Story | 09 May, 2012
Effective implementation of participatory environmental governance faces a number of challenges, including the need for appropriate mechanisms and incentive systems that can operate across multiple-use landscapes.
Story | 09 May, 2012
A photo story on the High level policy dialogue between the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and small scale farmers on the priorities and governance of agricultural research for development in West Africa
Story | 09 May, 2012
Ghana policy dialogue between AGRA and small scale farmers
A report on the Ghana policy dialogue between AGRA and small scale farmers posted on the web site of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agroecology is now available.
Story | 09 May, 2012
Souveraineté alimentaire et systèmes alimentaires autonomes
La société civile, les peuples indigènes et les nouveaux mouvements sociaux sont à l’origine d’un paradigme émergent sur la souveraineté alimentaire – les universitaires et les pôles de réflexion sur les politiques n’y apportant que des contributions de second ordre.
Story | 09 May, 2012
Integrated REDD+ Assessment of Peru
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and various voluntary carbon offset mechanisms have catalyzed global interest in the use of forests to meet climate change mitigation objectives through REDD+.1 Though the rules for a REDD+ global mechanism are still under development,…
Story | 09 May, 2012
Léxico Financiero y de Mercados de Carbono
La agencia norteamericana para el desarrollo internacional USAID (United States Agency for International Development) está dirigiendo al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en la implementación de su programa de elecciones estratégicas y esfuerzos para retener carbono en bosques y áreas forestales…
Story | 09 May, 2012
The Government of Ecuador (GoE) has taken important steps to demonstrate commitment to issues related to conserving forests and forest carbon in general, and more specifically, the various existing and potential opportunities to engage in what is known as reduced emissions from deforestation…
Story | 09 May, 2012
Finance and Carbon markets Lexicon
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is leading the United States Government’s implementation of its Strategic Choices for United States Fast Start Financing for REDD+.1 To pursue this strategy efficiently requires effective communication between government agencies…
Story | 09 May, 2012
US Government Investments and Policies to Facilitate Forest Carbon Finance and Markets
Forests are disappearing globally at an alarming rate. Huge amounts of emissions are released into the atmosphere as forests are cleared to make room for other forms of land use. Deforestation and forest degradation are the source of at least 15% to 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions (…
Story | 09 May, 2012
Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict - Challenges for Societal Stability
A major peer-reviewed scientific handbook on Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict - Challenges for Societal Stability of more than 900 pages by Springer was written by 61 authors from 21 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and Latin America and edited by: