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- This report reviews current key sustainability targets for the water sector and provides an overview of selected tools and approaches that can be used to meet water-related development targets through a selection of country case studies (including the Mekong River in China). This report was published by UNESCO in 2012.
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- Abel Mejia; Miguel Nucete Hubner; Enrique Ron Sanchez; Miguel Doria
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://www.unesco.org/ulis/cgi-bin/ulis.pl?catno=217180&set=53C52978_2_31&gp=1&lin=1&ll=1
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- This report describes the potential ways in which increased water productivity can be achieved in rice production in Asia and illustrates the ways in which the differences in the environment affect the ability to increase water productivity, the approaches used and the incentives to do so. A case study of the Philippines is included. This report was published by IWMI in 2012.
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- Randolph Barker; Gilbert Levine
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2012.206
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- This report identifies the potential financial impacts arising from climate change and water scarcity on publicly listed companies in the food and beverage sector in South and Southeast Asia. It focuses on domestic companies that process and package foods and non-alcoholic beverages in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It examines the impacts on agricultural inputs, operating efficiency and reputation for aquaculture, beverages, confectionary, dairy/poultry, edible oils, starches and sugar.
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- Dana Krechowicz; Shally Venugopal; Amanda Sauer; Sandeep Somani; Shipra Pandey
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/weeding-risk
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- This document includes a collection of papers on wetlands management of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam which cover an overview of the pressures and responses; a legal basis and framework; agricultural development, environmental pollution and farmer differentiation; managing and classifying wetlands; institutional and policy issues; proposals for a national strategy on sustainable management; the national policy; special use forest management; situation analysis and training needs assessment; a wetlands study; and case study of Tram Chim national park.
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- Magnus Torell; Albert M. Salamanca; Blake D. Ratner (editors)
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_354.pdf
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- This report summarises studies conducted into sustainable wetland agriculture in Africa and Asia to highlight the value of wetland agriculture for poverty reduction as well as the need for more systematic planning that takes into account trade-offs in the multiple services that wetlands provide. This report was published by IWMI in 2010.
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- Matthew McCartney; Lisa-Maria Rebelo; Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu; Sanjiv de Silva
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2010.230
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- This report (in three parts) assesses the impact of incentives on forest plantation development as a highly productive and sustainable source of wood and non-timer forest products through a collection of country case studies including China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
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- Thomas Enters; Patrick B. Durst
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae535e/ae535e00.htm
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- This report (in three parts) assesses the impact of incentives on forest plantation development as a highly productive and sustainable source of wood and non-timer forest products through a collection of country case studies including China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
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- Thomas Enters; Patrick B. Durst
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae535e/ae535e00.htm
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- This report (in three parts) assesses the impact of incentives on forest plantation development as a highly productive and sustainable source of wood and non-timer forest products through a collection of country case studies including China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
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- Thomas Enters; Patrick B. Durst
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae535e/ae535e00.htm
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- This report investigates the theory that the increasing land degradation in Ban Lak Sip in Laos is caused by the current farming systems, changes which have been determined by the Laotian social, economic and political setting. This report was published by IWMI in 2005.
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- Guillaume Lestrelin; Mark Giordano; Bounmy Keohavong
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.092
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- This paper examines the scope and potential for wood fuels to replace fossil fuels thereby contributing to climate change mitigation in Brazil, India and Mexico. It also analyses the potential for and implications of wood fuel development for climate change mitigation and presents the current woodfuel offset mechanisms in place and their relative emissions reduction potentials.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1639e/i1639e00.pdf
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- This report defines "working wetlands" and provides a method of evaluation to determine the suitability of a working wetland for specified agricultural activities, based on its biophysical and socioeconomic suitability and an assessment of the possible hazards. This report was published by IWMI in 2005.
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- Matthew P. McCartney; Mutsa Masiyandima; Helen A. Houghton-Carr
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.091
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- This brief note presents lessons learned during a visit to China by a delegation of Yemeni decision makers and practitioners in March 2010. The visit studied China's coastal zone and fisheries management, and covered: decentralised fisheries management; integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) as a driver for a strong urban economy; integrated coastal economies and local ownership; and, the role of science in decision making and business development. The note is MNA Knowledge and Learning Fast Brief no.87, published by The World Bank in July 2011.
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- Banu Setlur; Ayala Peled Ben Ari
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/10884
