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Mexico has recently taken significant steps toward promoting the bioenergy sector. Motivations to adopt bioenergy include: energy security, economic development and international commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These opportunities also raise concerns including the influence that e...


Romero Hernández, O.Masera, O.Romero, S.Grunstein, M.[Legal and institutional frameworks at national and subnational levels for biofuel promotion in Mexico]Legal and institutional frameworks at national and subnational levels for biofuel promotion in Mexico

Tropical forests have a central role to play in a new mechanism designed to mitigate climate change, known as REDD+ (Reduced Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation). Through semistructured interviews and content analysis of relevant documents, the perceptions of the opportunities and...


Brown, H.C.P.Smith, B.Sonwa, D.J.Somorin, O.A.Nkem, J.[Institutional perceptions of opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in the Congo Basin]Institutional perceptions of opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in the Congo Basin

This final chapter reviews the findings of the empirical chapters, summarizes authors observations for China, and explains these observations within the context of global forest policy. The institutions that define land tenure and the means of delivering tenurial rights is one great theme of Chin...


Hyde, William F.Jintao XuBelcher, B.Runsheng YinJinlong Liu[Conclusions and policy implications]Conclusions and policy implications

The forests of Indonesia have been a major source of foreign exchange and have provided substantial employment opportunities. But evidence indicates that commercial forest harvests in Indonesia have been carried out in an economically unsustainable manner. The dramatic economic and political chan...


Resosudarmo, I.A.P.[Tinjauan atas kebijakan sektor perkayuan dan kebijakan terkait lainnya]Tinjauan atas kebijakan sektor perkayuan dan kebijakan terkait lainnya
Campbell, Bruce M.Cunningham, A.B.Belcher, B.[Carving out a future: planning for woodcarving in the 21st century]Carving out a future: planning for woodcarving in the 21st century

Several environmental changes have occurred in the Sudan in the past; several are ongoing; and others are projected to happen in the future. The Sudan has witnessed increases in temperature, floods, rainfall variability, and concurrent droughts. In a country where agriculture, which is mainly rai...


Siddig, KhalidStepanyan, DavitWiebelt, ManfredZhu, TingjuGrethe, Harald[Climate change and agriculture in the Sudan: Impact pathways beyond changes in mean rainfall and temperature]Climate change and agriculture in the Sudan: Impact pathways beyond changes in mean rainfall and temperature

The objective of this paper is therefore; to review the economic contribution of pastoral production system to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The first section addressing the economic contribution of pastoralism, which introduces the concept of total factor productivity as a suitab...


Gebreselassie, N.Desta, S.Ehui, Simeon K.[A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa]A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa

This extension booklet presents, in a simple language and aided by tables and illustrations, the initial results of a collaborative research project being carried out in the Bragantina and Guama regions, State of Para, in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon. The project aims to develop ways to increase ...


Carvalheiro, K. de O.Gonçalves, D. de A.Mattos, M.M.Ferreira, M. do S.G.[Agricultura familiar no nordeste paraense: informacoes preliminares como contribucao ao manejo sustentavel da capoeira]Agricultura familiar no nordeste paraense: informacoes preliminares como contribucao ao manejo sustentavel da capoeira
Kemp-Benedict, E.Cook, Simon E.Allen, S.L.Vosti, S.Lemoalle, J.Giordano, MarkWard, J.Kaczan, D.[Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins.]Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins.

The effective design and implementation of interventions that reduce vulnerability and poverty require a solid understanding of underlying poverty dynamics and associated behavioral responses. Stochastic and dynamic benefit streams can make it difficult for the poor to learn the value of such int...


Lybbert, T.J.Galarza, F.B.McPeak, J.G.Barrett, Christopher B.Boucher, S.Carter, M.R.Chantarat, P.Fadlaoui, A.Mude, Andrew G.[Dynamic field experiments in development economics: Risk valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru]Dynamic field experiments in development economics: Risk valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru

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