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This study sheds light on how least developed countries (LDCs) can maximize pro-poor gains from tourism. It analyses LDCs’ tourism development aspirations as set out in the Diagnostic Trade Integration Studies (DTIS) that were completed under the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries (IF).

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. It examines the strategies, approaches and impacts to date of UNDP’s adaptation programme and presents the preliminary achievements and lessons learned from projects in the UNDP-GEF portfolio (GEF-3 and GEF-4, 2006-2010).

Essays in this publication offer perspectives and strategies to promote both environmental conservation and poverty eradication.

Capacity development and environmental sustainability are both central to UNDP's mandate and programming. The purpose of this Practitioner's Guide is to provide practical guidance to UNDP staff, partner countries and other development partners on the nature of environmental capacity and how to support capacity development for environmental sustainability (CDES ).

UNDP's Environment and Energy Group is pleased to publish this Report which will be a cornerstone for future approaches and policy dialogue on the economics and management of ecosystem services. The Report highlights the economic contribution of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services to development and equity in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is to serve as an economic tool for decision makers so that ecosystem services are considered in sectoral and national planning.

This is the purpose of this collaborative work between the UNDP and Conabio which tells how, in a relatively short time and with varying scopes, the management of our natural capital was structured. It details the consolidation of a solid body of scientists which, though still small in number in the face of the magnitude of the challenges facing our country, are dedicated to the environmental problem.

This resource is a compilation of resources for communicating the work of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), which might be useful for outreach activities organizations might wish to undertake related to the findings of the MA, on the importance of ecosystem servicse and actions that can be taken the better manage ecosystems and their services. Contributors include N. Davidson, P. M. Rosabal Gonzales, S. Mainka, F. Schutyser, M. Rivera, H. Simons, C. Hilton-Taylor, J. Chanson, N.

Es libro es una colleción de diez articulos cientificos que tratan diferentes aspectos de la Amazonia tales como el clima, uso de tierras, boques y madera, gente y biodiversidad, peces, agroforesteria, reservas naturales y politicas de desarrollo sostenible. Escritos por once de los más renombrados expertos del mundo, todos estos articulos aparecen por primera vez en idioma español. La mayoria de ellos, incluso, son inéditos.