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Simulated dynamics of carbon stocks driven by changes in land use, management and climate in a tropical moist ecosystem of Ghana

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2009
Ghana
África

Sub-Saharan Africa is large and diverse with regions of food insecurity and high vulnerability to climate change. This project quantifies carbon stocks and fluxes in the humid forest zone of Ghana, as a part of an assessment in West Africa.

Environmental service payments: Evaluating biodiversity conservation trade-offs and cost-efficiency in the Osa Conservation Area, Costa Rica

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2009
Costa Rica

The cost-efficiency of payments for environmental services (PES) to private landowners in the Osa Conservation Area, Costa Rica, is evaluated in terms of the trade-off between biodiversity representation and opportunity costs of conservation to agricultural and forestry land-use.

What are the social impacts of land use restrictions on local communities? Empirical evidence from Costa Rica

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Conference Papers & Reports
Diciembre, 2009
Costa Rica
Global

Global efforts to reduce deforestation rely heavily on protected areas and land use restrictions. The effect of these restrictions on local communities is currently the subject of heated debate among conservation and development experts.

Modeling soil organic carbon stocks and changes in a Nepalese watershed

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2009
Nepal

Land use, land use change and forestry activities play an important role in determining whether soil is a sink or source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). The effects of land use change on greenhouse gases and climate change are receiving greater attention in many developing countries.

Forestry and forest history

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2009

Az erdőgazdálkodás az erdők fenntartásának, művelésének, sokoldalú, tartamos hasznosításának az alapja. A Föld lakosságának gyarapodásával a történelem folyamán együtt növekedett az embernek az erdővel szemben támasztott igénye. Az igények kielégítésekor hamarosan kitűnt, hogy ezek teljesítésének lehetőségei szigorúan behatároltak.

Sudan Investment Climate Assessment

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Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
Diciembre, 2009
Sudán
África

This report on Sudan's Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) provides a baseline assessment of challenges to productivity, diversification and inclusion. Chapter 1 describes some of the questions underlying the three issues of competitiveness, diversification and broad-based growth. Chapter 2 analyzes firm performance and competitiveness. Chapter 3 discusses markets and trust.

Greenhouse Emissions and Climate Change

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Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2009

There is no longer any serious debate about whether greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are altering the earth's climate. There is also a broad consensus that efficient mitigation of emissions will require carbon pricing via market based instruments (charges or auctioned tradable permits).