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In this paper, a broader perspective on the causes of environmental degradation is taken and issues for policy analysis are examined. Causes of natural resource degradation, property arrangements, capital markets, commodity prices, monetary policy, and marketing are discussed. Highlights issues f...


Ehui, Simeon K.[Environmental degradation in sub-Saharan Africa: issues for policy analysis]Environmental degradation in sub-Saharan Africa: issues for policy analysis

United Nations Environment Programme[The Global Environment Facility: Delivering Solutions for a Sustainable Future - Our Planet September 2017]The Global Environment Facility: Delivering Solutions for a Sustainable Future - Our Planet September 2017

Ecological restoration through exclosure establishment has become an increasingly important approach to reversing degraded ecosystems in rangelands worldwide. The present study was conducted in northwestern Ethiopia where policy programs are aiming to restore degraded lands. Changes in soil prope...


Mekuria, Wolde M.Langan, Simon J.Noble, A.D.Johnston, Robyn M.[Soil restoration after seven years of exclosure management in northwestern Ethiopia]Soil restoration after seven years of exclosure management in northwestern Ethiopia

In this chapter, results of recent research conducted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, which has experienced severe land degradation are synthesized. This paper highlights the technological and institutional factors determining the adoption of natural resource conservation at both the ...


Gebremedhin, BerhanuSwinton, S.M.[Sustainable management of private and communal lands in northern Ethiopia]Sustainable management of private and communal lands in northern Ethiopia
Autor: Sellato, B.

A broad range of non-timber forest products of plant and animal origin collected from the Borneo rain forestand subsequently traded are presented. These products include resins, latex, rattans and birdsnests. The article discusses their local and regional uses and whether they are or have been ta...


Sellato, B.[Non-timber forest products and trade in eastern Borneo]Non-timber forest products and trade in eastern Borneo
Autor: Casson, A.

The Indonesian oil palm subsector expanded rapidly after 1967. Much of this growth has occured in the last decade and posed a significant threat to Indonesia's existing forest cover. It has also displaced local communities and increased social conflict. This chapter attempted to determine where t...


Casson, A.[The political economy of Indonesia's oil palm subsector]The political economy of Indonesia's oil palm subsector

Despite the potential for economic growth, extractive mineral industries can impose negative health externalities in mining communities. We estimate the size of these externalities by combining household interviews with mine location and estimating statistical functions of respiratory illness and...


Saha, S.Pattanayak, S.K.Sills, E.O.Singha, A.K.[Under-mining health: environmental justice and mining in India]Under-mining health: environmental justice and mining in India

This paper is conceived at a time when new paradigms are sought for the development of a framework to deal with the problem of forest resources degradation. Deforestation in Bangladesh, has reached an alarming rate in recent years. The forest coverage of Bangladesh is one of the lowest and the de...


Kibria, M.G.Rahman, S.A.Imtiaj, A.Sunderland, T.C.H.[Extent and consequences of tropical forest degradation: Successive policy options for Bangladesh]Extent and consequences of tropical forest degradation: Successive policy options for Bangladesh

United Nations Environment Programme[Etudes Biogeochimiques de Certains Polluants au Large de la Mediterranee (MED POL VIII): Rapports Finaux des Chercheurs Principaux][Biogeochemical Studies of Selected Pollutants in the Open Waters of the Mediterranean (MED POL VIII): Final Reports of Principal Investigators]Biogeochemical Studies of Selected Pollutants in the Open Waters of the Mediterranean (MED POL VIII): Final Reports of Principal Investigators

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