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                Community-investor business models : lessons from the oil palm sector in East Malaysia

                Concerns about food and energy security, coupled with increasing returns from agriculture, have increased interest in agricultural investments in developing countries. Public debates about 'land grabbing' have questioned the socio-economic impacts of large-scale land acquisitions.

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                2011
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                Shifting baselines : the past and the future of ocean fisheries

                "Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future.

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                Top 100 natural wonders of Korean national parks

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                Rote Liste gefährdeter Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze Deutschlands : Band 3, Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 1)

                Mit Band 3 der Roten Liste erscheint der erste Teil der aktualisierten bundesweiten Rote Liste wirbelloser Tiere.

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                Climate change in the Pacific : scientific assessment and new research : volume 2 : country reports

                Climate Change in the Pacific is a rigorously researched, peer-reviewed scientific assessment of the climate of the western Pacific region.

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                Climate change in the Pacific : scientific assessment and new research : volume 1 : regional overview

                Climate Change in the Pacific is a rigorously researched, peer-reviewed scientific assessment of the climate of the western Pacific region.

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                Humpback whales : status in the southern hemisphere

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                Global corruption report : climate change

                This book provides essential analysis to help policy-makers, practitioners and other stakeholders understand risks and develop effective responses at a critical moment when the main architecture for climate governance is being developed.

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                Identification manual of common cycads

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                Gefährdete Arten in der Schweiz : Synthese Rote Listen, Stand 2010

                Rote Listen sind anerkannte wissenschaftliche Fachgutachten, in denen der Gefährdungsgrad von Arten dargestellt ist. Für den vorliegenden Bericht wurden alle Daten aus den Roten Listen der gefährdeten Pflanzen-, Tier- und Pilzarten in der Schweiz zusammengeführt und ausgewertet.

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                Rote Liste gefährdeter Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze Deutschlands : Band 6, Pilze (Teil 2) : Flechten und Myxomyzeten

                Die Rote Liste der Flechten umfasst ca. 2.300 Arten. Obwohl viele Flechten als Symbiosen aus einem formgebenden Pilz- und einem photosynthetisierenden Algenpartner härteste Umweltbedingungen ertragen, gibt es viele gefährdete bzw. ausgestorbene oder verschollene Arten.

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                Guide méthodologique pour l'élaboration des plans de gestion des Aires Marines Protégées en Afrique de l'Ouest

                Ce guide a été rédigé afin d'accompagner les gestionnaires d'Aires Marines Protégées d'Afrique de l'ouest pendant la réalisation de leurs plans de gestion. Il se veut être un document clair, concis et illustré d'exemples de la sous-région. Il s'articule en deux parties distinctes.

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                Fruit trees and useful plants in Amazonian life

                This publication provides rich information on Amazon fruits and communities, illustrating how local peoples have adopted and adapted to the plant kindgom around them to distil vital nutrients, medicines and other products fundamental to their survival; it also shows how scientific information can

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                Climate action : assisting business towards carbon neutrality

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                2011
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                Annual report of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

                The new Annual Report series contains information on the activities of the International Whaling Commission during the previous year. In particular it will contain the Chairman's Report of the Annual Meeting.

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                Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth : a report of the working group on decoupling to the International Resource Panel : report excerpt

                This publication is an excerpt of the report, "Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth : a report of the working group on decoupling to the International Resource Panel".

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                Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth : a report of the working group on decoupling to the International Resource Panel

                This report provides a solid foundation for the concept of decoupling, clearly defining key terms and providing empirical evidence of escalating resource use. It shows that decoupling is already taking place to some extent, but is lagging far behind its potential.

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                The forgotten billion : MDG achievement in the drylands

                The purpose of this publication is to highlight the development challenges faced by people who live in drylands and to outline how these challenges can be tackled successfully.

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                Mini Darwin in Amazzonia

                In occasione dell'Anno Internazionale della Biodiversità, i Mini Darwin sono partiti alla scoperta del "polmone verde della Terra": la foresta amazzonica.

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                Global action networks : creating our future together

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                LIFE preventing species extinction : safeguarding endangered flora and fauna through ex-situ conservation

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                Guidelines for drinking-water quality

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                2011
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                Environmental assessment of Ogoniland

                This report represents the best available understanding as to what has happened to the environment of Ogoniland – and the corresponding implications for affected populations – over many years of oil industry operations.

