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    Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
    Over 2008 large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have increased. This report discusses key trends and drivers in land acquisitions, the contractual arrangements underpinning them and the way these are negotiated. It also analyses the early impacts on land access for rural people in recipient countries with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
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    “Land grabbing” by foreign investors in developing countries. Risks and opportunities

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    One of the effects of the food price crisis on the world food system is the increasing acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other countries seeking to ensure their food supplies.
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    From exclusion to ownership? challenges and opportunities in advancing forest tenure reform

    The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2008
    In 2002, Forest Trends reported that in recent decades governments had begun to reduce their legal ownership and control of the world’s forests. This document evaluates whether this forest tenure transition continued in the 2002–2008 period, and assesses the implications of statutory forest tenure change for forest people, governments, and the global community.
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    The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity. An interim report

    European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2008
    This document aims to promote a better understanding of the true economic value of ecosystem services and to offer economic tools that take proper account of this value. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is split in two phases and this interim report summarises the results of Phase I.
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    Malaysian palm oil - green gold or green wash?

    Friends of the Earth International, 2008
    Focusing on Sarawak, this paper confronts the misleading claims of the Malaysian palmoil lobby and aims to inform decision makers about the serious sustainability challenges the palm oil sector faces on the ground. Key areas of contention highlighted include that:
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    Payments for ecosystem services: getting started. A primer

    The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace, 2008
    Designed to provide the reader with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how they work, this primer is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES — either as prospective PES sellers themselves or as staff of organisations that work directly with communities or landowners who may be interested in PES.
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    Biofuels - at what cost? Government support for biodiesel in Malaysia

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    Focusing on government support policies, this report examines the history and status of the biofuel industry in Malaysia. It forms part of a multi-country effort by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) to characterise and quantify government subsidies and other support for biofuel production, distribution and consumption.
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    Land and decentralisation in Senegal

    Drylands Programme, IIED, 2008
    Land and decentralisation policies in Senegal have been closely linked since the country became independent in 1960.
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    Saving water: from field to fork. Curbing losses and wastage in the food chain

    Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
    Agriculture is the largest human use of water. Clearly, agricultural practices need to be targeted to reduce wastage of water. This has been the centre of attention for water saving practices for some years. But there are additional ways to save water. Food consumers and businesses have a key role.
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    How to include terrestrial carbon in developing nations in the overall climate change solution

    The Terrestrial Carbon Group, 2008
    This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial carbon and provides guiding principles for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change, which would support:

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