CIFOR’s Forests and Governance Programme examines how decisions about forests and forestdependent people are made and implemented in order to promote the participation and empowerment of disadvantaged groups; the accountability and transparency of decision-makers and more powerful groups; and dem...
Capistrano, D.
,
Kanninen, M.
,
Guariguata, M.R.
,
Barr, C.
,
Sunderland, T.C.H.
,
Raitzer, David A.
,
[Revitalizing the United Nations Forum on Forests: critical issues and ways forward]
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Revitalizing the United Nations Forum on Forests: critical issues and ways forward
Collaborative institutional arrangements such as networks and consortia are becoming significant in the provision of goods and services in situations where such collaborations can improve the overall comparative advantage of the alliance. Economic globalisation, rapid development of communication...
Dykstra, D.P.
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Kone, I.
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Nair, C.T.S.
,
[Annex 3: Roles of global and regional networks and consortia in strengthening forestry research]
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Annex 3: Roles of global and regional networks and consortia in strengthening forestry research
During the last few decades, forestry assistance has benefited from the positive interest in environmental issues and has generally been less questioned than many other sectors of fields within international development assistance. If compared with its own goals and the resources invested, it hav...
Fruhling, P.
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Persson, R.
,
[Lessons for change: getting more from international forestry assistance]
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Lessons for change: getting more from international forestry assistance
This paper looks at the experience of designing and implementing policy reforms in the Bolivian forestry sector. It does not attemp to evaluate the process of reform itself but rather to examine the main obstacles faced in its planning and implementation and how the lessons of the Bolivian experi...
Contreras-Hermosilla, A.
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Vargas Rios, M.T.
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[Las dimensiones sociales, ambientales y economicas de las reformas a la politica forestal de Bolivia]
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Las dimensiones sociales, ambientales y economicas de las reformas a la politica forestal de Bolivia
This chapter reviews Central America's experience with regional collaborative policy research efforts focusing on rural issues, with particular emphasis on natural resources issues. It first presents a historical description of these efforts. Regional rural policy research began with the institut...
Kaimowitz, D.
,
Murrar, A.
,
[Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America]
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Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America
Sweden contributes large amounts annually to the Consultative Group of International Agriculture Research Organizations (CGIAR), an important body for international Agriculture research. some SEK 80 milion was provided in 1998 alone. But surprisingly few swedish scientists work in International A...
Persson, R.
,
Rudebjer, P.G.
,
[There is no place like home - why are there so few Swedish scientists in the international research institutes on agriculture and agroforestry?]
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There is no place like home - why are there so few Swedish scientists in the international research institutes on agriculture and agroforestry?
United Nations Environment Programme
,
[A Survey of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management Programmes of International Organizations - 3rd Edition]
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A Survey of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management Programmes of International Organizations - 3rd Edition
United Nations Environment Programme
,
[Industry and Environment Emission Standards and Guidelines Information Clearinghouse (IE-ESGIC) Volume II: Pulp and Paper Industry Effluent Discharge Standards]
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Industry and Environment Emission Standards and Guidelines Information Clearinghouse (IE-ESGIC) Volume II: Pulp and Paper Industry Effluent Discharge Standards
Este capítulo presenta un análisis histórico de los cambios radicales
que, a lo largo de medio siglo, han determinado las principales
características de las actividades operativas de las Naciones Unidas para
el desarrollo.