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- This report analyses claims that there is a 'groundwater crisis' and provides guidance on managing groundwater in an efficient and sustainable way. It provides an introduction to global trends in groundwater depletion and describes the consequences of the overabstraction of groundwater. It then goes on to discuss a number of groundwater management initiatives and techniques, as well as their limitations, before drawing a number of conclusions and making recommendations for future policies and activities. This report was published by the FAO in 2003.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/aglw/docs/wr25e.pdf
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- This report (in two parts) examines the factors that influence private sector investments in forestry and the opportunities for removing unnecessary constraints through a regional analysis of the Asia-Pacific and nine country case studies which include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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- Michael Pescott; Patrick B. Durst; Robin N. Leslie
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1933e/i1933e00.htm
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- This report (in two parts) examines the factors that influence private sector investments in forestry and the opportunities for removing unnecessary constraints through a regional analysis of the Asia-Pacific and nine country case studies which include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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- Michael Pescott; Patrick B. Durst; Robin N. Leslie
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1933e/i1933e00.htm
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- In the context of waste management, this report examines sustainable development, waste streams and their management, governance and future challenges, considerations in developing a national waste management strategy and guidance on developing, implementing, reviewing and updating a national waste management strategy. This report was published by UNEP in 2013.
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- Mark Hyman
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- United Nations Environment Programme
- http://www.unep.org/ietc/OurWork/WasteManagement/NationalWasteManagementStrategies/tabid/104470/Default.aspx
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- This report provides guidance for assessing the relief and rehabilitation needs of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in post-disaster situations. It discusses the different types of potential disaster situations and the particular issues affecting fisheries and aquaculture following disasters, it outlines some of the key factors that need to be considered when undertaking a post-disaster assessment, it describes the key types of disaster needs assessment and the stages of the process and it presents detailed technical guidelines in the annexes for disaster effects on policies and management, assessment of capture fisheries, damage to fisheries landing sites, aquaculture post-disaster, the post-harvest sector and the state of the environment in relation to disasters. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- David Brown; Florence Poulain (editors)
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3433e/i3433e.pdf
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- This report studies the availability, use and potential of economic tools and strategies (such as taxes, charges, fees, fines, penalties, liability and compensation schemes, subsidies and incentives) that encourage a change in behaviour that will address the problems with marine litter, solid waste and debris polluting ports, bays and coastal waters.
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- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/docs/Economic_Instruments_and_Marine_Litter.pdf
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- This article discusses the results of analysis carried out to determine the half-lives of biological activity of pesticides in soft water to attempt to determine a pesticide suitable for use in rice-fish culture. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2001.
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- Kyaw M. O.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/Naga24-3&4/pdf/aquabyte%201.pdf
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- This paper examines changes in forest tenure in China over the past fifty years, assesses the current situation and identifies changes required in order to sustainably manage forests and contribute towards poverty reduction. The study is based on eight case studies in the provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Fu Jian and Heilongjiang. This document, Forestry Policy and Institutions Working Paper 23, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2009.
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- Jinlong Liu; Zhao Lixia
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/k5453e/k5453e00.pdf
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- This introductory module examines the interrelationships between man and his environment and the potential implications for human health both now and in future generations. The module is expected to take twelve hours to complete and is provided by the UK Open University as part of its LearningSpace, a collection of over 800 free online courses (as at July 2016).
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- Open University
- http://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/health/health-sciences/health-and-environment/content-section-0
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- This brief report highlights the importance of species that live below the surface of the soil and the sediments of freshwater and marine ecosystems and advises that this below-surface ecosystem should be considered in management and policy decisions. It outlines the ecosystem services provided by below-surface biodiversity, global threats to soils and sediments and how to ensure sustainability of soil and sediment biodiversity. This report was published in 2007.
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- D. H. Wall; V. Behan-Pelletier; A. P. Covich; P. Snelgrove
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001539/153945e.pdf
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- This article reports on a study which examined thirty individuals of each species of Indian major carps gathered from a nursery near Bangladesh to determine the extent of genetic erosion through hybridisation which could potentially lead to slower growth of fish within aquaculture. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2004.
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- V. Simonsen; M. M. Hansen; Md. R. I. Sarder; Md. S. Alam
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/naga27-1n2/pdf/article-13.pdf
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- This report reviews the current situation of over-reliance on solid fuels for cooking and heating, examines how this challenge is currently being dealt with by The World Bank and other governments and organisations and suggests new approaches for future interventions based on lessons learned. Case studies for energy programs in several countries, including China and Thailand, are also included. This report was published by The World Bank in 2012.
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- Koffi Ekouevi; Voravate Tuntivate
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9372
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- This case study examines whether projects managing irrigation and forest resources which aim to improve service provision in the agricultural sector enhance access of resource poor households to watershed services and recommends principles that can be applied to integrate watershed management projects within wider regional programs of poverty alleviation. It draws on evidence gathered from a number of watershed management groups in Haryana state in India. This study was published by IWMI in 2005.
