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  Producing localized commodity frontiers at the end of cheap nature: an analysis of eco‐scalar carbon fixes and their consequences

  Wiley Online Library, 2018

  There is no single ‘great’ commodity frontier whose exploitation under current socio‐technical conditions could fuel capital accumulation at the global scale. According to Jason Moore, this represents the ‘end of Cheap Nature’ and signals a terminal crisis for capitalism as we know it.
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  Management regimes for REDD+: an analysis of the regime in the RDS Rio Negro REDD+ pilot

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017

  This report is an output of the project ‘Man and forests – an evaluation of management strategies for reduced deforestation (Mana_Forest)’, led by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway, in partnership with Fundação Amazonas Sustentável, Brazil; Makerere University, Uganda; Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania; the University of Oslo, Norway and the Woods Hole Research
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  Amazonian farmers’ response to fire policies and climate change

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017

  Despite a fall in deforestation, frequency and severity of fires in the Brazilian Amazon are rising, causing huge carbon emissions, biodiversity losses and local economic costs. The ignition sources are anthropogenic and mostly related to the accidental spread of agricultural fires.
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  Real-time evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative. Empowerment of indigenous peoples and forest dependent local communities through support to civil society organisations

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2017

  The Terms of References (ToR) of the present evaluation have the following objectives:
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  Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives - IOPscience

  IOPscience, 2017

  The central role of forests in climate change mitigation, as recognized in the Paris agreement, makes it increasingly important to develop and test methods for monitoring and evaluating the carbon effectiveness of REDD+.
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  Mega-dams in the Brazilian Amazon: towards a green, sustainable and inclusive socio-economic paradigm?

  BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2015

  In the last few decades, and especially in the wake of the recent economic crisis, the global economic landscape has been altered while developing countries, particularly those in the BRICS group, have increased their economic and political power. The recent crisis, however, is not only economic or financial; today’s world faces a major socio-environmental crisis.
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  Real-time evaluation of Norway's international climate and forest initiative. Literature review and programme theory.

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2016

  The report presents findings of a baseline for a new wave of real time evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). Two separate but closely connected studies have been conducted following an extensive literature review, workshops, and interviews.
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  Human rights and resource conflicts in the Amazon

  Rainforest Foundation Norway, 2015

  The Amazon comprises the largest tract of tropical rainforest in the world. Numerous indigenous peoples have traditionally inhabited this region, and 25 percent of its total land area is formally recognised as indigenous territories. Such territories are an effective means of protecting the forest.
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  Towards efficient land use in Brazil

  Climate Policy Initiative, 2015

  This report focuses on the promotion of economic growth and improving ecosystem protection within Brazil’s rural landscape.
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  Subsidies to key commodities driving forest loss

  Overseas Development Institute, 2015

  This working paper argues that there is an increasing focus on the role that public and private resources can play in supporting activities that reduce forest loss as part of wider efforts to address climate change, and ensure sustainable development.

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