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    Spotlight on biofuels: the research challenge

    SciDev.Net, 2007
    Biofuels are described by some as absolutely catastrophic because of their potential consequences, while others see them as the driving force for development in some of the world's poorest regions. This edition of SciDev.Net picks a path between "doomsayers" and "utopians", and looks at the reality of biofuels research and development in the developing world.
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    Agroenergy: myths and impacts in Latin America

    Focus on the Global South, 2007
    Biofuels (or agrofuels) production has increased dramatically in Latin America over recent years, as global concern over climate change grows and oil prices continue to rise. But are biofuels really a sustainable energy solution, and what are the costs?
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    Banks, pulp and people: a primer on upcoming international pulp projects

    Pulp Mill Watch, 2007
    This report examines the pulp industry’s current expansion plans as well as the implications of these plans for people and the environment. The report argues that pulp mills have severe impacts on biodiversity, water, land rights and livelihoods.
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    Amazon Watch

    Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organisations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial de
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    Reforestation and control of landslides in Macacos Hill, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    South South North, 2006
    The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when they do occur. Project activities will include: 1. Identifying critical points of erosion and deforestation in Macacos Hill;
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    Project Idea Note: Pintadas Solar

    South South North, 2006
    The project takes place in the community of Pintadas, in the Bahia state of Brazil, which is suffering increasingly severe drought impacts linked to climate change.
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    Vitae Civilis

    Vitae Civilis is a Brazilian institute for development, environment and peace working to contribute to, and promote, sustainable societies.
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    Seeing the light: adapting to climate change with decentralized renewable energy in developing countries

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004
    This book argues that well-designed decentralised renewable energy projects are both a mitigating and adaptive response to climate change.
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    The formation of the Brazilian environmental movement

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    Drawing on new perspectives for analysing social movements, this paper blends a variety of concepts – political opportunity structure, micro-mobilisation contexts, collective identity formation, framing processes and mobilising strategies – to examine the formation of the Brazilian environmental movement from the 1970s through to the 1990s.
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    Linking trade, climate change and energy

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006
    This collection of issue briefings highlights the links between international trade, climate change and energy. The report covers the following topics:

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