Working paper
Adaptation to climate change featured very prominently during the Bali UN climate conference in December 2007. Given the accelerating threats of climate change in particular for developing countries, immediately increased adaptation efforts are needed. Now, after agreeing the Bali Roadmap with the objective to finalise a new international climate change agreement by 2009, it is time to assess...
Adaptation has increasingly gained attention in the UNFCCC negotiations. In Poznan, adaptation-relevant issues will be discussed across several agenda items, including in the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), and the Subsidiary Bodies of Implementation (SBI) and Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
The conference in Poznan provides...
This background paper has two objectives. First, it provides an overview of trends in the magnitude, location and nature of rural poverty, with emphasis on least developed countries. There is a large body of recent work describing the trends in rural poverty across the globe. This paper selects the most relevant findings linked to the overall mandate and interests of IFAD in agricultural...
Poverty has many dimensions and each has its own causes and determinants that vary over time. At the conceptional level, there is now a much deeper understanding of the nature and causes of poverty, but in practice, the negative and positive factors that may tend to increase or decrease poverty often operate simultaneously. It is therefore difficult to predict whether a given package of...
At the turn of the millennium seven years ago, the international community made a commitment to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and hunger between 1990 and 2015. Now, at the halfway point between the millennium declaration and the deadline, it is clear the world has achieved considerable progress. However, though poverty and malnutrition rates are declining, it is less...
This paper gives an overview of the overall situation of indigenous women in Asia. It highlights the fact that the discrimination to indigenous women is in all sectors and in many cases they are treated as third class citizens. It discusses the existence of matrilineal communities in some parts of the region where women used to have more control over property and productive resources, and a...
The objective of the Environment Theme (according to FP7 Specific Programme for 'Cooperation') is to promote sustainable management of the natural and human environment and its resources by advancing our knowledge on the interactions between the biosphere, ecosystems and human activities, and developing new technologies, tools and services, in order to address in an integrated way global...
This paper aims to design an analytical framework for study and research in mountain tourism. The contribution of the tourism interventions to the development of destinations and indigenous people can be analysed by the use of this framework. It assesses the impacts of the tourism interventions on the landscape and ecology, culture and livelihood of indigenous people and the overall...
This discussion paper explores the potential for addressing conflict in the forest sector through the use of company-led tools and mechanisms. A major conflict issue for many is that of recognising and negotiating rights to land and resources. Conflicts also arise between companies and communities or civil society organisations over conservation priorities, environmental pollution and benefit...
This paper presents a synthesis of four case studies of watershed management experiences in the Philippines, primarily to provide insight on why watershed management approach has not gained wider recognition in the country despite being renowned internationally. The paper starts by presenting a brief description for each case study involving the watersheds of Maasin, Magat, Manupali, and...
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