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  Making governance work for water-energy-food nexus approaches

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2017

  This new working paper by Andrew Scott of ODI explores the effectiveness of governing for the “water-energy-food nexus” of issues. The author looks at approaches that understand the links between sectors, recognise these in decision-making and promote integrated policy-making.
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  Bilateral investment agreements: Agents of new global standards for the protection of intellectual property rights?

  GRAIN, 2004

  Developing countries have entered into a large number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) as well as free trade agreements (FTAs) that include explicit obligations for the protection of intellectual property rights as "investments".
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  Wildlife management and land reform in Southeastern Zimbabwe: a compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms?

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  Is land reform compatible with wildlife management? Zimbabwe is seeking to combine the redistribution of large, 'under-utilised' landholdings to smallholders, with wildlife management, which needs extensive land holdings to be viable.
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  Community based natural resources management in Mozambique: a theoretical or practical strategy for local sustainable development?: the case study of Derre Forest Reserve

  IUCN, Mozambique, 2003

  What does community based natural resource management (CBNRM) mean for Mozambique's poor?Through the case study of Derre Forest Reserve in Zambezia province, this paper explores the theory and practice of CBNRM, an approach which has been widely promoted in southern Africa, and is central to elements of the Mozambican forestry and wildlife policy of 1999.The paper examines the history of com
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  GM crops: going against the grain

  ActionAid International, 2003

  This paper asks: Do GM crops help eradicate poverty? Do GM crops meet the needs of poor farmers? Do they threaten basic rights? Do GM crops threaten biodiversity? Do GM crops enhance informed choice and participation for poor people?Conclusion: The widespread adoption of GM crops seems likely to exacerbate the underlying causes of food insecurity, leading to more hungry people, not fewer.
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  Poverty reduction, equity and climate change: challenges for global governance

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper first focuses on the poverty and sustainable development issues of climate change, considering the potential and limitations of win-win poverty and environmental options. It concludes by assessing strategies for linking poverty, equity and environmental outcomes.Policy conclusions include‘Equity’ is key to future North-South cooperation in climate change ‘mitigation’.
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  Law, property rights, and social exclusion: a capabilities and entitlements approach to legal pluralism

  Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2002

  What are the effects of trends away from legal pluralism towards more uniform approaches to the law? This paper analyses the effects of legal changes in property rights for people's welfare and development in India.
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  Devolution as a threat to democratic decision-making in forestry?: findings from three states in India

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management.
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  A guide to World Resources 2002-2004: decisions for the Earth: balance, voice, and power

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2003

  World Resources 2002-2004 focuses on the importance of good environmental governance and explores how citizens, government managers and business owners can foster better environmental decisions. The report argues that better environmental governance is one of the most direct routes to fairer and more sustainable use of natural resources.
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  Democratic decentralization of natural resources: institutionalizing popular participation

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002

  Series of case studies exploring the how natural resource decentralizations have taken place and their measurable social and environmental outcomes.

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