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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2009
    Mongolia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    As market reforms to the Mongolian economy continue and the country enjoys rapid economic growth, the environment has entered a period of unprecedented pressure. Mining, infrastructure development and tourism development, in particular, are undergoing rapid expansion, and all pose risks to Mongolia's globally important biodiversity.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2010

    In 2005, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA, 2005) provided the first comprehensive report on global ecosystems, the dependence of human societies on the services provided, current state, and likely future trajectory. The MA identified the failure to value ecosystem services as a major contributing cause. The 2001 environment strategy did not explicitly address environmental valuation, although the focus on poverty and environment implies a need for valuing natural resources and environmental services.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    November, 2010

    Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services. While the benefits of conserving ecosystems frequently outweigh the costs, conversion of these ecosystems to other uses occurs anyway, because many ecosystem benefits are of a public good nature, without markets that would reflect their real value.

  4. Library Resource

    Environment and Natural Resource Management Socio-Economic Survey

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2011
    Mongolia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Mongolia has very significant natural resources and a large part of the population is dependent on them for their daily living. The impact of the state of the environment on the living standards of herders is obvious, but also Mongolians living in the capital Ulaanbaatar have learned that air pollution, especially in winter, and other environmental problems have a deep impact on their living standards. The Government of the Netherlands has established a Trust Fund at the World Bank to support environmental activities in Mongolia.

  5. Library Resource
    Biodiversity Indicators: UNECE & SDGs cover image
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 2016
    Global

    Dr Tom Brooks, Head, Science and Knowledge International Union for Conservation of Nature UNECE, Committee on Environmental Policy, presentation on Biodiversity Indicators: UNECE and the SDGS at the 12th Session of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics and Indicators, 17 November 2016.

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    The Sahel Operational Review (SOR) seeks
    to accelerate the transfer of lessons learned in natural
    resource management from ongoing Bank projects to the design
    of new Bank projects. This paper is the final report of the
    second phase of the SOR. It summarizes 29 SOR activities
    between 1989 and July 1994, including project reviews,
    seminars, workshops, conferences, and studies. This final
    report is an attempt to incorporate the major lessons and

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Argentina

    The study reviews the challenges water
    resources management faces, and the opportunities for policy
    formulation towards sustainable development in Argentina,
    where regardless of prudent public finances management,
    water resources management remain disproportionately
    backward compared to regional, and international best
    practices. Hence, within a frame of reference on the
    country's population, institutions, and legal

  8. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Yemen

    The review focuses on development and
    the environment in Yemen, particularly analyzing the
    environment resource base, where renewable fresh water is
    scarce, mainly ground water, and its over exploitation is
    one of the country's major environmental problems.
    Fisheries resources are also important, while oil and gas
    are significant resources contributing to some eighty five
    percent of Yemen's export revenues. Environmental

  9. Library Resource
    May, 2014

    The aim of this study is to improve
    understanding of how biological resource conservation
    concerns can be better incorporated into projects and
    programs that primarily address the objective of rural
    development rather than environmental conservation. A
    multi-disciplinary study team was assembled and six
    background papers produced, along with the main overview
    paper. The six papers were on: 1) measuring biodiversity,

  10. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Global

    In July 2001, the extractive industries
    review (EIR) was initiated with the appointment of Dr. Emil
    Salim, former Minister of the Environment for Indonesia, as
    eminent person to the review. The EIR was designed to engage
    all stakeholders-governments, nongovernmental organizations
    (NGOs), indigenous peoples' organizations, affected
    communities and community-based organizations, labor unions,
    industry, academia, international organizations, and the

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