Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and stabilize the climate. But biodiversity loss is happening at unprecedented rates, impacting human health worldwide.The report, Connecting Global P...
Romanelli, C.
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Cooper, D.
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Campbell-Lendrum, D.
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Maiero, M.
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Karesh, W.B.
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Hunter, D.
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Golden, C.D.
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[Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review.]
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Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review.
El Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) está celebrando 50 años de trabajo colaborativo con cientos de socios en los trópicos. Durante 50 años, el CIAT ha liderado el desarrollo y difusión de tecnologías, métodos innovadores y nuevos conocimientos que contribuyen para que los produ...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Los impactos de la investigación colaborativa del CIAT]
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Los impactos de la investigación colaborativa del CIAT
Men and women interact with water resources and landscapes in different ways, and there are frequent criticisms that little research is undertaken across disciplines to address this issue. Biophysical scientists in particular struggle with how to integrate “gendered” water uses into models that a...
Baker, Tracy
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Cullen, Beth
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Debevec, Liza
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Abebe, Yenenesh
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[A socio-hydrological approach for incorporating gender into biophysical models and implications for water resources research.]
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A socio-hydrological approach for incorporating gender into biophysical models and implications for water resources research.
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is celebrating 50 years of collaborative work with hundreds of partners across the tropics. During 50 years, CIAT has led the development and dissemination of technologies, innovative methods, and new knowledge that better enable farmers to...
Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change – gives an overview of the impacts of climate change on growing environments and the challenges that agricultural production faces in coming years and decades. It explores the potential for crop wild relatives to contribute novel genetic resources to the bre...
Second phase of RUPES, a program that operationalizes the concept of rewarding people to protect or enhance environmental services that benefit businesses or the wider population. It takes on the challenge of devising schemes that actually work in practice and can sustain themselves without ongoi...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Rewards for, use of and shared investment in pro-poor environmental services, phase 2 (RUPES 2)]
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Rewards for, use of and shared investment in pro-poor environmental services, phase 2 (RUPES 2)
The application of payment for ecosystem services (PES) specifically for agricultural biodiversity conservation. This is recognition of the value of farmers’ work in maintaining such agrobiodiversity, and the provision of positive incentives that adequately compensate them for doing so (for prote...
United Nations Environment Programme
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[The Role and Contribution of Montane Forests and Related Ecosystem Services to the Kenyan Economy]
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The Role and Contribution of Montane Forests and Related Ecosystem Services to the Kenyan Economy
United Nations Environment Programme
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[A New Deal for Nature – Account for the True Value of Nature]
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A New Deal for Nature – Account for the True Value of Nature
The conservation of biodiversity on private land is both a high priority and a considerable challenge. An effective response to this challenge requires a combination of legislative and incentive mechanisms, coupled with preparedness by government to review and revise administrative arrangements. ...
Burns, E.
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Zammit, C.
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Attwood, S.
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Lindenmayer, D.
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[The environmental stewardship program: lessons on creating long-term agri-environment schemes]
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The environmental stewardship program: lessons on creating long-term agri-environment schemes