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Produção de carvão vegetal em Moçambique: impacto e opções políticas para à utilização sustentável das florestas

Reports & Research
november, 2011
Mozambique

A produção e comercialização do carvão, contribui para as receitas rurais, impostos para o governo, bem como oportunidade de emprego para famílias rurais, transportadores e comerciantes. Através da produção e comercialização do carvão, os produtores e comerciantes obtêm benefícios monetários imediatos.

Country profile – Brunei Darussalam

Reports & Research
november, 2011
Brunei Darussalam

The country profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water use at the national level. It can support water-related policy and decision makers in their planning and monitoring activities as well as inform researchers, media and the general public. Information in the report is organized by sections:


  • Geography, Climate and Population
  • Economy, Agriculture and Food Security
  • Water Resources
  • Water Use
  • Irrigation and Drainage

Country Profile - Pakistan

Reports & Research
november, 2011
Pakistan

The country profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water use at the national level. It can support water-related policy and decision makers in their planning and monitoring activities as well as inform researchers, media and the general public. Information in the report is organized by sections:

Healing the land: The story of land reclamation and soil conservation in Iceland

Journal Articles & Books
november, 2011
Iceland

Different processes of land degradation have been the outcome in many parts of the world, having severe impacts on ecosystems and the services they provide and on human livelihoods. Land degradation is one of the key challenges facing mankind in order to achieve sustainable development, but the quest for sustainability of land management has proved to be a major challenge to most countries. This book takes the case of Iceland. It tells the remarkable story of more than century combating land degradation.

Country profile – Bhutan

Reports & Research
november, 2011
Bhutan

This country profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water use at the national level. It can support water-related policy and decision makers in their planning and monitoring activities as well as inform researchers, media and the general public.

Malaysia Economic Monitor, November 2011

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
november, 2011
Malaysia
Eastern Asia
Oceania

The Malaysian economy decelerated as solid domestic demand was not sufficient to offset a weakening external environment. Private consumption growth continued at a healthy pace. Favorable rubber and palm oil prices drove up incomes of smallholders while continued employment and wage growth supported urban incomes. In contrast, fixed investment was more volatile, with private investment showing signs of picking up while public investments lagged.

South Africa Economic Update, November 2011

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
november, 2011
South Africa
Southern Africa
Africa

The global financial roller coaster, with the Euro zone as its lead car, has hit economic prospects across the globe. The South African economy, with its close links to the world economy, has suffered, too, resulting in weakened growth prospects, lower fiscal revenues, lower and more volatile valuation of the rand, and dampened external financing. This further compounds the policy challenges facing the authorities, on top of their preoccupation with unyielding unemployment, which requires higher and more inclusive economic growth.

Investing in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
november, 2011

Reforestation measures for degraded lands, strategies for the sustainable management of forest resources, and agroforestry practices that incorporate trees into farming systems are increasingly demonstrating their promise for producing commercialized tree products. Although the level of investment so far has remained modest, the challenge is to find ways to scale up promising investments in a way that will have a clear impact at the landscape level.

Advocating for Sustainable Development in Burma (Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ)

Reports & Research
november, 2011
Myanmar

ဤနိုးဆော်မှုများသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသော ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကဏ္ဍများတွင်ပါ၀င်မည့် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၊ တသီးပုဂ္ဂလများအတွက် အချက်အလက်ရင်းမြစ်များပင် ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤအချက်အလက် ရင်းမြစ်များသည် ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသောဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးအယူအဆ၊ မြန်မာ အစိုးရ၏ တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများနှင့် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန်ရှိသည့်အချက်အလက်များကိုဖော်ပြသည်။

Advocating for Sustainable Development in Burma (Shan)

Reports & Research
november, 2011
Myanmar

... This is a resource for organisations and individuals advocating about sustainable development issues in Burma. This resource provides information about the concept of sustainable development and about the government of Burma’s commitments and responsibilities when it comes to sustainable development. Sustainable development is development that does not damage the environment or the country’s natural resources, and that meets people’s needs, including the needs of the most vulnerable communities. Sustainable development relates to many aspects of the natural world and of people’s lives.