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Nuevo orden alimentario y disputa por el agua en el norte de México

Journal Articles & Books
Julio, 2013
México

Este artículo pretende tanto mostrar cómo los procesos de agricultura comercial y cambio climático están agotando los mantos acuíferos del estado de Chihuahua en el norte de México, como reconstruir los movimientos, demandas y logros de los agricultores contra la apropiación excluyente de los recursos hídricos.

Cambio climático, comunidades y desarrollo

Policy Papers & Briefs
Julio, 2013
América del Sur

El autor del presente artículo establece como punto de partida para su análisis que es mejor hablar de Cambio Ambiental Global, es decir, aquellas modificaciones que se vienen produciendo en  los sistemas Tierra, Atmósfera, Océanos y Biosfera, que resulta ser más amplio y complejo que el cambio climático.
Cambio climático, comunidades y desarrollo
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Iran - Energy : Environment Review Policy Note

Julio, 2013
Iran

This Policy Note is based on the Final
Report of the Environmental Energy Review (EER), prepared
over two years, with the full collaboration of the
Government of Iran, and the assistance of international, and
national consultants. The EER report comprises: an analysis
of the current situation with regards to energy generation,
and use; an evaluation of the growth prospects with regard
to energy generation, and use; the identification of the

Saving Fish and Fisheries : Towards Sustainable and Equitable Governance of the Global Fishing Sector

Julio, 2013
Global

This Fisheries Sector Approach Paper has
been written in recognition of the mounting challenges that
the World Bank and the developing world face in meeting the
fishery sector-related Millennium Development Goals and the
outcomes of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development. It augments the Bank's Rural Strategy,
Reaching the Rural Poor, which advocates a holistic approach
to rural poverty reduction, and support for equitable

Morocco : Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation

Julio, 2013
Morocco

This report is the first step in a
process toward using environmental damage cost assessments
for priority setting and as an instrument for integrating
environmental issues into economic and social development.
The report provides estimates of damage cost for several
areas of the environment: air, water, land and forests, and
waste disposal. The estimates should be considered as orders
of magnitude and a range is provided to indicate the level

Europe and Central Asia - Meeting the Environment Millennium Development Goal

Julio, 2013
Asia
Central Asia
Europe

This report reviews the status of the 28
countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) with respect to
the environmental Millennium Development Goal (MDG). The aim
of this goal is to 'ensure environmental
sustainability,' which is elaborated by a set of three
targets and eight indicators. The indicators for the
environment MDG are important not only as measures of
environmental sustainability, but also as contributors to

Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003

Julio, 2013
Philippines

The Water Resources Sector Strategy
(WRSS) supports implementation of the Bank's 1993 Water
Resources Management Policy, using the experience updated
internationally, with water resources and management. This
country Water Resources Assistance Strategy (CWRAS)
identifies the Philippines principal water resource
challenges, the current situation, how the Bank is assisting
at present, and what it should in the future. In summary

Using Remote Sensing to Quantify Vegetation Change and Ecological Resilience in a Semi-Arid System

Peer-reviewed publication
Junio, 2013

This research extends upon land cover change studies by incorporating methodological approaches, which are compatible with heterogeneous ecosystems, are able to link landscape changes to system processes, such as climate change, and provide potential linkages to concepts of ecological resilience. The study region in southern Africa experienced a significant climatic shift in the 1970s, resulting in drier conditions. The state of these ecosystems and their response to such climatic shock is quantified in terms of vegetation amount and heterogeneity.

Historical and Contemporary Geographic Data Reveal Complex Spatial and Temporal Responses of Vegetation to Climate and Land Stewardship

Peer-reviewed publication
Junio, 2013

Vegetation and land-cover changes are not always directional but follow complex trajectories over space and time, driven by changing anthropogenic and abiotic conditions. We present a multi-observational approach to land-change analysis that addresses the complex geographic and temporal variability of vegetation changes related to climate and land use.

Social Safeguards in REDD+: A Review of Existing Initiatives and Challenges

Reports & Research
Junio, 2013
Indonesia
Laos
Nepal
Vietnam
Global
South-Eastern Asia

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks and promoting sustainable management of forests in developing countries (REDD+) has been proposed as an effective mechanism to mitigate the impacts of climate change.