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  • 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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    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

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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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  • 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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  • 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

  • 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

  • Agriculture Investment Sourcebook

    by World Bank ...
    Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, Reaching the Rural Poor (2003). One major thrust of the strategy outlines the priorities and the approaches that the public sector, private sector, and civil society can employ to enhance productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural sector in ways that reduce the ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • State of the World's Forests 2014

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Across the world, forests, trees on farms, and agroforestry systems play a crucial role in the livelihoods of rural people by providing employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services. They have tremendous potential to contribute to sustainable development and to a greener economy. Yet, clear evidence of this has been lacking. This evidence is critical ... Read more

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  • Exploring the Concept of Water Tenure

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The purpose of this paper is examine the notion of tenure in connection with water resources and to explore whether the concept of water tenure has the potential to make a useful contribution towards resolving the world's water resources challenges. It seeks to provide answers to the following questions: (a) What is water tenure? (b) Does water tenure really exist or is water simply too different ... Read more

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  • Water Security

    The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus

    by The World Economic Forum Water Initiative ...
    The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiraling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for energy, and for manufacturing are surging. Water is already emerging as a headline geopolitical issue—and worsening water security will soon have dire consequences in many parts of the global economic system.Directed by UN ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Congo's Environmental Paradox

    Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty

    by Theodore Trefon ...
    Series series African Arguments
    The Democratic Republic of Congo has the natural resources the world needs – it is crucial to satisfying our craving for the latest high-tech gadgets; the Inga Dam could light up all of Africa; while Congo's farmers could feed a billion people. These realities are redefining the country's strategic contribution to a globalized world. A resource paradise for some, the DRC is an environmental ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD