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River deltas: scaling up community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2018
Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Thailand
youth
water management
land use
The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communities, local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated the potential to overcome these challenges and substantially improve people’s livelihoods.
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Land Allocation Effects of the Global Ethanol Surge: Predictions from the International FAPRI Model

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2009
India, Brazil, China, United States of America
land
We quantify the emergence of biofuel markets and its impact on U.S. and world agriculture for the coming decade using the multi-market, multi-commodity international FAPRI (Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute) model. The model incorporates the trade-offs between biofuel, feed, and food production and consumption and international feedback effects of the emergence through world commodity prices and trade.
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Marine Fishery Resources Of The Bay Of Bengal, Project BOBP/WP/36

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2018
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Kuwait, India, Republic of Korea, Maldives, Thailand
fisheries
water management
natural resources management
This paper attempts to summarize available knowledge, and identify the gaps in that knowledge, on marine fisheries and fishery resources in the Bay of Bengal region. It provides information on Bangladesh, Burma, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand—their marine fisheries, fishery resources, status of important stocks, etc.
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The challenges of integrated river basin management in India: issues in transferring successful river basin management models to the developing world

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2002
India, China, Sri Lanka, Australia
water management
The problems that river basin institutions in the developed world successfully address?such as pollution, sediment buildup in rivers and the degradation of wetlands?are not the top priorities for Indian policy makers and people. The items that do top Indian agendas?providing access to water for drinking and growing food, eradicating poverty, and stopping groundwater overexploitation?are either unresolved in the developed world or have become irrelevant due to economic development.
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The Quality of Growth

Fiscal Policies for Better Results

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2008
India, Chile, China, Brazil
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
climate change
deforestation
land use
property rights
sustainable development
urbanization
The world faces unprecedented opportunities to reduce global poverty and improve human welfare. Strong global growth and better economic policies in recent years have substantially reduced poverty in many developing countries. However, with the recent financial turmoil in the United States and rising prices for food, oil, and other commodities, the world economy faces heightened risks and volatility. Policymakers around the world face the challenge of maintaining momentum in growth, as well as of improving the quality of growth.
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Smart Green Infrastructure in Tiger Range Countries

A Multi-Level Approach

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2010
Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
encroachment
land use
nature reserves
property rights
sustainable development
This report presents the results of extensive work of the smart green infrastructure task force commissioned by the World Bank under the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI). The report benefited from advice, ideas, and information about tigers and tiger-friendly infrastructure development from staff at the World Bank, and from several institutions that promote tiger and biodiversity conservation throughout the world.
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The Production of Biofuels: Welfare and Environmental Consequences for Asia

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2009
Indonesia, United States of America, India, Malaysia, China, Asia
The production of biofuels has been supported by many conservationists and environmentalists on the grounds that it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and is a renewable energy substitute for non-renewable fossil fuels, mainly oil. More recently the domestic production of biofuels (and the domestic supply of other forms of alternative energy) have been welcomed by several nations as ways to reduce their oil imports and increase their energy self-sufficiency, as for example, has happened in the United States.
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Land Allocation Effects of the Global Ethanol Surge: Predictions from the International FAPRI Model

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2008
India, Brazil, China, United States of America
land
We quantify the emergence of biofuel markets and its impact on U.S. andworld agriculture for the coming decade using the multi-market multi-commodityinternational FAPRI model. The model incorporates the tradeoffs between biofuel, feed,and food production and consumption and international feedback effects of theemergence through world commodity prices and trade. We examine land allocation bytype of crop, and pasture use for countries growing feedstock for ethanol (corn,sorghum, wheat, sugarcane, and other grains) and major crops competing with feedstockfor land resources such as oilseeds.
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Roles of Agriculture Project Project Brief Number 2, March 2007

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
Egypt, Mali, Chile, China, Indonesia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Panama, Kenya, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, Japan, Italy, India, Bhutan, Paraguay, Mexico, Asia
natural resources management
water management
This Project Brief provides key findings, lessons and policy implications drawn from the research programme entitled ‘Socio-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications of the Roles of Agriculture in Developing Countries’ (ROA Project) implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from 2000 to 2006.
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Forests and Gender in a Changing Environment. Asia-Pacific Forests and Forestry to 2020. Forest Policy Brief 08

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, India, China, Mongolia, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
Addressing the role of women in forestry is central to sustainable resource management and rural livelihood improvement. Improving women’s access to forest resources and effectively including them in decision making leads to greater investment in children’s welfare and has positive effects on economic growth and sustainable resource management. Opportunities for women to adopt new roles and improve their livelihoods are increasing but gender imbalances still threaten sustainable development.