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- Mathew Kurian; Ton Dietz
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.093
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- This brief report describes the relationship between policy and science and recommends that science, including global environmental change science, should guide society's demands and should not be driven only by public agendas if it is to educated and effective responses to global environmental change. This report was published in 2006.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001500/150009e.pdf
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- This brief report examines the human contribution to the global nitrogen cycle through agriculture and fossil fuel use and the consequences of these changes to the nitrogen cycle, to the environment and to human health. It also recommends ways to manage the negative effects of the changes. This report was published in 2007.
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- J. Galloway; J. Erisman; A. Townsend; E. Davidson; M. Bekunda; Z. Cai; J. Freney; L. Martinelli; S. Seitzinger; M. Sutton
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001509/150916e.pdf
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- This brief report examines the effect of human activities on the carbon cycle which is closely linked to the climate system, including the current state of climate change, key carbon measurements and projections and an explanation of the systems approach of sustainable management of the carbon-climate-human system. This report was published in 2009.
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- J. G. Canadell; P. Ciais; S. Dhakal; C. Le Quere; A. Patwardhan; M. R. Raupach
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- 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/0018/001861/186137e.pdf
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- This report examines aspects of hydrological and environmental feasibility of interbasin water transfers in India using examples of the water transfer links in and out of the Krishna River Basin. It reviews the hydrological and environmental sections of existing national feasibility reports, analyzes the methodology used for the assessment of surface water availability for each transfer and illustrates the potential environmental impacts of the transfers in the deltas of the Godavari and Krishna rivers. This report was published by IWMI in 2007.
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- Vladimir Smakhtin; Nilantha Gamage; Luna Bharati
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.120
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- This study of three villages in Vietnam examines the influence that policies and programs (such as land classification, land use rights devolution and reforestation schemes) which were developed to help combat the issue of deforestation have influenced the behaviour of farmers. It suggests that these policies have not impacted on land use change in the ways that policymakers planned. This study was published by IWMI in 2007.
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- Floriane Clement; Jaime M. Amezaga; Didier Orange; Tran Duc Toan
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.112
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- In this study, the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and the overall economy in various countries or regions were modelled using a global computable general equilibrium model. Countries covered include: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, the rest of East Asia, and the Pacific and the rest of South Asia. This report is Policy Research Working Paper 5513 from The World Bank Development Research Group, Environment and Energy Team, and was published in December 2010.
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- Govinda R Timilsina; John C Beghin; Dominique van der Mensbrugghe; Simon Mevel
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3997
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- This study presents a hydrological model of the Upper Ganges Basin including river flows under present and 'naturalized' basin conditions to help evaluate the impacts of planned basin development and the impacts of future climate change on basin water resources. This study was published by IWMI in 2011.
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- Luna Bharati; Guillaume Lacombe; Pabitra Gurung; Priyantha Jayakody; Chu Thai Hoanh; Vladimir Smakhtin
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2011.210
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- This report critiques the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization (RRBO) in Vietnam as part of the country's reforms of management of their water resources. This report provides a background to the water sector in Vietnam and studies the wider transformations of the water sector that limit the formation and effectiveness of the RRBO. This report was published by IWMI in 2009.
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- Francois Molle; Chu Thai Hoanh
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.131
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- This report provides a brief overview of the main types of household energy currently used by people living in rural areas in Cambodia (kerosene, wood, charcoal) and highlights some of the more efficient forms of energy that are available (efficient cook stoves, biodigesters, ceramic water filters and LED lanterns). Adoption of these forms of energy could provide sustainable solutions to cut fuel consumption, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving the householder money, and improve sanitation and the safety of drinking water. This report was published by The World Bank in 2009.
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- Michael Wild
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12917
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- This report examines the role of four improved land and water management practices and the effect they could have on smallholder crop yields and livelihoods.
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- Robert Winterbottom; Chris Reij; Dennis Garrity; Jerry Glover; Debbie Hellums; Mike McGahuey; Sara Scherr
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/improving-land-and-water-management
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- This workshop examined the latest knowledge of integrated nutrient management, its effects on soil fertility, and on farmer's yields and income, with an emphasis on Asia and the Pacific region. Papers were presented and lessons learned were derived for a number of countries in the region, including Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and China. This report of the workshop, RAP Publication 2006/27, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2006. This section, part 1 of 3, contains the foreword, contents list, workshop summary and country papers for South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar). Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
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- Fan Mingsheng (compiler); Zhang Fusuo (compiler); Rogelio Concepcion (editor)
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ag120e/ag120e00.pdf
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- This workshop examined the latest knowledge of integrated nutrient management, its effects on soil fertility, and on farmer's yields and income, with an emphasis on Asia and the Pacific region. Papers were presented and lessons learned were derived for a number of countries in the region, including Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and China. This report of the workshop, RAP Publication 2006/27, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2006. This section, part 2 of 3, contains the first part of a country paper for the Philippines (continued in part 3). Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
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- Fan Mingsheng (compiler); Zhang Fusuo (compiler); Rogelio Concepcion (editor)
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ag120e/ag120e01.pdf
