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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Romania, Eastern Europe

    Central and Eastern Europe is experiencing significant land degradation, at the same time as social, economic and political transformation, and within the broader context of global climate change. This paper uses satellite data, primary field data and secondary information on Romania's social, political and economic dynamics, in a mixed‐method case study analysis of the drivers of, and responses to, environmental change and land degradation over the period 1984–2007.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Russia

    The LADA methodology (land degradation assessment in drylands) is first used to assess land degradation at the local level for test sites in Russia. The results of the tested methodology are in general positive and, at the same time, indicate the need to adapt it for the assessment of erosion processes, the detailing of mapping categories, and the use of the soil alkalinity indicator. The corresponding recommendations are suggested.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Poland

    Currently, there is a major concern about the future of nutrient loads discharged into the Baltic Sea from Polish rivers because they are main contributors to its eutrophication. To date, no watershed-scale studies have properly addressed this issue. This paper fills this gap by using a scenario-modeling framework applied in the Reda watershed, a small (482� km²) agricultural coastal area in northern Poland. We used the SWAT model to quantify the effects of future climate, land cover, and management changes under multiple scenarios up to the 2050s.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Russia

    Vegetation models are essential tools for projecting large-scale land-cover response to changing climate, which is expected to alter the distribution of biomes and individual species. A large-scale bioclimatic envelope model (RuBCliM) and an individual species based gap model (UVAFME) are used to simulate the Russian forests under current and future climate for two greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. Results for current conditions are compared between models and assessed against two independent maps of Russian forest biomes and dominant tree species.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Eastern Europe, Africa, Central America, Asia, South America

    An approach to derive relationships for defining land degradation and desertification risk and developing appropriate tools for assessing the effectiveness of the various land management practices using indicators is presented in the present paper. In order to investigate which indicators are most effective in assessing the level of desertification risk, a total of 70 candidate indicators was selected providing information for the biophysical environment, socio-economic conditions, and land management characteristics.

  6. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    March, 2014
    Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Australia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland

    This review paper focuses on research schemes regarding urbanity and urbanization, and brings together both cultural and physical approaches. First, we review the cultural and social construction of urbanity (as related to urbanization) in Germany. In the early 20th century, urbanity was mainly the result of identity derived from a historical perspective in cities.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2014
    Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Zambia, Peru, Indonesia, Austria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, New Zealand, Kenya, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Gabon, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Chad, Togo, Norway, Greece

    Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
    Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/REP

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Bulgaria

    This focus note presents key findings of
    a 2008 report on implementing Financial Action task Force
    (FATF) standards in developing countries The Financial
    Sector Reform and Strengthening(FIRST) Initiative funded a
    five-country study to analyze the effects of anti-money
    laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism
    (CFT) regulation on access to finance, especially in
    low-income populations. Standard AML and CFT measures

  9. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Belarus

    The transport sector is an important
    economic sector in Belarus, contributing 6.7 percent of
    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 and 6.6 percent in
    2009. Belarus has been a net exporter of practically all
    modes of transport services. The country serves as a transit
    transport corridor between the European Union (EU) and
    Russia and potentially between the EU and Asia; thus, the
    strategic geographical location of Belarus places the

  10. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Romania

    The energy sector rapid assessment was
    conducted by the World Bank for the Government of Romania,
    as part of an advisory services program on climate change
    and low carbon green growth. The objective of this
    assessment is to identify climate change related investment
    priorities and necessary implementation support for the
    2014-2020 operational programs, with a view to achieving the
    European Union (EU) 2020 targets and laying a foundation for

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