This publication presents a comprehensive analysis of the rights-based agenda in forestry, connecting it with existing work on tenure reform, governance rights and human rights.
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.
Author(s):
Cooke, Fadzilah Majid
Toh, Sumei
Vaz, Justine
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
University of Malaysia Sabah, MY
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
"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.
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.
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.
Organization(s):
Switzerland, Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV)
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.
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.
Author(s):
Rizk, Charbel
Semelin, Julien
Karibuhoye, Charlotte
Organization(s):
Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
Fondation internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA)
Réseau régional d'Aires Marines Protégées en Afrique de l'Ouest (RAMPAO)
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
Author(s):
Shanley, Patricia
Cymerys, Margaret
Serra, Murilo
Medina, Gabriel
Cordeiro, Sylvia
Imbiriba, Miguel
Organization(s):
FAO
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
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.
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".
Organization(s):
UNEP
UNEP, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
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.
Organization(s):
UNEP
UNEP, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
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.
Organization(s):
UNDP
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
In occasione dell'Anno Internazionale della Biodiversità, i Mini Darwin sono partiti alla scoperta del "polmone verde della Terra": la foresta amazzonica.
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.
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.
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.
Over the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa.
Author(s):
Cotula, Lorenzo
Organization(s):
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
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.
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 Worlds Coral Reefs.
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 Africas prosperity.
Author(s):
Yumkella, Kandeh K.
Kormawa, Patrick Momoh-Nuwah
Roepstorff, Torben M.
Hawkins, A. M.
Organization(s):
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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).
Author(s):
Gustavsson, Jenny
Cederberg, Christel
Sonesson, Ulf
Otterdijk, Robert van
Meybeck, Alexandre
Organization(s):
FAO
Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK), SE
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.
Organization(s):
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
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?
Organization(s):
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Scientists used a network of interdisciplinary studies to investigate the ecological effects of marine managed areas (MMAs) dispersed widely across the tropics.
Author(s):
Kaufman, L.
Tschirky, John
Organization(s):
Conservation International, Science and Knowledge Division
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.
Author(s):
Hoffmann, Ulrich
Organization(s):
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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.
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.
