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  Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management

  Forestry Department, FAO, 2005

  This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.
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  Effects of climate change on the sustainability of capture and enhancement fisheries important to the poor: analysis of the vulnerability and adaptability of fisherfolk living in poverty

  Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004

  Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities have seldom been investigated.
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  Assessing the suitability of the EPIC crop model for use in the study of impacts of climate variability and climate change in West Africa

  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2004

  Scientists of the US Department of Agriculture have developed what is known as the EPIC Crop Model. This model has been successfully applied in the study of erosion, water pollution, and crop growth and production.
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  Timescapes of community resilience and vulnerability in the circumpolar north

  Red Nova, 2003

  This paper investigates the social-ecological (SES) timescapes of the circumpolar north in relation to four primary provisioning practices, namely, hunting/gathering, pastoralism, agriculture, and market-based economy.
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  Climate change and food systems

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This short paper discusses the implications of climate in relation to agricultural production and food security. The paper highlights the agro-ecological zones (AEZ) approach, used to quantify the regional impact and geographical shifts in agricultural land and productivity potentials. The AEZ approach analyses the implications for food security resulting from climate change and variability.
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  Mainstreaming climate change responses in economic development of Uruguay

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This paper assess Uruguay’s greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance, in addition to reviewing policies, plans and regulations which have resulted in land use changes and new forested areas with significant implications for climate change.
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  Climate change impact on the water resources from the mountains in Peru

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  This paper offers an evaluation of how climate change will impact Peru’s water resources, with particular reference on implications at the headwater catchments in the Andean mountains and the coastal region.The paper highlights the importance of tropical glaciers, particularly sensitive to variations in climate.
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  Investigating the impacts of climate change on Chinese agriculture

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2004

  This paper reports on a regional climate change model developed to predict the impacts of climate change of Chinese agriculture. The model, developed by the UK’s Hadley Centre for Climate Change Predication and Research, took into account climate and soil variables, and the influence of higher atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide on plant metabolism.
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  Facts and trends to 2050: energy and climate change

  World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2004

  This report provides an overview of key facts and societal challenges related to economic development, future energy demand and the impact that demand could have on the climate system.
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  Climate variability and impacts on east African livestock herders

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Colorado State University, 2003

  The paper discusses human adaptation and vulnerability to climate variability, specifically focusing on the Maasai pastoralists of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), northern Tanzania.The paper utilises past studies of Maasai pastoralist household decision-making processes and ecological data.

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