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  • Social Protection Programs for Africa's Drylands

    by Carlo Del Ninno, Sarah Coll-Black, Pierre Fallavier ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    This paper argues that social protection policies and programs, including safety nets programs designed to deliver short-term relief, have an important role in promoting the resilience of the people residing in dryland regions. ... Read more

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  • Mitigating Drought Impacts in Drylands

    Quantifying the Potential for Strengthening Crop- and Livestock-Based Livelihoods

    Edited by Federica Carfagna, Raffaello Cervigni, Pierre Fallavier ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    Drylands account for three-quarters of Sub-Saharan Africa's cropland, two-thirds of cereal production, and four-fifths of livestock holdings. Today frequent and severe shocks, especially droughts, limit the livelihood opportunities available to millions of households and undermine efforts to eradicate poverty in the drylands. Prospects for sustainable development of drylands are assessed in this ... Read more

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  • Coping with Water Scarcity: An Action Framework for Agriculture and Food Security

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the framework of the project "Coping with water scarcity: the role of agriculture", and has been discussed at an Expert Consultation meeting organized in FAO, Rome in ... Read more

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  • Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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  • Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. How Are the World's Forests Changing? Second Edition

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This publication is the latest in a series of reports by FAO, the first of which was published in 1948. It is a synthesis of key results from the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment which is conducted every five years. It summarizes findings and data sources and links to more detailed publications and online resources. ... Read more

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  • Climate Change

    The Earth is Dying and You Can Help To Save It

    by Laura M. Dalton ...
    Is the Earth dying?Climate Change has been one of the major issues experiencing our planet today.If you are curious what is REALLY happening, and how you can contribute to stopping this dilemma, then keep reading...Animals are being extinct, water is becoming insufficient, and we can no longer predict the weather.Can we make an improvement in the ever-changing climate we have now?So many debates ... Read more

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  • Conservation for Cities

    How to Plan & Build Natural Infrastructure

    by Robert I. McDonald ...
    It's time to think differently about cities and nature. Understanding how to better connect our cities with the benefits nature provides will be increasingly important as people migrate to cities and flourish in them. All this urban growth, along with challenges of adapting to climate change, will require a new approach to infrastructure if we're going to be successful. Yet guidance on how to plan ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Restoration in Action against Desertification: A Manual for Large-Scale Restoration to Support Rural Communities’ Resilience in the Great Green Wall Programme

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    It serves a dual purpose of consolidating biophysical operations and socio-economic assessments, and is mainly built on five-year interventions and practical experiences gathered through Action Against Desertification.The first part of the publication is a practical manual expressly created for stakeholders, partners, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations. Its purpose is ... Read more

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  • Climate Smart Agriculture

    Building Resilience to Climate Change

    Edited by Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, David Zilberman, Solomon Asfaw, Giacomo Branca ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license.The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts from agricultural development, institutional, and resource economics, this book expands and formalizes the conceptual foundations of ... Read more

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  • Water Resources

    by Shimon C. Anisfeld, Dr. ...
    Series series Foundations Contemporary Environmental
    In this concise introduction to water resources, Shimon Anisfeld explores the fundamental interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches for managing this essential resource more effectively in a time of rapid environmental and social change. Anisfeld addresses ... Read more

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  • A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy

    by Juliet Christian-Smith, Peter H. Gleick, Heather Cooley, Lucy Allen, Amy Vanderwarker, Kate A. Berry ...
    It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Restoring Balance: Bangladesh's Rural Energy Realities

    by Asaduzzaman Mohammad; Barnes Douglas F.; Khandker Shahidur ...
    Rural energy's importance to the Bangladesh economy cannot be underestimated. The problems rural people face in obtaining safe, clean, and reliable energy supplies are not minor inconveniences. People are cooking with biomass fuels including large amounts of leaves and grass that expose them harmful indoor air pollution. They light with kerosene or sometimes candles which give off a dim light that ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD