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Decentralization and biodiversity conservation

Lutz, Ernst (contributor); … - 1996

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Environment Matters at the World Bank, 2009 Annual Review : Banking on Biodiversity

World Bank - 2012

This issue of environment matters celebrates the 2010 international year of biodiversity and describes some of the … challenges and opportunities in protecting biodiversity for the benefit of humankind. From the world's highest mountain ranges to … Ecosystem Assessment showed, biodiversity is under severe threat, as ecosystems are being lost and degraded more rapidly and …

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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio

World Bank - 2012

Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the...

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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio

World Bank - 2012

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Insuring Nature's Survival : The Role of Insurance in Meeting the Financial Need to Preserve Biodiversity

World Bank - 2022

Biodiversity loss will be an increasingly important source of risk and opportunity for the insurance sector. The …. Understanding the physical and transition risks associated with biodiversity loss and working to mitigate the damage to biodiversity … biodiversity risks in several ways: as underwriters, as investors, and as corporate citizens. Insurers will be impacted both by …

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Biodiversity and Health Symposium Conclusions and Recommendations

World Bank - 2012

The paper reported that to increase the effectiveness of healthcare as well as to alleviate poverty in the poorest parts of the world, the symposium participants recommended urgent attention to three principles: 1. Success will only be achieved if both biological diversity and cultural diversity...

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Poland - Mazowieckie Public Expenditure Review Local Responses to the Global Economic Crisis

World Bank - 2012

This report examines the fiscal prospects of major units of sub-national government in the voivodship (province) of Mazowieckie and proposes a series of reforms in recurrent spending and capital investment planning. Mazowieckie, the seat of Warsaw, is the heart of the Polish economy. While...

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Liberia Public Expenditure Review : Options for Fiscal Space Enlargement

World Bank - 2014

Liberia's post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation has been successful. Peace, stability and security gradually returned and provided an enabling environment for the rebuilding of this war-torn country. Over the next five years (2013-2017), the Bank will focus on building infrastructure...

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Burundi Public Expenditure Review : Strengthening Fiscal Resilience to Promote Government Effectiveness

World Bank - 2014

This public expenditure review is prepared by the World Bank, in close collaboration with the government of Burundi. This document highlights the significant progress made by Burundi in the recent past. The most notable recent achievement has been the improvement of indicators in the sectors of...

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Climate Change Public Expenditure and Institutional Review Sourcebook

World Bank - 2014

The 2013 Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5) advised that warming of the climate system is unequivocal and said that since the 1950s many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. Climate change is one of the greatest...

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