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  1. Title

    'State of play' of sustainable buildings in India

    Description
    This report explains the state of sustainable buildings and the construction industry in India including best practices, successes, barriers and recommendations for further implementation towards mitigation of climate change impacts. This report was published by UNEP in 2010.
    Author
    Priyanka Kochhar
    Publisher
    United Nations Environment Programme
    http://www.unep.org/pdf/SBCI_State_of_play_India.pdf
  2. Title

    Adaptive water resource management in the South Indian Lower Bhavani Project command area

    Description
    This study explores the theory and practice of the adaptive management method of water resource management based on a detailed field study of the development and use of water resources for irrigation in the Lower Bhavani Project in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This study was published by IWMI in 2009.
    Author
    Mats Lannerstad; David Molden
    Publisher
    International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.128
  3. Title

    Addressing forest degradation in the context of joint forest management in Udaipur, India

    Description
    This case study presents a forest rehabilitation initiative in the tropical dry forests in north-western India, highlights an indirect approach for assessing forest degradation, identification of forest rehabilitation objectives and targets and illustrates lessons learned for future forest rehabilitation in dry land forests. This study was published by FAO in 2009.
    Author
    Michael Kleine; Ghazala Shahabuddin; Promode Kant
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/k7176e/k7176e00.pdf
  4. Title

    Adoption and impacts of microirrigation technologies: empirical results from selected localities of Maharashtra and Gujarat States of India

    Description
    This report evaluates the current use of microirrigation technologies in Maharashtra and Gujarat in India as a method of saving water in irrigated agriculture and averting potential water shortage crises, a strategy to increase farm incomes and reduce poverty and a method of enhancing the food and nutritional security of rural households through an increase in the area of cultivation, better crop yields, enhanced output quality, early crop maturity and reduced cultivation costs. This report was published by IWMI in 2005.
    Author
    R. E. Namara; B. Upadhyay; R. K. Nagar
    Publisher
    International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.094
  5. Title

    Adoption of aquaculture assessment tools for improving the planning and management of aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific

    Description
    This report summarises the current status of aquaculture assessment tools (AATs) in the Asia and Pacific region through a selection of country case studies focusing on China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Each case study examines the application of existing aquaculture assessment tools in the country, including issues and constraints and recommendations for improvement. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
    Author
    Miao Weimin; C. V. Mohan; Wyn Ellis; Brian Davy (editors)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3438e/i3438e00.htm
  6. Title

    Advanced biofuel technologies: status and barriers

    Description
    This report examines the current status of advanced (non-crop, second generation) biofuel production technologies, those that can be grown using a small portion of the world's land area and those grown on arable lands without affecting food supply, and considers the key technical barriers of low conversion efficiency from biomass to fuel, limits on supply of key enzymes used in conversion, large energy requirement for operation and dependence on commercially unproven technology. This report was published by The World Bank in 2010.
    Author
    Jay J. Cheng; Govinda R. Timilsina
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3896
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    Advancing disaster risk financing and insurance in ASEAN member states: framework and options for implementation, Volume 2: Technical appendices

    Description
    This document provides the technical appendices for volume one of this report. It includes nine appendices, including information about disaster risk exposure profiles, disaster risk management profiles and agricultural and microinsurance for ASEAN member states. This report was published by The World Bank in 2012.
    Author
    The World Bank Group
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12628
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    Agenda for water sector strategy for North China: summary report

    Description
    This report evaluates the acute water shortages and pollution problems in North China, specifically in the Yellow (Huang), Hai and Huai (3-H) river basins, and recommends a number of improvements to China's water management practices to better support agriculture, the urban and industrial water supply and ecological resources in this area. It examines changes in the economy and society affecting the water sector, the current water resource situation in the 3-H basins and feasible options for balancing water supply and demand. It includes action plans for each of the key areas including flood control, agriculture, pollution control, wastewater reuse and groundwater management. This report was published by The World Bank in 2002.
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15418
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    Agricultural development and the opportunities for aquatic resources research in China

