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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2011
    Africa, Central America, Asia, South America

    Since 2000, US$ 2.0-2.7 billion has been invested in feedstock cultivation for biofuel in 16 forest-rich countries, mostly in oil palm and sugarcane. An additional US$ 5.7-6.7 billion has been invested in biofuel production, especially sugar-based ethanol. While investments in some countries are driven by domestic policies to reduce fossil fuel imports, most are export driven. Sugar-based ethanol offers more opportunities to capture value added than biodiesel feedstocks which are amenable to export and processing abroad.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Central America, South America

    REDD+ es un mecanismo financiero con un potencial significativo para cambiar los incentivos conducentes a la deforestación y el cambio de uso de la tierra, con efectos en la conservación del bosque y la sostenibilidad. REDD+ no es en sí mismo una reforma de la gobernanza, pero afectará a la gobernanza forestal o será afectado por ella. REDD+ puede mejorar la gobernanza forestal o ser minado por sus imperfecciones, ya que depende de una buena gobernanza forestal para ser eficiente, efectivo y equitativo.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011

    Global food demand is increasing rapidly, as are the environmental impacts of agricultural expansion. Here, we project global demand for crop production in 2050 and evaluate the environmental impacts of alternative ways that this demand might be met. We find that per capita demand for crops, when measured as caloric or protein content of all crops combined, has been a similarly increasing function of per capita real income since 1960. This relationship forecasts a 100–110% increase in global crop demand from 2005 to 2050.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

    In the northern highlands of Ethiopia, establishment of exclosures to restore degraded communal grazing lands has been practiced for the past three decades. However, empirical data on the effectiveness of exclosures in restoring degraded soils are lacking. We investigated the influence of exclosure age on degree of restoration of degraded soil and identified easily measurable biophysical and management-related factors that can be used to predict soil nutrient restoration.

  5. Library Resource
    September, 2011
    Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America
  6. Library Resource
    September, 2011

    <p>This research program seeks to learn how to intensify farming activities, expand agricultural areas, and restore degraded lands while using natural resources wisely, minimizing harmful impacts on supporting ecosystems, and lifting millions of farm families out of poverty. The initiative takes a river basin and landscape view of these issues to provide solutions to widespread declines in soil fertility, water scarcity, and land degradation, including erosion and salinization.

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