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  Agroecology versus Ecoagriculture: balancing food production and biodiversity conservation in the midst of social inequity

  World Conservation Union, 2004

  This paper critically reviews the concept and vision of ecoagriculture and the initiative of Ecoagriculture Partners .
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  Reefs at risk in the Caribbean

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2004

  This report details a project conducted by the World Resources Institute examining the threat to coral reefs throughout the Caribbean region.
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  Africa: business and biodiversity conservation in Africa

  Pambazuka, 2004

  This paper discuses issues surrounding biodiversity and business within Africa, with particular reference to Royal Dutch/Shell’s operations in Gabbon. Highlights of the paper include:scientist estimate that loss of biodiversity due to human activities has increased from a background extinction rate of 1 species per million species per year to a present day value of about 10 000 species
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  Microfinance as a tool to protect biodiversity hot-spots

  Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2004

  This paper argues that microfinance can play an important role in the conservation of biological diversity.
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  Nature for sale: the impacts of privatising water and biodiversity

  Friends of the Earth International, 2005

  This report, published by Friends of the Earth, discusses the impacts of privatisation of water supply and biodiversity on the poor throughout the world, especially women.
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  Report on biodiversity and tropical forests in Indonesia

  International Resources Group, 2004

  This report provides an assessment of the status of forests and biological diversity in Indonesia.
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  Faith in conservation: new approaches to religions and the environment

  World Bank, 2003

  This book explores the ecological worldviews of eleven major world religions, and considers how these can help shape effective environmental policy.
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  Rivers at risk: dams and the future of freshwater ecosystems

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2004

  This report analyses the construction and planning of dams on a river basin scale, examining the risks of dams to freshwater ecosystems.
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  A biodiversity conservation plan for Papua New Guinea based on biodiversity trade-offs analysis

  Australian Museum, 2004

  This paper reports on a rapid biodiversity assessment project that identified candidate areas for biodiversity protection in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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  Paying for biodiversity conservation services in agricultural landscapes

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper describes the contract mechanism developed for the Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Ecosystem Management Project (RISEMP). The project is testing the use of the payment-for-service mechanism to encourage the adoption of silvopastoral practices in three countries of central and south America, namely, Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

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