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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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Beyond mitigation : potential options for counter-balancing the climatic and environmental consequences of the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases
MacCracken, Michael C. - 2009
"Global climate change is occurring at an accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are forcing climate change continue to increase. Given the present pace of international actions, it seems unlikely that atmospheric composition can be stabilized at a level that will...
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Report on the Simulation of Low Carbon Green Growth Policies, including the Results of Impact Assessment and Final Policy Recommendations
World Bank - 2015
only modest costs to growth and employment, European Union (EU) emissions trading for energy-intensive sectors sets a …
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Convenient solutions to an inconvenient truth : ecosystem-based approaches to climate change
2009
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The role of tropical forests in supporting biodiversity and hydrological integrity : a synoptic overview
Douglas, Ellen M. (contributor) - 2005
"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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522565
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Creating markets for habitat conservation when habitats are heterogeneous
Thomas, Timothy S. - 2004
"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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Forest management in Nepal : economics and ecology
Hill, Ian - 1999
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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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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change
World Bank - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550826