what the APRM’s reports from 10 participating countries have had to say on the land issue.
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    Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) (NRGI)

    The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is a non-profit policy institute and grant-making organization that promotes the responsible management of oil, gas and mineral resources for the pu
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    Is community-based natural resource management in Botswana viable?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    If Botswana is to continue its success story as an African anomaly, it will have to manage its transition to a less diamond-dependent economy skilfully. Until alternative and new sources of economic growth can be found, eco-tourism will be the keystone sector.
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    Local content in the Tanzanian mining sector

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2016
    This brief examines the factors that have influenced local content in the Tanzanian mining sector, and some of the challenges and successes of local content initiatives in mining. Local content has gradually gained momentum over the last ten years, both among government bodies, companies, and civil society organizations.
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    Prospects of Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The concept of Blue Economy is emerging as a new narrative on productive and sustainable engagement with the vast development opportunities that oceanic resources offer. The important sectors of Blue Economy are fisheries, sea-minerals including oil and gas, ports and shipping, marine tourism, marine biotechnology, deep-sea mining, and transport and logistics.
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    Under sea pipedreams and India energy security

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    Iran’s game-changing nuclear deal with the West and imminent ending of the US-led sanctions open a window of opportunity for deeper Indo-Iranian relations.
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    Toward the sustainable development of the fisheries sector: an analysis of the Philippine Fisheries Code and the AFMA

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999
    The fisheries sector hosts some of the worst environmental problems of the Philippines. Because of this, it is a critical arena in the effort to attain a more sustainable form of development in the country. The search for solutions to the environmental problems in the fisheries sector has been going on for years.
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    Implementation crucial to sustainable environmental management: on development policies, institutions and upland environment of Southeast Asia

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    Citing cases in various Southeast Asian uplands but focusing on a specific Philippine upland illustration in Bukidnon in Southern Philippines, this feature story looks at the relationship between development and the state of a country's natural resources.
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    Energy dialogues in Africa: is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam transforming Ethiopia’s regional role?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    Major hydropower projects, such as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia, invite enquiry into the potential to increase the generation, transmission and distribution of power, how best to finance these infrastructures and how to balance them with the call for a sustainable development approach.
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    Research program planning for natural resource management: a background analysis

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Conventionally, agricultural resource management per se is not a popular area of research. Agricultural production research was crop and input specific. Earlier studies recommended fertilizer levels that maximize yields; or cropping patterns that maximize output and profits. Water was considered a fixed input; water productivity was not an issue, so was soil productivity.

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