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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation & Policies
    International Conventions or Treaties
    Global

    The objective of this Convention is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, through effective action at all levels, supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements, in the framework of an integrated approach which is consistent with Agenda 21, with a view to contributing to the achievement of sustainable development in affected areas.

  2. Library Resource

    State of Rights and Resources 2010-2011

    Reports & Research
    Global

    If 2009 was the end of the hinterland and the beginning of a new globalized forest era, 2010 was a year of pushback. Worldwide, the news was full of reports of forest communities and Indigenous Peoples pushing back at land grabs and shaping policy at the national and global levels, and of governments countering and trying to contain community rights. Some governments and private investors accepted or even embraced the new players at the table and began to promote fairer business and conservation models.

  3. Library Resource
    Global

    Clean Development Mechanism Afforestation and Reforestation projects:
    implications for local agriculture
    Arthur G. Green* and Jon D. Unruh*
    Address: Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada.

  4. Library Resource
    Tree based carbon storage and land tenure cover image
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2010
    Global

    Tree-Based Carbon Storage in Developing Countries: Neglect of the Social Sciences Jon D. Unruha a Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2010
    Madagascar

    Environmental change and adaptation
    in degraded agro-ecosystems: the case
    of highland Madagascar
    Jon Unruh*, Bill McConnell** and Joe Rodman†
    Area (2010) 42.3, 359–368

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Global

    Land is a scare resource involving a wide range of rights and responsibilities. When poorly managed, it can become contentious often leading to disputes, conflict, degradation and other problems, all of them drivers of slum development and poverty in urban areas.
    In this issue of Urban World:

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2008
    Global
    The issue of climate change is not new, but its take-up as a key development concern is a fairly recent departure. Even more recent is the integration of a gender-sensitive perspective in climate change research and responses. This report, prepared for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), seeks to make the most of the available resources, drawing out useful insights to inform and strengthen future research on and interventions into gender and climate change.

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