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"Integration of biodiversity conservation into economic utilization of natural resources has become a central response to the challenges of sustainable development. However, the resources and competencies required to implement such an integrated strategy at the level of the individual, the...
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From Introduction: "Agreements between forest companies and forest communities may offer potential solutions to one or more of the conflicting objectives the global forest sector has been required to face. Some studies (Mayers and Vermeulen, 2002; Scherr, White, and Kaimowitz, 2003) have identified...
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From p. 1-2: "Eucalyptus cultivation and the cellulose industry are expanding fast in impoverished areas of Brazil, as a result of the global demand for cellulose, governmental economic incentives and the absence of economic-ecological zoning. Areas formerly devoted to family-farming and...
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includes interviews of forestry officials, rural producer-consumers of wood, and charcoal makers. Group 2, which focuses on …
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"Structural Funds are available as non-reimbursable grants, on the basis of co-financing ('part-financing') with the relevant Member States. The level of co-financing depends on the objective of the programme, and is up to a maximum of between 50 and 85%. There are five sets of priority...
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"The sustainable management of the commons is now being highly discussed with the recognition of the role played by the commons for social welfare and realizing the necessity of maintaining the stock of common resources for well being of the future generations. However, just like for other...
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measures of care and protection of the forest area. The paper presents the legal documents and Forestry Development Strategy in …
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The European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020. This paper reviews tensions and institutional...
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