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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2012
    Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, China

    An overview of the Asian Development Bank's Economic Cooperation program for the Greater Mekong Subregion, published in 2012.

  2. Library Resource
    Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    Ethiopia

    Stakeholders' perceptions of
    opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management
    in Ethiopia was assessed through interviews and a review of
    secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as
    representatives of development agencies, agricultural
    organizations, donors, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
    and agricultural research systems. Stakeholders generally
    perceive that the numerous, well-intentioned but piecemeal

  3. Library Resource
    Combating Land Degradation in Production Landscapes : Learning from GEF Projects Applying Integrated Approaches cover image
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Global

    During the Fifth Replenishment Phase of
    the Global Environment Facility (GEF-5), portfolio
    monitoring and learning review were introduced as key
    components of knowledge management in the GEF Secretariat.
    These strategies were intended to address the need to
    generate knowledge on innovative practices, experiences, and
    lessons from projects financed by the GEF. In that regard,
    the Land Degradation focal area strategy for GEF-5

  4. Library Resource
    Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    Global

    Climate change is a serious
    environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for
    sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution,
    the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an
    average of 1degree celsius per century due to the
    accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
    Furthermore, most of this change has occurred in the past 30
    to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating, with

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2013
    Cambodia

    A discussion paper by Robyn Johnston, Michael Roberts, Thuon Try and Sanjiv de Silva on groundwater for irrigation in Cambodia, published by International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka, iDE Cambodia in June 2013.

  6. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2016

    Few land disturbances impact watersheds at the scale and extent of mountaintop removal mining (MTM). This practice removes forests, soils and bedrock to gain access to underground coal that results in likely permanent and wholesale changes that impact catchment hydrology, geochemistry and ecosystem health. MTM is the dominant driver of land cover changes in the central Appalachian Mountains region of the United States, converting forests to mine lands and burying headwater streams.

  7. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2015

    The north-eastern escarpment of Madagascar harbours the island’s last remaining large-scale humid forest massifs surrounded by a small-scale agricultural mosaic. There is high deforestation, commonly thought to be caused by shifting cultivation practiced by local land users to produce upland rice. However, little is known about the dynamics between forest and shifting cultivation systems at a regional level.

  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2014
    Brazil

    Agricultural census data and fieldwork observations are used to analyze changes in land cover/use intensity across Rondônia and Mato Grosso states along the agricultural frontier in the Brazilian Amazon. Results show that the development of land use is strongly related to land distribution structure. While large farms have increased their share of annual and perennial crops, small and medium size farms have strongly contributed to the development of beef and milk market chains in both Rondônia and Mato Grosso.

  9. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    December, 2015

    Madagascar is renowned for the loss of the forested habitat of lemurs and other species endemic to the island. Less well known is that in the highlands, a region often described as an environmental “basket-case” of fire-degraded, eroded grasslands, woody cover has been increasing for decades. Using information derived from publically available high- and medium-resolution satellites, this study characterizes tree cover dynamics in the highlands of Madagascar over the past two decades.

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