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    Country Environmental Analysis

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    July, 2009
    Timor-Leste, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    The Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) for Timor-Leste identifies environmental priorities through a systematic review of environmental issues in natural resources management and environmental health in the context of the country's economic development and environmental institutions. Lack of data has been the main limitation in presenting a more rigorous analysis. Nevertheless, the report builds on the best available secondary data, presents new data on the country's wealth composition, and derives new results on the costs of water and air pollution.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2010

    The climate change (CC) caused by increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), can be addressed through adaptation and mitigation strategies. Adaptation consists of strategies which minimize vulnerability to CC. The objective is to increase resilience of the ecosystems and communities through adoption of specific sustainable land management (SLM) techniques that have adaptive benefits. On the other hand, the goal of mitigation strategies is to enhance soil and vegetation (land) sinks for absorbing atmospheric CO2 and to minimize net emissions.

  3. Library Resource

    Lessons Learned from an Exchange of Brazilian Experiences with Africa

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Brazil, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

    This publication is the result of an initiative to promote an exchange between Brazil and African countries on lessons learned about the role of community forestry as a strategic option to achieve the goals of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). The initiative was supported by the World Bank with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and coordinated by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS) with support from the National Forestry Agency International (ONFI).

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2012
    Ghana, Africa

    For Ghana's national REDD plus scheme to be viable, the rights to carbon or the emission credits generated must be clearly delineated, and be accompanied by equitable and efficient benefit sharing systems. There are a number of approaches that the State can use to determine whom to vest the right to carbon in. If defined as a natural resource, the state would be vested with the rights. If recognized as an ecosystem service, then the right to the benefits would be vested in the owner of the trees.

  5. Library Resource

    Volume 1. Department of Power, Nagaland

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2015
    Western Asia, Northern Africa

    The North Eastern Region (NER) in India is endowed with rich energy resources but faces significant bottlenecks in electricity access and availability levels. The per capita power consumption in NER is one-third of the national average. The region has a shortfall of about 500MW installed capacity against peak demand of about 1950 MW. No significant generation capacity has been added in the recent past. Therefore, inadequate power supply continues a critical constraint to sustainable growth and economic development in the NER.

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Laos

    Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao
    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of
    non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is
    one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber
    products provide more than half of family income. The sector
    contributes 34 percent of total export value, and even more
    of net foreign exchange. Forestry royalties as a share of
    government revenues have decreased from 20 percent in the

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Laos

    Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao
    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of
    non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is
    one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber
    products provide more than half of family income. The sector
    contributes 34 percent of total export value, and even more
    of net foreign exchange. Forestry royalties as a share of
    government revenues have decreased from 20 percent in the

  8. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Indonesia, Global

    This case study is one of six
    evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's
    1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil,
    Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, and India) complement a review
    of the entire set of lending and nonlending activities of
    the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility. A
    review of World Bank assistance to Indonesia in the forest
    sector since 1991 faces two challenges. The first is

  9. Library Resource
    October, 2014
    China

    This case study is one of six
    evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's
    1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil,
    Cameroon, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a
    review of the entire set of lending and nonlending
    activities of the World Bank Group and the Global
    Environment Facility. This OED study finds that while
    China's forest program was highly successful, much

  10. Library Resource
    India : Alleviating Poverty through Forest Development cover image
    Reports & Research
    September, 2014
    India

    This case study, one of six evaluations
    in a series of country case studies, aims to understand the
    implementation of the 1991 Forest Strategy in World Bank
    operations and to obtain the views of the various
    stakeholders in the country about the involvement of the
    Bank. Each country study examines the overall development of
    the country's forest sector. This naturally includes
    the environmental impacts on forests, such as degradation,

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