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  Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

  Research centre concentrating on the conservation and productivity improvement of tropical forest ecosystems.WWW site has information on organisation, research programme, publications list, full te
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  Environmental impacts of food production and consumption: final report to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

  Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2007

  This research report aims to inform government policy on the environmental impacts of food consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) whilst providing information on more sustainable food choices that will also be relevant to the food industry and public producers.The review analyses available evidence relating to the environmental impacts that occur in life cycles of a range of food products, in part
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  Biofuels for transportation: global potential and implications for sustainable agriculture and energy in the 21st Century

  Worldwatch Institute, 2006

  This paper explores the potential of biofuels in reshaping agricultural development and addressing climate change.
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  The urgent need to increase adaptative capacities: evidence from Kenyan drylands

  African Centre for Technology Studies, 2006

  This policy brief focuses on the development implications of findings from a three year research project to understand how conflict affects different people’s ability to adapt to climate constraints. Fieldwork for the study was carried out in two dryland areas of Kenya, Kitui and Turkana.The research found that people’s adaptive capacity to climate stress in the region is deteriorating.
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  Adaptation of forest ecosystems and the forest sector to climate change

  Intercooperation, 2005

  This report discusses climate change adaptation strategies with an emphasis on forest ecosystems. The paper argues that adaptation measures must be part of a country’s development process, and that every adaptation action should be framed within the national development policies.
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  Climate change and pastoralists: investing in people to respond to adversity

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  The sustainability of pastoral systems largely depends on a balancing act between pastures, livestock and people. The mobility of pastoralists and their livestock is also a key factor. With climate change, the authors of this article speculate that this balance will be undermined.
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  "Fair miles": the concept of "food miles" through a sustainable development lens

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This brief critiques the concept of "food miles" from a sustainable development perspective.
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  A comparison of the social vulnerability of grain farmers in Mexico and Argentina

  Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2006

  This paper focuses specifically on the various factors that differentiate farm enterprises and farm households, both in terms of their sensitivity to climate events and their capacity to adjust to changing climatic and market circumstances.
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  Laying the foundations for clean development: preparing the land use sector - a quick guide to the Clean Development Mechanism

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002

  This booklet provides information to forestry and land-use audiences, principally in developing countries, who want to find out more about the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and how it affects their activities.
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  Vulnerability to climate stress:local and regional perspectives: proceedings of two workshops

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research looked at how conflicts shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stresses, such as drought.

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