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"Conservation of high-biodiversity tropical forests is sometimes justified on the basis of assumed hydrological … conversion on biodiversity and hydrology for two scenarios - historical forest conversion and the potential future conversion of …
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"A tradable development rights (TDR) program focusing on biodiversity conservation faces a crucial problem defining … range of biodiversity conserved but could increase the opportunity cost of conservation. The issue is relevant to Brazil …
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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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The World Bank's mission is to alleviate poverty and support sustainable development. Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine these goals. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average 2 degree Celsius due to the...
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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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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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This project (1996-2001), whose total cost was $1.6 million, intended to (a) protect critically endangered biodiversity … to these habitats; and (b) strengthen capacity for the management and monitoring of biodiversity restoration …
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