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  1. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    April, 2010

    Carbon sequestration is complicated but important at global scales.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010

    Livestock systems globally are changing rapidly in response to human population growth, urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the linkages between burgeoning demand for livestock products, growth in livestock production, and the impacts this may have on natural resources, and how these may both affect and be affected by climate change in the coming decades. Water and land scarcity will increasingly have the potential to constrain food production growth, with adverse impacts on food security and human well-being.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2010

    This book is the product of a Satellite Symposium on the Role of Livestock in Developing Communities: Enhancing Multifunctionality, held as part of the 10th World Conference on Animal Production (WCAP) in Cape Town, 22 – 28 November 2008. The Symposium, jointly organised by the University of the Free State (UFS) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) aimed to stimulate critical thinking on the role of livestock in livelihood strategies for the poor in the developing world as a contribution to address the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2010

    Limited awareness of environmental remote sensing’s potential ability to support environmental policy development constrains the technology’s utilization. This paper reviews the potential of earth observation from the perspective of environmental policy. A literature review of “remote sensing and policy” revealed that while the number of publications in this field increased almost twice as rapidly as that of remote sensing literature as a whole (15.3 versus 8.8% yr?1), there is apparently little academic interest in the societal contribution of environmental remote sensing.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2010
    Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

    The Challenge of Integrated Water Resource Management for Improved Rural Livelihoods:

    Managing Risk, Mitigating Drought and Improving Water Productivity in the Water Scarce Limpopo

    Basin: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a systems approach to water

    management, based on the principle of managing the full water cycle. It is required, not only to

    balance water for food and nature, but also to unlock paths to sustainable development. A global

    hotspot area in terms of water for food and improved livelihoods is in the poverty stricken rural

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    July, 2010

    Given limited resources, adaptation strategies must target those populations most vulnerable to global change and equip those unable to adapt—generally the poorest—with the tools and incentives that will enable them to do so. ASARECA has recently carried out a study to enhance the understanding of climate change in the 10 ASARECA member countries. This report profiles the available climate change–related datasets and their accessibility and procurement details in the 10 ASARECA member countries.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2010
    Syrian Arab Republic, Western Asia

    The Livelihood Resilience project evolved around the hypothesis that better integrated

    management can improve the livelihoods of poor farming communities and increase the

    environmental integrity and water productivity of upstream watersheds in dry areas. This

    hypothesis was tested by researchers from different Iranian research and executive organizations

    and farming communities in two benchmark research watersheds in upper Karkheh River Basin in

    Iran, under the guidance of the ICARDA scientists. Participatory technology development, water,

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