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Despite the adoption of many international agreements over the last decades, degradation of forests and deforestation has continued. Since this is largely due to the market's failure to account for forests' multifunctionality, this issue argues that a new, holistic approach is necessary to ensure sustainable forest management (SFM) is adequately supported and financed.
Against...
This newsletter presents the overall conclusions from the environmental service incentive (ESIs) component of the Roles of Agriculture Project Phase II. The objective is to draw policy implications and to deliver practical policy guidance to design, implement and enforce ESIs consistent with poverty alleviation in developing countries. A key conclusion is that ‘pro-poor ESIs’ needs...
This issue of ETFRN News explores innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management, whether in conceptual stage, under development, or operational.
The newsletter defines innovative forest financing mechanisms as new ways and institutional set-ups to transfer financial resources from actors who are willing to pay for the generation and maintenance of...
The main focus in id21 natural resource Highlights 6 is water. Five relevant research articles are presented that focus on various issues related to water resources.
1. Increasing the productivity of irrigation systems in China
- This research carried out by IWMI, Sri Lanka and partners examines how water used for rice irrigation is managed in...
Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests. In this issue of FAO's Unasylva, a collection of articles explore the complex interaction between water and forests in a range of contexts, and discuss the challenges for policy that arise from...
This newletter contains four short articles discussing the potential for financing carbon sequestration services. The articles particularly focus on this issue in the context of the Kyoto protocol and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Below are the titles of the four articles and some of the key points made by their authors:
Access to finance for...
The development community increasingly recognises the many links between human health and the practice and products of agriculture. Some policymakers and practitioners are now pursuing opportunities for using these links to achieve both more productive agriculture and better health.
The global health community is bracing for the possibility of a pandemic of avian influenza, or bird flu...
Cet id21 est sur la qualité de l’enseignement:
- De meilleurs enseignants et en plus grand nombre: Parvenir à une éducation de qualité pour tous: Selon un récent rapport de l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO, pour atteindre les objectifs de l’enseignement...
There is significant overlap between the practice and theory of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. However, there is limited coherence and convergence in institutions, organisations and policy frameworks. Both struggle to be incorporated into regular development planning and this aspiration is slowed down by duplicated activities, ineffective use of resources and confusing...
- Transporte, ¿el eslabón perdido? Un catalizador para el logro de los ODM: ¿Qué hacen los agricultores rurales pobres cuando la estación de lluvias impide su acceso a los mercados? ¿Qué hacen las mujeres en labor de parto cuando la clínica más cercana se encuentra a 30 Km. de...
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