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  Integrating climate change in hydropower development in East Africa

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2016

  The main objective of this study was to quantify the impacts of climate change on hydropower resources in East Africa thereby providing a basis for integrating the impact of Climate Change in hydropower development in the region.
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  Lake Victoria Basin: atlas of our changing environment

  GRID Arendal, 2017

  Draining an area of 194,200 km2, Lake Victoria Basin is one of East Africa’s most prominent landmarks. It not only provides the headwaters of the White Nile but is also central to the development and regional integration of the East Africa Community.
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  Unsettling business: social consequences of the Bujagali hydropower project

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2014

  The Bujagali hydropower dam on The River Nile in Uganda was fi nally commissioned in August 2012 after eighteen years of controversy that delayed the dam construction.  The dam faced numerous economic, environmental, social and spiritual challenges that stalled the dam construction while the project underwent investigations over bribery claims and project reviews on the dam design and capa
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  Introduction to the special Issue: Flows and practices: the politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Southern Africa

  Water Alternatives, 2016

  For the past two decades, IWRM has been actively promoted by water experts as well as multilateral and bilateral donors  who have considered it to be a crucial way to address global  water management problems.
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  Flows and practices: The politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa

  2016

  For the past two decades, IWRM has been actively promoted by water experts as well as multilateral and bilateral donors  who have considered it to be a crucial way to address global  water management problems.
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  The political economy of conservation at Mount Elgon, Uganda: between local deprivation, regional sustainability, and global public goods

  2016

  This paper presents a case study from Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda, examining and deepening an understanding of direct incomes and costs of conservation for local people close to protected areas.
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  Protected area governance, carbon offset forestry, and environmental (in)justice at Mount Elgon, Uganda

  University of East Anglia, 2015

  At Mount Elgon National Park in Uganda, local conservation authorities assert that a variety of benefit sharing schemes mitigate the negative consequences of exclusionary forest conservation and carbon sequestration for nearby communities.
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  Management Regimes established for REDD+ and their Adaptability to the Institutional and Ecological Conditions: A case of Ongo Community Forest, Masindi District, Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015

  This  report is one of the outputs of theproject “Man and forests – an  evaluation  of  management strategies for reduced deforestation” which aimed at evaluating the different  management strategies  undertaken  to  obtain  reduced  deforestation  in  tropical  forests  and  hence  maintain 
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  Norway’s municipal international cooperation - results achieved and lessons learnt

  Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2015

  Municipal International Cooperation (1997-2014) was a programme involving municipalities in Norway and the Global South. It was managed by the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This report sums up results and identifies lessons to be learnt for a possible future scheme.
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  Illegal timber trade and REDD+ Interface in Eastern Africa: A Pilot

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015

  This report is a desk appraisal of the following programme proposal: “Illegal Timber Trade and REDD+ Interface in Eastern Africa: A pilot” (hereafter ‘ITT-REDD’). The programme’s objective is to enhance national and regional capacity to combat the illegal timber and charcoal trade in East Africa.

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