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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2013
    Global

    This issue brief presents an overview of REDD+ and the associated tenure and property rights challenges and opportunities.
    Spanish Translation
    Release Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013File:  Land Tenure and REDD+: Risks to Property Rights and Opportunities for Economic Growth

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2013
    Nepal

    Where the rights of communities to manage and benefit from good stewardship are clearly defined and respected, communities can play an important, leading role in achieving climate change mitigation objectives. According to the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources, since 2009, a pilot REDD+ project supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has resulted in measurable increases in sequestered carbon and payments to communities.

  3. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Brazil

    This report presents the partial results
    related to land use, land-use change and the forestry sector
    from a larger multisectoral low-carbon study for Brazil.
    Since the 1992 Kyoto Accord, Brazil has been committed to
    reducing its carbon emissions. The overall aim of this study
    was to support Brazil's efforts to identify
    opportunities to reduce its emissions in ways that foster
    economic development. The primary objective was to provide

  4. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Yemen

    The report, Land Tenure for Social and
    Economic Inclusion in Yemen: Issues and Opportunities was
    completed in December 2009. The report addresses the
    problems of land ownership in Yemen and the various social
    and economic problems associated with the system of land
    ownership. Property rights under Yemeni Law are expressed
    both in custom and statute, but both are informed by shari a
    (Islamic law), which provides the basic property categories

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2013
    China

    This report represents a further chapter
    in the dialogue between the World Bank and the People's
    Republic of China about how to promote economic growth and
    protect China's environment. There are three
    cross-cutting issues that keep recurring throughout the
    analysis. These issues characterize the environmental
    management challenge over the next decade: First, the
    environmental agenda is becoming so complex and large that

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Global, Vietnam

    This report directly provide
    recommendations for improvement of the quality of the
    regional master socio-econsomic development plan and
    national laud use plans for Vietnam, to the year 2020. It
    provides analysis and assessment of the
    reviewed-adjusted-ammended socio-economic development plan
    for the Mekong Delta, which is aimed at improvement of the
    quality and feasibility of regional socio-economic

  7. Library Resource
    June, 2013

    This report 'Turning the right
    corner - ensuring development through a low carbon transport
    sector' emphasizes that developing countries need to
    transition to a low carbon transport sector now to avoid
    locking themselves into an unsustainable and costly future.
    Furthermore, it argues that this transition can be
    affordable if countries combine policies to reduce
    greenhouse gas emissions with broader sector reforms aimed

  8. Library Resource
    October, 2013
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Financing projects and programs to
    mitigate impacts of, and adapt to, the climate change is a
    matter of necessity not choice. This green expenditure
    policy note looks at factors facilitating the access to
    international financial instruments for Latin America and
    the Caribbean (LAC) countries that support mitigation of and
    adaptation to climate change. This policy note explores two
    questions: (i) does the quality of government institutions

  9. Library Resource
    October, 2013
    India

    This report provides estimates of social
    and financial costs of environmental damage in India from
    three pollution damage categories: (i) urban air pollution,
    including particulate matter and lead; (ii) inadequate water
    supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; (iii) indoor air
    pollution; and four natural resource damage categories: (a)
    agricultural damage from soil salinity, water logging, and
    soil erosion; (b) rangeland degradation; (c) deforestation;

  10. Library Resource
    Bouncing Back : Forests, Trees, and Resilient Households cover image
    Reports & Research
    November, 2013
    Global

    This paper examines some of the concepts
    surrounding the idea that forests and trees can contribute
    to making households more resilient to food insecurity. The
    paper begins with a discussion of the widely accepted
    definitions of food security, and the implications for our
    understanding of the role of forests and trees in
    contributing to food security. Authors discuss the origins
    of the idea of resilience, adaptability, and transformation

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