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    Climate change threatens Hawaiian forest birds

    Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment, 2016
    In Hawai'i, geograpahic isolation has prevented the natural establishment of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and many insect species, such as biting mosquitoes. Isolation has also facilitated the spectacular evolutionary radiation of Hawaiian honeycreepers from a single small flock of North American finches into more than 50 species and subspecies of endemic forest birds.
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    The Little Green Data Book 2014

    World Bank, 2014
    The Little Green Data Book is a reference for key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. It provides country-relevant ‘green’ metrics with the aim of giving a picture of environmental sustainability challenges.
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    Horizons of functional food production in Syria and its exportation to international markets: Russia as an example

    National Agricultural Policy Centre, Syria, 2013
    F.F is a category that comprises an extended spectrum of foods and beverages, ranging from natural foods that contain functional components like lycopene in tomato and Omega-3 fatty acids in seafood, to fortified foods like calcium-fortificated orange juice or cereal fortified with vitamins and minerals.
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    The climate and development challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: options for climate-resilient, low-carbon development

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2013
    This comprehensive report by the Inter-American Development Bank seeks to assess the physical and economic impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as well as adaptation options available. Additionally, the report examines how, and at what cost, the region can reduce its carbon footprint to a level consistent with global stabilisation goals.
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    Turn down the heat: why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided

    World Bank, 2012
    This report, produced for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, attempts to describe what climate change impacts are likely to be felt in a ‘4°C world', i.e. a world where global average temperatures have risen four degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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    Trisanita

    Trisanita is a platform for journals of environmental sanitation.
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    Partnerships in the water and sanitation sector

    IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2007
    This guide explores current thinking on partnerships with specific reference to the water and sanitation sector. It provides an overview of what is meant by partnerships and attempts to categorise them. It describes how to build and assess partnerships and examines some existing partnerships in the case studies.
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    Panos Institute, London

    The Panos Institute, London is a registered charity which works to make the complex issues facing developing countries accessible and understandable, to provide information that people can trust, and
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    Centre for Development Studies, Groningen (CSD)

    The Centre for Development Studies is an interfaculty research institute of the University of Groningen.
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    Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

    The Center focuses on the human health consequences of global environmental change. It runs courses for students and policy makers and publishes a quarterly review.

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