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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
    region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it
    comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with
    natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and
    valuable crops, and also harbors the world s greatest carbon
    sink in the Amazon. The purpose of the series is to
    contribute to the global knowledge exchange on innovation in
    environmental and water resources management and the pursuit

  2. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Agricultural growth rates in the Latin
    America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have been much slower
    than the rest of the developing world. In the regions of
    East Asia, South Asia and Middle East and North Africa, the
    annual growth of agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
    in 1980-2004 exceeded 3 percent, while growth in Sub-
    Saharan Africa averaged almost 3 percent. This paper
    attempts to present an overview of the agricultural sector

  3. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Latin America and Caribbean Region
    has been at the forefront of global biodiversity
    conservation, dedicating 20 percent of its land to protected
    areas compared to 13 percent in the rest of the developing
    world. This progress has stretched available budgets for
    conservation with estimates indicating that a twofold
    increase would be necessary to achieve optimal management of
    existing protected areas based on 2008 data. Recognizing the

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Nicaragua

    The World Bank, with the financial
    support of the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), is
    implementing the Alternative Indigenous and Afro-Descendants
    and Agroforestry Project (COCOA-RAAN) in the indigenous and
    Afro-descended (Miskito) regions of Nicaragua. The
    implementing agency, the Agro-forestry coordinating
    association of indigenous peoples and farmers, is a regional
    Non government Organization (NGO) 'focused on seeking

  5. Library Resource
    December, 2012
    Argentina

    Argentina is one of the world's
    largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using
    soybeans as feedstock. Using a computable general
    equilibrium model that explicitly represents the biofuel
    industry, this study carries out several simulations on two
    sets of issues: (i) international markets for biofuel and
    feedstock, such as an increase in prices of soybean, soybean
    oil, and biodiesel, and (ii) domestic policies related to

  6. Library Resource
    December, 2012
    Brazil

    The overall impacts on the Brazilian
    economy of reducing CO2 emissions from energy use and
    industrial processes can be assessed using a recursive
    dynamic general equilibrium model and a hypothetical carbon
    tax. The study projects that in 2040 under a
    business-as-usual scenario, CO2 emissions from energy use
    and industrial processes would be almost three times as high
    as in 2010 and would account for more than half of total

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Costa Rica

    This country note briefly summarizes
    information relevant to both climate change and agriculture
    in Costa Rica, with focus on policy developments (including
    action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like
    most countries in Latin America, Costa Rica has submitted
    one national communication to the United Nations Framework
    Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a second one
    under preparation. Land use change and forestry are the

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Brazil

    This report summarizes the results for
    the transportation sector from a larger study, the low
    carbon study for Brazil, developed by the World Bank as part
    of its initiative to support the integrated efforts of
    Brazil to reduce global and national greenhouse gases
    emissions, while promoting long-term development. The study
    covers four key areas with potential low carbon options: 1)
    Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), including

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Brazil

    This report synthesis the findings for
    the waste sector of a broader study, the Brazil low carbon
    study, which was undertaken by the World Bank in its
    initiative to support Brazil's integrated effort
    towards reducing national and global emissions of Greenhouse
    Gases (GHG) while promoting long term development. The
    purpose of the present report is to assist in the
    preparation of public policy proposals regarding GHG

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Brazil

    Brazil low carbon country case study was
    two years in the making based on a study by the World Bank
    assisted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
    and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP).
    It supports Brazil's integrated effort towards reducing
    national and global-emissions GHG while promoting long-term
    development. It builds on the best available knowledge and
    is underpinned by a broad consultative process and survey of

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