This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries. It presents short case studies of experiences in the Philippines, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Colombia, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, which then uses to make recommendations.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2003Laos, Benin, Nigeria, Philippines, Peru, Togo, Cameroon, Colombia, Ghana, Chad, Romania, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003United States of America, Gambia, Mali, Ethiopia, Congo, Malawi, Niger, Cameroon, Mozambique, Morocco, Japan, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Senegal, Chad, Africa
The First International Workshop on Community Forestry in Africa was held in the Gambia in February 1999. It began the process of bringing together all of the African experiences in community-based natural resource management. Until the Gambia workshop, those looking for documentation of existing initiatives would have looked towards Asia for information about best practices and experience in participatory forest management.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Chad, Sudan, Niger, Cameroon, Africa
FAO’s goal is to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting sustainable agricultural development, improved nutrition and food security, and ensuring that everyone has access at all times to the food they need for an active and healthy life. The importance of biological diversity for food security and sustainable agriculture has long been recognized by FAO; the Organization is working daily to promote its conservation and sustainable use in the contex of agriculture.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003France, Switzerland, United States of America, Mauritania, China, Australia, Ghana, Iceland, Cameroon, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Japan, South Africa, Tunisia, India, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada
Forests play major roles in climate change. They contribute carbon emissions when destroyed or degraded and they suffer from changing climate, drought and extreme weather. Managed sustainably, they can provide a unique environmental service by removing excess carbon from the atmosphere, storing it in biomass, soils and products. In addition, sustainably produced wood fuels offer an environmentally benign alternative to fossil fuels.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003France, Bhutan, Malaysia, Fiji, China, Cameroon, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Ghana, Congo, Guyana, Costa Rica, Gabon, Brazil, Africa
La rcolte de produits forestiers, dont le bois d'uvre est l'un des principaux produits, dans les forts denses humides tropicales, est une activit importante cologiquement, socialement et conomiquement pour de nombreux pays de l'Afrique tropicale.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, El Salvador, Mali, Chile, Germany, China, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Philippines, Nicaragua, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Brazil, Lebanon, Eastern Europe, Africa
Readers are invited to submit manuscripts in English, French or Spanish on research and analysis of issues related to land reform, land settlement or cooperatives. Submitted manuscripts are read by members of the Editorial Board and also by outside reviewers. Authors are requested to provide an alphabetical reference list at the end of the article.
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