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    Re-thinking the application of sustainable use policies for African elephants in a changed world

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    Despite increasing calls to recognise the intrinsic value of biodiversity, the need to incentivise people to choose conservation as a competitive form of land use through a sustainable use (SU) approach remains the de facto and de jure reality across most of africa today.
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    Prospects of Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The concept of Blue Economy is emerging as a new narrative on productive and sustainable engagement with the vast development opportunities that oceanic resources offer. The important sectors of Blue Economy are fisheries, sea-minerals including oil and gas, ports and shipping, marine tourism, marine biotechnology, deep-sea mining, and transport and logistics.
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    Philippine trade policy: reflecting on its effects on the environment

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999
    The country's trade and industrial policy regime, and the resulting trade and production patterns, impact on the environment and result in environmental costs. In this context, the question is—does the country's trade and industrial policy lead to increased environmental degradation?
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    Plant variety protection in developing countries: A tool for designing a Sui Generis plant variety protection system: An alternative to UPOV 1991

    2015
    A new tool to assist developing countries in designing a “custom made” plant variety protection suitable for the seed and agricultural systems that prevail in developing countries has been published by an international group of NGOs.   It was presented on the occasion of the Sixth Meeting of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food
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    Environmental Aspects of a Potential Philippines-European Union Free Trade Agreement

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    This paper focuses on the environmental aspects of a potential Philippines-European Union Free Trade Agreement (PH-EU FTA). Potential environmental issues in the negotiation of such an FTA (if at all undertaken) are identified to better prepare the Philippine negotiating panel and equip them with information and analysis to make well-informed positions on such issues.
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    Green brick technology transfer to Malawi: market assessment report for setting up Vertical Shaft Brick Kilns (VSBKs)

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    In Malawi, increasing demand for housing has put tremendous pressure on the building material sector, resulting in deforestation, rising costs and poor quality construction.Malawi holds potential for the adoption of green building materials. Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania have expressed interest in clean construction technology transfer.The way forward:
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    South-south technology transfer low carbon building technologies: inception report

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    This high rate of urbanisation puts tremendous pressure on the entire building material sector. With constraints in supply of material both the quality of material (brick) and the application (house) has degrade d to an alarming extent resulting in poor quality and increasing construction costs. Most often it has reached beyond the means of common beneficiaries.
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    China's regional carbon emissions change over 1997-2007

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2010
    The increased demand for energy in China has generated concomitant increase of carbon emissions, which poses an unprecedented challenge to China’s, and even global, sustainable development. In this paper, from the perspective of provincial carbon emissions, the authors analyse China’s carbon emissions changes during 1997-2007 based on the index decomposition analysis method.
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    Natural resources, the environment and conflict

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    This report emanates from an exploratory study conducted in 2009 by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), in collaboration with the Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation.
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    Market challenges for the restoration of the environment

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    Over the past century South Africa has become increasingly reliant on the manufacturing and services industries for its economic development and growth. However, the natural environment continues to play an important role in the livelihoods of particularly the poor, those in rural areas and the agriculture sector – the latter being essential for urban living.

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