    Description
    This collection of papers examines agriculture and rural development in China, linkages between China and The WorldFish Center, aquaculture research and its relation to development in China and the research priorities of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS). It was published by WorldFish in 2003.
    Author
    L. X. Zhang; J. Liu; S. F. Li; N. S. Yang; P. R. Gardiner
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_348.pdf
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    Analysis of agricultural environmental institutions in the north of Vietnam (Hai Duong province, Ha Tay province, and Son La province)

    Description
    This report assesses the environmental impacts of the overuse of land and water resources in Hai Duong, Ha Tay and Son La provinces of Vietnam and analyzes the agricultural environmental institutions in North Vietnam to provide information about government institutions responsible for improving these conditions. This report was published by FAO in 2004.
    Author
    Vu Trong Binh et al.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/af334e/af334e00.htm
  11. Title

    Analysis of physical and monetary losses of environmental health and natural resources in India

    Description
    This report attempts to estimate the social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: urban air pollution, inadequate water supply and indoor air pollution as well as four natural resource damage categories: agricultural damage, rangeland degradation, deforestation and natural disasters. The report provides estimated costs in Rupees for all of the above categories. This report was published by The World Bank in 2012.
    Author
    Muthukumara Mani; Anil Markandya; Aarsi Sagar; Elena Strukova
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12065
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    Anchored fish aggregating devices for artisanal fisheries in Southeast Asia: benefits and risks

    Description
    This report explores the benefits, risks and threats and negative economic impacts of using fish aggregating devices (FADs) as a method of boosting fish production and increasing food security. Specialist technical information is also included including how to choose a site and how to construct and install an FAD. This report was published by FAO in 2012.
    Author
    Steve Beverly; Don Griffiths; Robert Lee
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i3087e/i3087e00.htm
  13. Title

    Aquaculture and markets: a research agenda

    Description
    This report examines the impacts of aquaculture development on poverty, markets and trade research in support of pro-poor aquaculture development, global trends in aquaculture, key issues for reducing poverty and hunger, assuring the growth in aquaculture in Asia generates livelihoods for the poor, assuring higher rates of fish consumption by the poor and emerging priorities for research on markets and trade. This report was published by WorldFish in 2011.
    Author
    A. Gordon; L. Kassam
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2828.pdf
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    Aquaculture, fisheries, poverty and food security

    Description
    This paper identifies how the contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to poverty reduction and food security can be enhanced while maintaining sustainability in over-exploited and over-capitalized capture fisheries and improving environmental performance. This paper was published by WorldFish in 2011.
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2971.pdf
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    Arsenic contamination of irrigation water, soil and crops in Bangladesh: Risk implications for sustainable agriculture and food safety in Asia

    Description
    This report examines the behaviour of arsenic in food and agriculture, and considers the effects of irrigating with arsenic-contaminated water on crop production and food safety in Asia. It focuses on Bangladesh and on the rice crop. This document, RAP Publication 2006/20, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2006.
    Author
    Alex Heikens
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ag105e/ag105e00.htm
  16. Title

    Assessment of crop water productivity in the Indus and Ganges River Basins: current status and scope for improvement

    Description
    This study uses remote sensing, national crop productivity and land use statistics and weather data to analyse the water productivity of rice and wheat in the Indus and Ganges river basins in South Asia. It demonstrates that there is scope for improvement in water and land productivity in the middle to lower areas of the Ganges Basin where water is abundant but the high consumption is not being converted into high crop yields. This report was published by IWMI in 2010.
    Author
    X. Cai; B. R. Sharma; M. A. Matin; D. Sharma; S. Gunasinghe
    Publisher
    International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2010.232
  17. Title

    Astrolabe: a guide to education for sustainable development coordination in Asia and the Pacific

    Description
    This document defines sustainable development and education for sustainable development (ESD), assesses the current state of ESD in the Asia-Pacific region and outlines a set of exercises which can be used to coordinate discussion between key stakeholders to assess national ESD-related activities, identify gaps in implementation and formulate a plan to move ESD forward. This document was published by UNESCO in 2011.
    Publisher
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
    http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001930/193013e.pdf
  18. Title

    Autonomous adaptation to climate change by shrimp and catfish farmers in Vietnam's Mekong River delta

