This module presents a Case Study of a Carbon-Balance Appraisal for an investment programme. It is useful for people who wish to improve their skills on how to estimate the climate change mitigation potential of agricultural programmes/projects and how to integrate it into the economic analysis of projects. This case is part of a set of documents which intend to provide support project developers in the process of learning and applying the EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Italy, Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Honduras, Congo, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, Italy, Americas
The third fact sheet in the <I>Save and Grow</I> series presents the key points of the Quezungual Slash-and-Mulch Agroforestry System, or QSMAS in Honduras. The system builds up soil nutrient stocks, and produces maize yields double those of traditional shifting cultivation.It reduces the time needed for land preparation, prevents soil erosion, and improves the supply and quality of water for downstream consumers. Many ‘slash-and-mulch’ farmers have diversified production, primarily into home gardens and livestock.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJuly, 2016Honduras
a perte de couvert forestier contribue à un sixième des émissions annuelles de gaz à effet de serre, et contribue donc de manière significative au changement climatique.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1996Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Iran, Mauritania, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Malta, Pakistan, Jordan, Cyprus, Libya, Somalia, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Tunisia, Sudan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
This paper outlines FAO's past and present activities on combating desertification, with particular emphasis on the Near East Region, in an attempt to mobilise all the potential efforts towards the establishment of an adequate strategy to enable this particular part of the world to build efficient regional and national programmes to combat resource degradation, restore land productivity and achieve food security.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1953
Revista internacional de silvicultura e industrias forestales
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Australia, Ukraine
Ce numro d'Unasylva se concentre sur les aspects techniques, mais aussi politiques et sociaux, de la rcupration de sites spcifiques, par des activits forestires.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2014
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1958United States of America, Dominican Republic, Chile, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Guatemala, Ireland, Côte d'Ivoire, Italy, Finland, Colombia, Thailand, Philippines, Spain, Madagascar, Myanmar, Japan, India, Senegal, Sudan, Norway, Canada
World Forest Inventory 1958
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2016France, Nigeria, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Ireland, China, Congo, Iceland, Pakistan, Finland, Panama, Laos, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, Cambodia, Paraguay, Norway, Asia
<p>This publication was prepared for ‘Income for coastal communities for mangrove protection’ project (2015-2016) which aimed to develop a low-cost mechanism enabling investors to responsibly promote mangrove conservation, carbon emissions reduction and sustainable development through the provision of funding to local communities. This report reviews sources of funding for mangrove protection with particular focus on Pakistan, Thailand and Viet Nam.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1993France, United States of America, Spain, Germany, China, Indonesia, Cuba, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, India, Brazil, Cambodia
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