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Application of ICTs for climate change adaptation in the water sector

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This collection of reports looks at how ICTs can be used to help communities in developing countries facing water stress adapt to climate change. The role and potential of ICTs in helping communities employ innovative approaches to prepare for, respond and adapt to climate change are increasingly being recognised. Within the water sector, ICTs can contribute towards improvements in water resource management techniques; strengthen the voice of the most vulnerable within water governance more...

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D C on May 09, 2012

Trade and Biodiversity: The BioTrade Experiences in Latin America

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This paper illustrates the potential for developing Sustainable Environment Management practices such as BioTrade in Latin America. In 2008, these practices have already generated over $230 million in exports of sustainably-produced products and services derived for Latin American’s biodiversity. Examples of other results obtained are: the diversification of exports; the strengthening of biodiversity-based sectors including the enhancement of the policy framework that promotes their sustainable more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 14, 2012

The Story of REDD: A real solution to deforestation?

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REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, is one of the most controversial issues in the climate change debate. The basic concept is simple: governments, companies or forest owners in the South should be rewarded for keeping their forests instead of cutting them down. The devil, as always, is in the details. ‘The story of REDD: A real solution to deforestation?’ considers the more complex issues that must be considered by any initiative to reduce deforestation. The more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

Powering our future with weather, climate and water: World Meteorological Day 2012

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It is not only the natural variability in the Earth’s climate, but also human-induced climate change that will challenge us. Increasing amounts of invisible greenhouse gases are slowly raising the temperature of the atmosphere. As the Earth warms, sea levels rise, Arctic sea-ice retreats, rainfall increases, and droughts are more severe. There is already a solid basis for the global provision of climate services. This includes existing weather and climate observation systems, data exchange, more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

False Solutions for Real Problems

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Rich countries are showing little political will to agree to second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol at the upcoming Durban meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Kyoto Protocol is the only legally binding international instrument with emission reduction targets and a timeline but rich countries are promoting a much weaker ‘pledge and review’ mechanism for emissions reduction which lets them off with little accountability.This is tragic, because pledges more...

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D C on May 09, 2012

How to identify degraded land for sustainable palm oil in Indonesia

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This working paper demonstrates how to implement a quick and cost-effective method for identifying potentially suitable areas for oil palm cultivation. The method is designed in accordance with established standards for sustainable palm oil production, such as those of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO); incorporates relevant Indonesian laws and policies; and is consistent with proposed national REDD+ strategies to support palm oil production on low carbon degraded land.This method more...

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D C on April 11, 2012

A handbook for marine protected area managers

inweh.unu.edu –

The coastal ocean environment provides enormous value in fishery and other products, as well as ecosystem services like coastal protection, water purification, and locations for ports, harbors, urban centers, tourist destinations, and numerous recreational pursuits. Coastal environments can also cleanse the soul, stimulate the mind, and restore the body. But 40% of all people live within 50 km of a coast, and our enthusiasm for coastal living is creating ever more environmental damage.This more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Tanzania and the new “Green” Biotechnologies

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In the Kilombero District of Morogoro Tanzania the yields for maize have recently increased for some smallholder farmers from 1.5 tons per hectare to 4.5 tons per hectare; the yields for rice have increased from 2.5 tons per hectare to 6.5 tons per hectare. While Kilombero is but one district in a country of 44 million people it shows what can happen, and happen very quickly, when the right tools are present. Similar production gains are being made in soybeans, beans, groundnuts, cowpeas, and more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Climate-Smart Agriculture – Science for Action

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Over 160 participants from 38 countries from scientific institutions, universities, multilateral scientific organizations, governments, international organizations, farmers’ organizations, private sector and civil society organizations convened at the Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Wageningen, Netherlands, 24–26 October 2011, convened to identify scientific priorities that will lead to climate-smart agriculture.The participants took stock of the current state of more...

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D C on March 15, 2012

Releasing the Pressure

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The report puts water productivity at the center of the debate but with a wider concept and context of what productivity actually means and to whom. This report uses various cases to illustrate how to broaden the concept of water productivity and ecosystem services. It suggests ways in which water productivity can be used for addressing more balanced water resource management, so as to achieve multiple benefits for local people. It complements the recent collaboration between UNEP-IWMI on the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Scientists Call for Arctic Protections

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More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries urged Arctic leaders, in an open letter by the Pew Environment Group, to develop an international fisheries accord that would protect the unregulated waters of the Central Arctic Ocean. New maps show that the loss of permanent sea ice has opened up as much as 40 percent of this pristine region during recent summers, making industrial fishing viable for the first time.The United States adopted a precautionary approach by closing its Arctic waters to more...

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D C on May 01, 2012

Developing ecosystem service indicators

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The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has published a new report Developing Ecosystem Service Indicators: experiences and lessons learned from sub-global assessments and other initiatives, which has been published in the CBD Technical Series. The report was produced in collaboration with the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership. This report synthesises experiences and approaches to measuring, mapping and monitoring ecosystem services worldwide. It draws on the experiences of more...

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D C on April 19, 2012

Ecological sanitation

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Urban and peri-urban areas in developing countries are among the worst polluted and disease ridden habitats of the world. Much of this pollution is caused by inadequate sanitation services. As cities expand and populations increase, the situation will grow worse and the need for safe, sustainable and affordable sanitation systems will be even more critical. Existing approaches to sanitation are neither viable nor affordable to the vast majority of people.This book is about seeking new solutions more...

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D C on March 15, 2012

Managing the growing impacts of development on fragile coastal and marine ecosystems

inweh.unu.edu –

The extreme oceanographic and meteorological characteristics that are found in the Gulf have created a unique marine environment with ecosystems that may be resilient to some stressors, but are low in species diversity and particularly sensitive to certain anthropogenic impacts. The unique nature of the Gulf’s coastal habitats and their economic importance to communities has not been well appreciated, and coastal development combined with pollution, habitat destruction, and over exploitation of more...

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D C on April 19, 2012

Time to stop losing ocean data to vandalism

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Vandalism and negligent damage takes many forms. It includes routine ship collisions, damage from fishing lines, nets or cables, and direct exploitation of moorings such as fish aggregation devices.For example, when small fishes aggregate near the buoy to consume algae growing on the buoy they attract big fish, and in the process large fish schools can congregate around the buoy. Fishers who try to fish near the buoy get entangled with the mooring, and when they try to retrieve their nets, they more...

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D C on April 23, 2012

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