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Fodder for War: Getting to the Crux of the Natural Resources Crisis
Let me begin with a polemic to get my main point across as to the connection between inequitable land rights and conflict. …
05 Feb 2010 | Downloads - publication
CEESP Steering Commitee Meeting
The CEESP Steering Committee met in Bangkok , Thailand November 27th and 28th 2009 immediately following the 73rd IUCN Council meeting. Eighteen Theme Co-Chairs, Regional Vice Chairs and CEESP Officers attended the meeting together with Secretariat and IUCN-ROSA staff. The objectives of the meeting were: …
05 Feb 2010 | Downloads - document
The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change
In light of the recently completed UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is pleased to release a new strategic analysis on the status of forest tenure, rights and resources globally – and the issues that affected them - in 2009. …
02 Feb 2010 | Downloads - publication
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SDKP Launches New Publication Series With Pardee Center
A new series of policy briefs called Sustainable Development Insights has been launched by the Sustainable Development Knowledge Partnership in collaboration with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. …
02 Feb 2010 | Downloads - publication
Economic Costs of the 2009 Floods in the Fiji Sugar Belt and Policy Implications
Based on an economic assessment of the January 2009 floods using detailed GIS based flood inundation assessment and household field survey data, Lal, Rita and Khatri estimate the cost of the January 2009 floods to the sugar industry to be FJ $24 million. …
29 Jan 2010 | Downloads - publication
Making the Declaration Work
In addition to the UN report which was recently released by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the book announced below has just been released by IWGIA, edited by Claire Charters and Rodolfo Stavenhagen, available for purchase at 20 euros, or you can download the book at the link below at no charge. …
28 Jan 2010 | Downloads - publication
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Biocultural Diversity Conservation: A Global Sourcebook
Given the growing focus within CEESP and IUCN in general on the links between culture and conservation and between biodiversity and cultural diversity, CEESP members should be interested in the forthcoming book Biocultural Diversity Conservation: A Global Sourcebook, by Luisa Maffi and Ellen Woodley (to be published by Earthscan in February 2010, with IUCN sponsorship). …
28 Jan 2010 | Downloads - publication
Planning for Sustainability in Kathmandu, Nepal: Developing Indicators and Implementing Policies
Abstract: Sustainability is now considered a key objective of urban planning everywhere. However, due to inappropriate planning, weak institutions, lack of resources and poor implementation of policies, most big cities in the developing world have become even less sustainable than they were in the past. …
28 Jan 2010 | Downloads - publication
New policy brief from IIED: "Towards Food Sovereignty"
Executive summary: Localised food systems provide the foundations of people's nutrition, incomes, economies, ecologies and culture throughout the world. In this way food is primarily sold, processed, resold and consumed locally, with many people deriving their incomes and livelihoods through work and activities at different points of the food chain, from seed to plate. These local food systems provide a livelihood for more than 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, pastoralists, forest dwellers and artisanal fisherfolk worldwide. …
28 Jan 2010 | Downloads - publication
Lines in the Sands: Oil Sands Sector Benchmarking
Alberta's oil sands place the province second only to Saudi Arabia in the account of global oil reserves, and almost every major Canadian and international oil company plans to be involved in the development of the resource. …
28 Jan 2010 | Downloads - publication
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