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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Djibouti's economic evolution over the past two decades reveals a distinct dual structure: a steadily expanding service sector that anchors the economy and a volatile industrial sector driven by episodic, foreign‐financed infrastructure projects.
Sadik Aden Dirir
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REDD and International Organizations [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Climate change mitigation can be achieved, according to many, by means of Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Tropics (REDD). Within the climate change policy debate we thus find discussions on how to reduce GHG emissions by designing appropriate REDD programmes and projects. In this paper I try to capture this debate by
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Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde +2 more
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Conservation & Society, 2017 The United Nations (UN) and World Bank programme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Deforestation (REDD) plus improving forest governance (REDD+) promotes carbon-emission reductions and sustainable forest management.
Robert Mbeche
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Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato +2 more
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Global analysis of the proposed benefits from REDD+ projects: influencing factors and discrepancies
Environmental Research LettersReducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in developing countries was initially envisioned to incentivize forest protection through payments for ecosystem services (PES).
Vania Theresia +2 more
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SINERGI TATA RUANG TERHADAP PELAKSANAAN REDD+: STUDI KASUS DI KABUPATEN KATINGAN, KALIMANTAN TENGAH
Jurnal Penelitian Sosial dan Ekonomi Kehutanan, 2017 Salah satu upaya mitigasi perubahan iklim adalah REDD+, yang mencakup penurunan emisi melalui upaya penurunan laju deforestasi dan degradasi hutan, pengelolaan hutan lestari, peningkatan cadangan karbon hutan, serta upaya konservasi hutan.
Nugroho Adi Utomo, Santun R.P Sitorus
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and restoration goals requires innovative solutions that balance carbon sequestration with biodiversity conservation. Payments for ecosystem services markets often treat carbon sequestration and biodiversity separately, but integrating biodiversity as a co‐benefit within ...
Yuan Gao +4 more
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Environmental Science & Technology, 2009 Paying countries to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could help mitigate climate change, but the road to that solution is rocky.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.This study examines the ecophysiological responses of common waxbills to temperature variation in Portugal. We measured body condition and basal metabolic rate (BMR) during summer and winter across two regions in Portugal. Body condition was negatively correlated with temperature, while the relationship between BMR and temperature varied seasonally. In
Marina Sentís +7 more
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