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  1. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Global

    Economic, agronomic, and biophysical
    drivers affect global land use, so all three influences need
    to be considered in evaluating economically optimal
    allocations of the world's land resources. A dynamic,
    forward-looking optimization framework applied over the
    course of the coming century shows that although some
    deforestation is optimal in the near term, in the absence of
    climate change regulation, the desirability of further

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2014

    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

  3. Library Resource
    October, 2014
    Global

    The pattern of global land use has
    important implications for the world's food and timber
    supplies, bioenergy, biodiversity and other eco-system
    services. However, the productivity of this resource is
    critically dependent on the world's climate, as well as
    investments in, and dissemination of improved technology.
    This creates massive uncertainty about future land use
    requirements which compound the challenge faced by

  4. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Uganda

    This report summarizes the findings of
    the Uganda Sustainable Land Management Public Expenditure
    Review (SLM PER). The SLM PER was undertaken to achieve six
    main objectives: (i) establish a robust data base on
    SLM-related public expenditure that can support credible
    empirical analysis; (ii) develop a sound methodology for
    conducting SLM PERs, which could guide similar work in the
    future; (iii) analyze the level and composition of SLM

  5. Library Resource
    July, 2014

    The urgent need to limit anthropogenic
    carbon emissions has led to a global initiative to Reduce
    Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+).
    But designing national architectures for REDD+ that
    integrate local actions on forests with national-level
    outcomes and do so effectively, efficiently, and equitably
    continues to be challenging. One option to facilitate the
    design and implementation of REDD+ is to learn from the

  6. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Romania

    Romania relies on the European
    Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to achieve its
    commitments to the European Union (EU) 2020 targets. The use
    of the European Agriculture and Rural Development Fund
    (EARDF) requires that at least 30 percent of the budget
    allocated for rural development as part of the National
    Rural Development Plan (NRDP) be spent on the environment
    and addressing climate change. The forest sector rapid

  7. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Tanzania

    This paper explains the major issues and
    lessons derived from the national forest management program
    and REDD+ initiatives in Tanzania. It finds that addressing
    the most important drivers of forest degradation and
    deforestation, in particular the country energy needs and
    landownership, is essential for success in reducing
    emissions regardless of the type of program implemented. It
    also finds that, through the national program, forest users

  8. Library Resource
    April, 2014

    Implementation arrangements for Reducing
    Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
    Degradation can be seen as contracts that could address some
    of the inherent problems with forest carbon credits that
    often lead to high transaction costs -- measuring,
    monitoring, and verification. Self-enforcing contracts,
    where it is in the best interest of the environmental
    service providers to comply with the contracts, may be one

  9. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Congo

    The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of
    the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a
    large portion of Africa's biodiversity. Agricultural
    development is a central lever to help people out of
    poverty, as well as a key driver of deforestation.
    Forest-friendly agricultural development is a challenge for
    the region. This report describes some ways forest-friendly
    agricultural development can materialize in the Congo Basin.

  10. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Congo

    The Congo Basin has the largest forest
    cover on the African continent. Of the 400 million hectares
    that the Basin comprises, about 200 million of them are
    covered by forest, with 90 percent being tropical dense
    forests. The Congo Basin's logging sector has a
    dualistic configuration. It boasts a highly visible formal
    sector that is export oriented and dominated by large
    industrial groups with foreign capital and an informal

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