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Proyect implemented as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kioto Protocol will have the dual mandate of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and contributing to sustainable development. Basic agreement an core elements was reached in 2001, including the decision to...
The environmental impacts of tropical forest loss and its consequences on people dependent in some way upon those forest resources have been a significant rationale for development assistance to the sector in the past 20 years. In general, however, deforestation rates have not slowed...
Part I gives an overview of how the economic values of protected areas can be assessed, provide new insights and inform the debate. The case studies in Part II identify those sites where
protecting the environment has made a significant contribution to the economy – increasing...
Most of the land in developing and developed countries is privately owned. When private
landowners make decisions on land use, other stakeholders are affected. How can we design and
fund financial mechanisms that encourage landowners to manage their resources in a manner that
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Los temas tratados son: brecha digital, Cumbre Mundial y Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la sociedad de la información, derecho a la comunicación, comunicación y genero, software libre, sociedad de la información y tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación, radios comunitarias,...
This guide attempts to define a roadmap for the creation of economic mechanisms and tools that relate development to conservation, agricultural and industrial production, and the increasing urbanization of our landscapes.
To pay or to compensate for environmental services – how...
Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla national parks are home to 300 endangered
mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla berengi) and to significant biodiversity. That habitat was once seriously threatened by economic exploitation, but now enjoys local-level conservation...
In natural resource management research, best practice implies the participation of community members, research or development teams, and other stakeholders to jointly identify research, development parameters, and contribute to decision-making. Ideally, the research or development...
Valuation ultimately refers to the contribution of an item to meeting a specific goal or objective. Conventional economic valuation is based on the goal of allocative efficiency. But other social goals may be equally, if not more, important. For example, the goals of social fairness...
This document is an orientation to sources of funding for protected areas and biodiversity
conservation. It is designed to serve as a primer and basic guidelines for protected area agencies
and managers as well as non-governmental organizations carrying out programs of...
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