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  • Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

    Edited by Laura Anne German, Alain Karsenty, Anne Marie Tiani ...
    Series series The Earthscan Forest Library
    Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences to date on the extent and nature of decentralization and its outcomes - most of which suggest an underperformance of governance reforms - and ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Rain Forests of Cameroon

    Experience and Evidence from a Decade of Reform

    by Giuseppe Topa, Alain Karsenty, Carole Megevand, Laurent Debroux ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Development
    A decade of rainforest reform in Cameroon: What worked, what didn't, and why. This report assesses the outcomes of regulatory and market-based reforms implemented in Cameroon's rainforests since 1994.Based on historical data and extensive interviews, the authors reveal how these reforms aimed to regulate access, balance public and private interests, and integrate economic, cultural, and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rainforest Of Cameroon : Experience And Evidence From A Decade Of Reform

    by Topa Giuseppe; Megevand Carole; Karsenty Alain; Debroux Laurent ...
    Starting in 1994, Cameroon introduced regulatory and market-based reforms to regulate access to its rainforests, balance public and private interests in those forests, and integrate wider economic, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the value of forests. Based on historical data and extensive interviews, this report concludes that the reforms brought order over the most aggressively ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    by Jon H. Pammett, Christopher Dornan ...
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  • Earth for Sale

    The Fight to Stop the Last Plunder of the Planet

    by Maude Barlow ...
    An urgent warning about the financialization of nature and the quiet rise of corporate control over the planet’s resourcesMost agree on the urgent need for climate action, yet we are often divided on how to stop the destruction of the natural world. Earth for Sale exposes the danger of governments giving over this responsibility to powerful private interests, namely the same energy, chemical, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • State of the World's Forests 2016 (SOFO): Forests and Agriculture: Land Use Challenges and Opportunities

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of agricultural pests. They also contribute to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, for whom they are important sources of food, energy and income. Yet, agriculture remains the major driver ... Read more

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  • Migration in West Africa

    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Edited by Joseph Kofi Teye ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access Regional Reader examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. The book presents key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on historical trends, geographical patterns, drivers and socio-economic impacts of both voluntary and involuntary migration in West Africa, a region that is characterised by high level of mixed migration ... Read more

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  • Trends and Impacts of Foreign Investment in Developing Country Agriculture: Evidence from Case Studies

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Substantial increases in agricultural investments in developing countries are needed to combat poverty and realize food security and nutrition goals. In order to acquire an in-depth understanding of potential benefits, constraints and costs of foreign investment in agriculture and of the business models that are more conducive to development, FAO has undertaken research in developing countries. ... Read more

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  • Uncle Sam and Us

    Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State

    by Stephen Clarkson ...
    Between them, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien radically altered the structure and functions of the federal government, first by signing and implementing major trade liberalization projects, and then by cutting back the size of their governments' budgets and the scope of their policies. Uncle Sam and Us analyzes the Mulroney-Chrétien era's impact on Canadian governance through two related factors, ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • High Noon

    20 Global Problems, 20 Years To Solve Them

    by Jean-francois Rischard ...
    In this ambitious, challenging, yet superbly readable book, Jean-Francois Rischard first tells us what constitutes a "global" problem and then offers a brief overview of the twenty most important. He finds they all have two things in common: They're getting worse, not better, and the standard strategies for dealing with them, such as international treaties, are woefully inadequate to the task. The ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Privatizing Water

    Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis

    by Karen Bakker ...
    Water supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s. Proponents argued that the private sector could provide better services at lower costs than governments; opponents questioned the risks involved in delegating control over a life-sustaining resource to for-profit companies. Private-sector activity was most concentrated—and contested—in large cities ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Global Farms Race

    Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security

    Edited by Michael Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein ...
    As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD