As part of international climate change policy, voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any regulator will make errors in predicting baselines, adverse selection will reduce efficiency since participants will self-select into the program.

Incentive-based programs to reduce deforestation are expected to play an increasinglyimportant role in global efforts to protect ecosystems and sequester carbon but theirenvironmental effectiveness is not clear.

L’Atlas rassemble, pour la première fois, au sein d’une plate-forme unique, cartographique et interactive, toute l’information sur le secteur forestier, jusqu’ici mise à disposition des décideurs sous forme de simples cartes « papiers » et de tableaux divers.

The Development Marketplace 2009 focused on adaptation to climate change. This paper identifies lessons from the Marketplace and assesses their implications for adaptation support. The findings are based on: statistical tabulation of all proposals; in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of the 346 semi-finalists; and interviews with finalists and assessors.

The climate change (CC) caused by increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), can be addressed through adaptation and mitigation strategies. Adaptation consists of strategies which minimize vulnerability to CC.

Esta tesis pretende, estudiar trabajos de la capacidad de fijación de carbono en los bosques naturales de la provincia de Esmeraldas así como investigar los instrumentos, los mecanismos y las políticas existentes en el país, proponer lineamentos adecuados en los ámbitos jurídicos, técnicos, operativos, económicos y sociales, con el objetivo de definir la posibilidad de generar un esquema de pag

The lowlands of the Caribbean slope of northern Costa Rica constitute one of the priority hotspots for biodiversity conservation in Mesoamerica.Nevertheless, the landscape has undergone a process of strong fragmentation that threatens its connectivity between protected areas in Costa Rica and southeastern Nicaragua.

El documento explica y analiza los impactos de los cambios climáticos en Sudamérica reflejados en el retroceso de los glaciares, la agricultura. los ecosistemas, la salud y las iniciativas de mitigación existentes en la región.

Coffee is an ecologically and economically significant crop for Haiti. It is not only the main source of income for more than 100,000 farmers, but the coffee ecosystem also sustains a large part of the remaining tree cover (currently at less than 1.5 percent of land) of the country. This report does not aim to detail the structural constraints impacting upon the Haitian coffee sub-sector.

La enfermedad de Chagas mantiene ciclos de transmisión tanto domésticos como silvestres. Con el fin de avanzar en el conocimiento sobre el ciclo silvestre de transmisión de T. cruzi en la región del Gran Chaco, se realizaron los siguientes estudios: a) Prevalencia de infección por T. cruzi en mamíferos silvestres tras dos décadas de control vectorial sostenido de T. infestans.

Devant l’urgence du changement climatique, et l’enjeu important lié au maintien des forêts de RDC, le gouvernement a élaboré un plan de préparation à la REDD pour la période 2010-2012.

This Strategy envisages a sustainable agriculture that is both feasible and capable of achieving food security, competitive in local and foreign markets through optimal use of resources as part of a comprehensive development.