A importância das florestas para a conservação do planeta e para o bem estar das gerações futuras é cada vez mais reconhecida pela enormidade de bens e serviços prestados à humanidade: elas contribuem para o equilíbrio do clima e das águas, abrigam uma valiosa biodiversidade, além de representar alternativa socioeconômica às populações que nelas vivem e de suprir a demanda da sociedade por seus produtos, desde que manejadas de forma correta para garantir sua sustentabilidade.No caso da Amazônia brasileira, dados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE, 2007) mostr
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2009South America, Brazil
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJune, 2009Ethiopia
The environment is the basic determinant of the nature and productivity of rangeland eco-systems. Physical environmental factors, which include climate, topography and soil, determine the potential of rangeland to support certain types and levels of land use. Within the limits set by this potential, the influence of fire and biological environmental factors (grazing, tree cutting and shifting cultivation) results in different types of vegetations and levels of productivity.
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Study on Community Land Rights in Niassa Province, Mozambique
Journal Articles & BooksJune, 2009MozambiqueThe main aim of this study was to assess, within the context of the Malonda Programme
in Niassa Province, the implementation of community consultations and negotiations as
well as the delimitation and demarcation of community land. These activities had been
carried out within the context of requests from several investors concerning the Right to
Use and Exploit Land (Portuguese acronym DUAT, Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento
de Terra), in order to create extensive commercial forest plantations in Niassa. The -
Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsPolicy Papers & BriefsJune, 2009India
This report focuses on the threats to biodiversity, status of implementation of the National Biodiversity Action Plan and progress achieved towards meeting the 2010 biodiversity target.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJuly, 2009Thailand
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2009Global
Developing countries, as a group, are the ones most threatened by the hydrological impacts of global climate change. Water is a critical resource in development, and it is affected by climate change in multiple, complex ways ? through changes in temperature and rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and melting snowfields and glaciers.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2009Asia
The Himalayan region is not only tectonically active and ecologically fragile but is it also one of the most economically underdeveloped and most densely populated mountain ecosystems on the planet. These natural as well as human characteristics render the Himalayan region highly vulnerable to the impacts of development, degradation and climate change and in particular the impact of melting of glaciers and changes in the patterns of precipitation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2009South America
The economy of the Amazon region relies heavily on water for transport and livelihoods. Important also for the regional water cycle, the Amazon ecosystems are threatened by climate change, although there is little knowledge about the likelihood of adverse events and potentially related vulnerabilities. Therefore research and building up capacities for collective action are cornerstones of adaptation to climate change. Since 2008, strategic policy approaches have emerged. The region has only started to prepare itself for the things to come.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2009Egypt
The River Nile provides an invaluable source of livelihoods to over 160 million of people who dwell in its valley. The river valley is renowned for being a cradle of civilisation. As the populations grew and civilisation evolved, the demand for more water resources took a toll in the region. The more recent visible climate change effects have further compounded water management in the basin. Water and food security in the region is under threat, hence the need for robust transboundary water management. An effective institutional arrangement is a key factor in facilitating this process.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2009Ethiopia
Water and soils are increasingly becoming a limiting resource for meeting the food requirements
of a growing world population. Integrated concepts for managing natural resources in a sustainable
and environmentally sound manner show encouraging impacts, if applied on a large scale and
over a long period like in Tigray, the northernmost regional state of Ethiopia.
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