    Description
    This document provides an overview of shrimp and catfish farming in the Mekong River delta of Vietnam, discusses methods for assessing impacts of climate change and economic analysis of adaptation and examines the potential impacts of climate change on aquaculture in the Mekong River delta, costs of adaptation to climate change impacts, policy implications for estimated adaptation costs and cost of climate change adaptation at farm level. This report was published by WorldFish in 2012.
    Author
    Kam S. P.; M-C. Badjeck; L. Teh; L. Teh; N. Tran
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_3395.pdf
  19. Title

    Bailout with white revolution or sink deeper? groundwater depletion and impacts in the Moga District of Punjab, India

    Description
    This report assesses water depletion from the extensive water use of agricultural production in the Moga District of the State of Punjab in India, focusing particularly on the growth in agricultural production and stress on water resources induced by groundwater irrigation. This report was published by IWMI in 2010.
    Author
    Upali A. Amarasinghe; Vladimir Smakhtin; Bharat R. Sharma; Nishadi. Eriyagama
    Publisher
    International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2010.229
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    Biodiversity, health and well-being: critical links

    Description
    This brief report outlines how biodiversity degradation leads to changes in ecosystems which impacts the key components of human health and well-being including provision of food and medicines and disease patterns and suggests ways that biodiversity can be managed to mitigate the impacts. This report was published in 2010.
    Author
    Camille Parmesan; Suzanne Skevington
    Publisher
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001897/189744e.pdf
  21. Title

    Biofuels and environmental impacts: scientific analysis and implications for sustainability

    Description
    This brief report evaluates the positive and negative environmental effects of biofuel production as a method of improving energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to rural development. It examines global trends in biofuels, biofuels in relation to the environment, methods of improving biofuel systems and the future for biofuels. This report was published in 2009.
    Author
    R. W. Howarth; S. Bringezu
    Publisher
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001831/183113e.pdf
  22. Title

    Building capacity for mainstreaming fisheries co-management in Indonesia: course book: introduction

    Description
    This book contains modules on: the fundamentals of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; the theoretical structure of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; how to start fisheries co-management; and, planning and implementing fisheries co-management. It was prepared to accompany a training course and was published in 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This introductory section, part 1 of 7, contains details of the preparation of the document, the abstract and the contents list. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
    Author
    Dede Irving Hartoto (editor); Luky Adrianto (editor); Daniela Kalikoski (editor); Trian Yunanda (editor)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i0989e/i0989e00.pdf
  23. Title

    Building capacity for mainstreaming fisheries co-management in Indonesia: course book: module 1

    Description
    This book contains modules on: the fundamentals of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; the theoretical structure of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; how to start fisheries co-management; and, planning and implementing fisheries co-management. It was prepared to accompany a training course and was published in 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This section, part 2 of 7, contains the first module on the fundamentals of fisheries of co-management. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
    Author
    Dede Irving Hartoto (editor); Luky Adrianto (editor); Daniela Kalikoski (editor); Trian Yunanda (editor)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i0989e/i0989e01.pdf
  24. Title

    Building capacity for mainstreaming fisheries co-management in Indonesia: course book: module 2: part 1

    Description
    This book contains modules on: the fundamentals of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; the theoretical structure of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; how to start fisheries co-management; and, planning and implementing fisheries co-management. It was prepared to accompany a training course and was published in 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This section, part 3 of 7, contains the first part of the module on the theoretical structure of fisheries co-management. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
    Author
    Dede Irving Hartoto (editor); Luky Adrianto (editor); Daniela Kalikoski (editor); Trian Yunanda (editor)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i0989e/i0989e02a.pdf
  25. Title

    Building capacity for mainstreaming fisheries co-management in Indonesia: course book: module 2: part 2

    Description
    This book contains modules on: the fundamentals of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; the theoretical structure of fisheries co-management in Indonesia; how to start fisheries co-management; and, planning and implementing fisheries co-management. It was prepared to accompany a training course and was published in 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This introductory section, part 4 of 7, contains the second part of the module on the theoretical structure of fisheries co-management. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
    Author
    Dede Irving Hartoto (editor); Luky Adrianto (editor); Daniela Kalikoski (editor); Trian Yunanda (editor)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i0989e/i0989e02b.pdf

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