Publications
The Dehang Dibang Biosphere Reserve (DDBR), declared by Government of India in 1998, probably forms one of the largest transboundry landscapes sharing most of its boundary with China (Tibet) and Myanmar. The BR covers three districts of the state of Arunachal Pradesh, i.e., Upper Siang, West Siang and Dibang Valley. Administratively the reserve is divided in to fi ve forest divisions, i.e., Along...
Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve (DSBR), which enjoys a tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer, is situated in the south bank of the river Brahamaputra in the extreme east of Assam state. Reserve is known for its vibrant wilderness. The reserve’s core area currently includes the Dibru Saikhowa National Park in its entirety, administratively DSBR is further divisible into two forest...
A one day national workshop on Sustainability of ABS and Biotrade in Nepal had been jointly organized by Centre for Policy Studies and Rural Development, Kathmandu and the section Sustainability Research, University of Basel, Switzerland on January 30, 2012 in Lalitpur, Nepal. The workshop was attended by stakeholders from business community, private organizations, NGOs (nongovernmental...
Indigenous peoples with a historical continuity of resourceuse practices often possess a broad knowledge base of the behaviorof complex ecological systems in theirown localities. This knowledge has accumulated through a long series of observations transmitted from generation to generation. Such "diachronic" observations can be of great value and complementthe "synchronic"o bservations on which...
In many developing countries, wildlife is an essential food resource, a source of income for rural peoples, and an important part of human spiritual and cultural systems (Robinson & Redford, 1991; Hladik et al., 1993; Robinson & Bennett, 2000). In tropical forest regions, there is often little tradition of domestic livestock management; in regions without strong food production sectors,...
In the face of climatic and other socioeconomic changes, most South Asian countries having large and growing population, limited land resources, and increasing water stress face a common challenge of how to grow more food with the same or less land, less water, and increased energy prices. This concept paper seeks deeper understanding of the interlinkages among water, energy, and food, which is...
On behalf of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) I am pleased to announce a new publication on Systems to Monitor and Evaluate Climate Finance Effectiveness. The report can be downloaded at http://climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Public-Climate-Finance-Survey.pdf
Multilateral and bilateral intermediaries are a crucial part of the climate finance landscape. Of the approximately...
Seldom do decision makers and other interested parties in general have the opportunity to access, through a single document, systematized information on the most important interventions regarding the exploitation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, projects for industrial crops, as well as infrastructure projects which, in an unparalleled magnitude, are being executed and planned...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Tropenbos International and Natural Resources Canada, have released a study they commissioned on current investment patterns in forestry. The context for the study is the emerging question of how to broaden and diversify the financial basis for sustainable forest management (SFM).
The study assesses the involvement of institutional investors...
Urban water management is on the verge of a revolution in response to rapidly escalating urban demands for water as well as the need to make urban water systems more resilient to climate change. Growing competition, conflicts, shortages, waste and degradation of water resources make it imperative to rethink conventional concepts - to shift from an approach that attempts to manage different...