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                Grazers of the Texas hills : food habits of exotics with native deer

                This publication makes available a full discussion of Jack A. Kelley's landmark study covering all seasons for food habits of a whole selection of the most common hoofed wildlife species living together in a typical rangeland pasture.

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                Las ecorregiones del Noroeste Argentino basadas en la clasificación climática de Köppen

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                Institutions and transboundary protected area management : the case of Mt. Elgon, Uganda and Kenya

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                2011
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                State of food insecurity in the world : how does international price volatility affect domestic economies and food security?

                This edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World focuses on food price volatility.

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                Life on Fiji's mangrove trees

                The mangrove ecosystem is amongst the worlds richest in terms of its biodiversity. In Fiji, there are eight tree species that make up the mangrove forest. Life on Fiji's Mangrove Trees is an Environment Science reader for school students in Fiji and other Pacific Islands.

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                Biotechnologies for agricultural development

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                Threatened birds of Jeju Island

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                Land deals in Africa : what is in the contracts?

                Over the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa.

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                Fauna of cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust seamounts

                Seamounts in the central-west Pacific Ocean are known to have thick, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts. These are of commercial interest for mining.

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                Marine benthic nematode molecular protocol handbook (nematode barcoding)

                This is a practical guide for undertaking a molecular survey of deep-sea nematodes including protocols for collecting deep-sea nematodes, preservation and shipping of samples, slide mounting, image capture and the production of individual barcodes.

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                Environmental management of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems : justification of and considerations for a spatially-based approach

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                Reefs at risk : a map-based indicator of threats to the world's coral reefs

                Reefs at Risk Revisited is part of a series that began in 1998 with the release of the first global analysis, Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs.

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                Agribusiness for Africa's prosperity

                This publication analyses the challenges, the potential and opportunities of African agribusiness in the current period of dramatic changes in global agro-industrial markets, and builds a case for agribusiness development as a path to Africa’s prosperity.

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                Global food losses and food waste : extent, causes and prevention

                This publication is based on studies carried out from August 2010 to January 2011 by The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK) on request from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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                Tourism and poverty reduction strategies in the integrated framework for least developed countries

                This study sheds light on how least developed countries (LDCs) can maximize pro-poor gains from tourism.

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                Transport for sustainable development in the ECE region

                This report on Transport for Sustainable Development in the ECE region deals with issues and best practices in inland transport, i.e. in road, rail, inland waterway and intermodal transport.

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                In search of biohappiness : biodiversity and food, health and livelihood security

                This book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched.

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                Catalysing climate finance : a guidebook on policy and financing options to support green, low-emission and climate-resilient development

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                Water for food : innovative water management technologies for food security and poverty alleviation

                Can agricultural water management (AWM) technologies provide innovative solutions that can help to meet this challenge of feeding a growing, mostly disadvantaged, population by producing more food but with fewer resources?

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                Ecological effects of marine managed areas

                Scientists used a network of interdisciplinary studies to investigate the ecological effects of marine managed areas (MMAs) dispersed widely across the tropics.

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                Coral health index (CHI) : measuring coral community health

                Effective local management of coral reefs has a direct effect on reducing threats and improving overall coral community health.

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                Assuring food security in developing countries under the challenges of climate change : key trade and development issues of a fundamental transformation of agriculture

                For a large number of developing countries, agriculture remains the single most important sector. Climate change has the potential to damage irreversibly the natural resource base on which agriculture depends, with grave consequences for food security.

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                Adapting to climate change : UNDP-GEF initiatives financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund, Special Climate Change Fund and Strategic Priority on Adaptation

                This report is a comprehensive overview of country-led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the UNDP-GEF partnership with financing from the GEF-managed LDCF, SCCF and SPA funds.

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                Tropical palms : 2010 revision

                Palms, belonging to the Arecaceae family, are among the most common plants in tropical countries and provide a vast assortment of products ranging from food to construction materials, fibre and fuel.

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                Extractive industries policy and legal handbook : analysis of the key issues in Zimbabwe's mining sector : case study of the plight of Marange and Mutoko Mining Communities

                This handbook constitutes one of the battles being fought by civil society organisations to promote and protect the rights of communities living adjacent to mining areas against the operations of extractive industries, the state and other individuals who violate their Environmental, Economic, Soc

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                Practitioner's guide : capacity development for environmental sustainability

                Capacity development and environmental sustainability are both central to UNDP's mandate and programming.

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                2011

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