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Current status and policy issues
Publicación revisada por pares
Artículos de revistas y libros
Diciembre, 2016
Fiji, Islas Salomón, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste
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Model, estimation strategy, and baseline results
Publicación revisada por paresArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2016Fiji, Islas Salomón, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste -
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Publicación revisada por paresArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2015Fiji, Islas Salomón, Papua Nueva GuineaClimate change projections internationally accepted as being reliable indicate that most countries in the Pacific region will suffer large-scale negative impacts from climate change. These impacts are likely to include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and intensification of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones and El Niño-related droughts.
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Publicación revisada por paresMarzo, 2014Eslovenia, Liechtenstein, Eslovaquia, Hungría, Croacia, Australia, Alemania, Polonia, República Checa, SuizaThis review paper focuses on research schemes regarding urbanity and urbanization, and brings together both cultural and physical approaches. First, we review the cultural and social construction of urbanity (as related to urbanization) in Germany. In the early 20th century, urbanity was mainly the result of identity derived from a historical perspective in cities.
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresDiciembre, 2016Nueva Zelandia
Public participation theory assumes that empowering communities leads to enduring support for new initiatives. The New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy, approved in 2000, embraces this assumption and includes goals for community involvement in resolving threats to native flora and fauna. Over the last 20 years, community-based ecological restoration groups have proliferated, with between 600 and 4000 identified. Many of these groups control invasive mammals, and often include protection of native species and species reintroductions as goals.
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresJulio, 2016Papua Nueva Guinea
This paper consists of a review of existing literature relating to Incorporated Land Groups in Papua New Guinea (PNG), followed by a case study of two urban incorporated land groups (ILGs) in the city of Lae. The paper is an attempt at assessing the sustainability of ILGs in the country. The challenges facing the ILGs have heightened public fears that the land groups may not be sustainable.
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresMarzo, 2014Australia
Biodiversity offsets can be an important tool for maintaining or enhancing environmental values in situations where development is sought despite negative environmental impacts. There are now approximately 45 compensatory mitigation programs for biodiversity impacts worldwide, with another 27 programs in development. While offsets have great potential as a conservation tool, their establishment requires overcoming a number of conceptual and methodological hurdles.
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Publicación revisada por paresOctubre, 2017Melanesia, Micronesia (region), Micronesia, Polinesia, Polinesia FrancesaPacific Island Countries (PICs) are often cited as being the most vulnerable to the future impacts of a changing climate. Furthermore, being located in the ‘Pacific Rim of Fire’, PICs have long been exposed to the impacts of a range of natural and climate-related extreme events—such as earthquakes and cyclones—and are considered to be amongst the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters. The physical vulnerability of Pacific towns and cities is further exaggerated by development deficits, geographical isolation, weak governance, and complex issues of land tenure.
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Publicación revisada por paresMayo, 2016Papua Nueva GuineaThis paper consists of a review of existing literature relating to Incorporated Land Groups in Papua New Guinea (PNG), followed by a case study of two urban incorporated land groups (ILGs) in the city of Lae. The paper is an attempt at assessing the sustainability of ILGs in the country. The challenges facing the ILGs have heightened public fears that the land groups may not be sustainable.
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresJunio, 2014Australia, Italia
An underlying premise of the voluntary assessments and certifications offered by existing major building performance assessment systems is that if the market is provided with improved information and mechanisms, a discerning client group can and will provide leadership in environmental responsibility, and that others will follow suit to remain competitive.
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