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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2010Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaApril, 2010
Carbon sequestration is complicated but important at global scales.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 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.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 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).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2010
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 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.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2010Zimbabwe, 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
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 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.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2010Syrian 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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