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  1. Library Resource
    June, 2013

    Forest concessions have been an
    important element of forestry, and forest management in many
    countries, including many developing countries. More often
    than not, the concessions experience of these countries has
    not been successful, and, improving their performance is not
    likely to be popular. Therefore, if sustainable management
    if tropical forests is to be achieved, and deforestation
    brought under control, it may be necessary to strengthen the

  2. Library Resource
    June, 2012

    The important role of biomass fuels
    today. Timor Leste is a relatively small country located in
    the eastern part of Timor Island with an area of about 1.5
    million ha and an estimated 2007 population of 1.0 million.
    At about US$550 GDP per capita, it is one of the least
    developed countries in the world, with an estimated 40
    percent of the population in poverty. However, the
    development of offshore oil and gas resources in partnership

  3. Library Resource
    July, 2014

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

  4. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Ecuador

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Tanzania

    The policy note builds on experience
    from both Tanzania and other Sub-Saharan African countries
    with similar socioeconomic and environmental contexts. This
    policy note puts forward and discusses a range of policy
    measures along the entire charcoal value chain in Tanzania.
    The development of this policy note benefited from a variety
    of recent studies on charcoal utilization and trade
    conducted in the country. This policy note is structured as

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2013

    As the wild tiger population in tropical
    Asia dropped from about 100,000 to 3,500 in the last
    century, the need to conserve tiger habitats poses a
    challenge for the Global Tiger Recovery Program. This paper
    develops and uses a high-resolution monthly forest clearing
    database for 74 tiger habitat areas in ten countries to
    investigate habitat threats for Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan
    and Sumatran tigers. The econometric model links forest

  7. Library Resource
    November, 2015

    A rainforest can be modeled as a dynamic
    asset subject to various risks, including risk of fire. Any
    small part of the forest can be in one of two states: either
    untouched by forest fire, or already damaged by fire, in
    which case there is both a local forest loss and increased
    dryness over a broader area. In this paper, two Bellman
    equations are constructed, one for unharmed forest and a
    second for already burnt forest. The analysis solves the two

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    The question of whether biofuels help
    mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the
    literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium
    model that explicitly represents land-use change impacts due
    to the expansion of biofuels, this study attempts to shed
    some light on this question. The study shows that if biofuel
    mandates and targets currently announced by more than 40
    countries around the world are implemented by 2020 using

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Global

    The 2007-2008 upsurge in agricultural
    commodity prices gave rise to widespread concern about
    investors causing a "global land rush". Large land
    deals can provide opportunities for better access to
    capital, transfer of technology, and advances in
    productivity and employment generation. But they carry risks
    of dispossession and loss of livelihoods, corruption,
    deterioration in local food security, environmental damage,

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