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  Malaria and agriculture in Kenya: a new perspective on the links between health and ecosystems

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This article, produced by the International Development Research Centre, Canada, highlights research on the link between irrigated tropical agriculture and malaria, in particular findings which have shown that certain species of malaria-bearing mosquitoes prefer the blood of cattle to that of humans.
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  Biodiversity and the Millennium Development Goals

  World Conservation Union, 2003

  The links between biodiversity and the path to achieving the MDGs have not been made explicit, even though biodiversity plays an important role in ensuring that the targets of the MDGs for sustainable development are successfully achieved.
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  Wildlife conservation policies and incentives to hunt: an empirical analysis of illegal hunting in western Serengeti, Tanzania

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2004

  This paper examines the factors which determine participation and effort in illegal hunting, in western Serengeti, Tanzania.
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  Access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity

  Syngenta Foundation, 2003

  This presentation sketches the main provisions for the access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing (ABS) of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).It argues that one of the objectives of CBD is the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources, which is to be obtained by following a series of principles:sovereign rights of
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  Property rights and natural resource conservation: a bio-economic model with numerical illustrations from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2003

  This paper examines under what conditions a community based management system results in higher wildlife abundance and more conservation.
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  The cloud forest agenda report

  UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2004

  The report provides global maps of cloud forests, alongside information on their biodiversity and watershed importance, a regional analysis of the threats to cloud forests and discussion on cloud forest conservation and livelihoods.
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  Indigenous peoples’ rights, state sovereignty and the convention on biological diversity

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2004

  This briefing explains why state sovereignty does not and cannot preclude attention to and respect for indigenous peoples’ internationally guaranteed rights.
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  Fiscal incentives for biodiversity conservation: the ICMS ecológico in Brazil

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2000

  This paper evaluates the Brazilian tax revenue sharing scheme, ICMS Ecológico, designed to promote the conservation and management of protected areas.The scheme aims to compensate municipal governments for the loss of potential tax revenue from the designation of protected areas, mainly by the state and federal government.
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  Biological diversity and tropical forestry analysis [Morocco]

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002

  This report details the assessments of tropical forestry and biological diversity in Morocco. A desk based study, it includes information on the government of Morocco actions and support by USAID and other donors to the conservation of tropical forests and biological diversity.Main findings include:forests are generally in a mediocre and deteriorating condition.
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  Biological diversity and tropical forestry analysis [Pakistan]

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  This short report details the assessment of tropical forestry and biological diversity Pakistan.

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