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Certificación del manejo integrado de microcuencas hidrográficas en América Tropical. Parte 1. estándar propuesto by Musálem, Karim, Jiménez Otárola, Francisco, Faustino, Jorge, Astorga, Yamileth

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Racism in environmental communication about plastic pollution by Elander, Angelina

“…Through analysis rhetorical and narrative strategies of the communication by the NGO Durbanites Against Plastic Pollution and by observing the Durbanites it has been revealed how aversive racism is transformed within the context of plastic pollution. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 25-29, 1999: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It was decided to renew the Finance and Oversight Committees, and restructure and continue the Private Sector, NGO, and Genetic Resources Policy Committees. Reports were received from these committees as well as TAC, the Cosponsors, the CBC, and the CDC.The CGIAR approved funding of $340 million for the year 2000 as recommended by the Finance Committee, accepted Committee recommendations on longer term financing strategy, and asked the working group to continue its efforts. …”
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CGIAR Mid-Term Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, May 22-26, 1995: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It encouraged its Chairman to continue efforts to establish NGO and private sector committees. The Group approved the new financial cycle, and endorsed the research agenda for 1996 recommended by TAC. …”
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Piloting the Pioneer Positive Deviance (P-PD) approach for producer-led scaling in the pastoralist context of Dassenech Woreda, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia by Worku, Tigist, Habermann, Birgit, Getahun, Elizabeth, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Achandi, Esther L

“…Institutional support is present but fragile: Government and NGO interventions exist but are affected by staff turnover, language barriers, and infrastructure gaps. …”
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Samverkan inom CSR by Carlström, Amanda, Ramvall, Anna

“…Det innebär att företag tillsammans med en NGO har valt att gå samman för att gemensamt nå en lösning på ett större komplext problem, vilket här är produktionen av soja. …”
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Task Force on Principles and Metrics for Innovation in Sustainable Agri-food Systems: Final Report by Zurek, M., Hebinck, A., Wirths, J., Al-Malalha, M., Crawford, S.

“…This report presents the Principles for Innovation in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems as developed by a multi-stakeholder group of research agencies, investors, private sector and NGO representatives, and watchdog organizations. …”
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Strengthening Capacities of Extension Advisory Service (EAS) Providers in making Food Systems Gender And Nutrition-sensitive: MANAGE Experiences by Kumari, Veenita, Junuthula, Shirisha

“…We demonstrate the usefulness of the training for supporting extension agents working at the grassroots level, NGO partners in the agriculture sector, policymakers, and advocacy organizations to promote and support nutrition-sensitive agriculture among men and women farmers by making their local food basket diverse. …”
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The empowering journey: Nepalese women transforming from margins to empowerment by Jati, Raju, Maharjan, Rumi

“…In this context, SAHAS Nepal, an NGO, implemented a three-year gender-focused project of empowering and enhancing resilient food systems in a Dalit women’s group in the Dhading district, a mid-hill region of central Nepal. …”
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Securing the commons in India: Mapping polycentric governance by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Chaturvedi, Rahul, Kandikuppa, Sandeep, Rao, Kaushalendra, Rao, Jagdeesh Puppala, Bruns, Bryan Randolph, ElDidi, Hagar

“…These resources are subject to the authority of various government departments and are often managed in ways that result in uncertain tenure for the people who depend on these resources for fodder, fuel, water, and other products. An Indian NGO, the Foundation for Ecological Security, has developed a process for “commoning”—assisting communities to secure the commons by forming inclusive local institutions to manage the resources, and to work with the different government departments to gain stronger rights to the commons. …”
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Biodiversity, gender and ethnicity. Biodiversidad, género y etnicidad by Howland, Fanny Cecile, Chavarro Rodriguez, Monica Juliana

“…The panel is co-organized by ABC, the Natura Foundation (a Colombian NGO), and the Rural Women Directorate of the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture, and will feature leaders from indigenous, peasant, and Afro-Colombian community-based organizations actively engaged in biodiversity conservation.…”
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SPIR II Group Problem Management Plus (gPM+) Baseline Survey in Tigray, Ethiopia by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This study's objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low-cost psychotherapy intervention, group Problem Management Plus (gPM+), in improving mental health, child development, and related outcomes among rural Ethiopian households. gPM+ was delivered in separate arms by government-employed Health Extension Workers (HEWs) or stipended Local Facilitators (LFs) engaged by an NGO. Participants were drawn from the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in Tigray, targeting individuals aged 18–64 years who showed signs of moderate to moderately severe depression. …”
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Forest certification: a policy perspective by Elliott, C.

“…In Indonesia, certification was led by an NGO within a framework established by government, and a performance standards approach was used. …”
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For whom and for what? principles, criteria, and indicators for sustainable forest resources management in Thailand by Rasmuseen, J.N., Kaosa-ard, A., Boon, T.E., Diaw, C., Edwards, K., Kadyschuk, S., Kaosa-ard, M., Lang, T., Preechapanya, P., Rerkasem, K., Rune, F.

“…As law-enforcement has become stricter this situation has lead to a very tense conflict between the Royal Forest Department, the communities, and the NGO society supporting the latter. Criteria & indicators (C&I) have been developed to make the sustainable forest management (SFM) concept operational. …”
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National adaptation policy adopted in Nicaragua and resulting investments in coffee and cocoa sector by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In 2012, Green Mountain Coffee pledged more than USD 5.3 million in grants to support food security efforts by NGO partners throughout their supply chain, leading to direct benefits to smallholder farmers.…”
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Proceso participativo en la implementación de microempresas forestales comunitarias: la experiencia de PROCAFOR en el Altiplano de Guatemala 1992-2002 by Chapas, Jorge

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Reinterpreting ecosystem services : a governance perspective on what ’ecosystem services’ mean in practice for different socio-political actors by Calvo Robledo, Ana

“…The municipality and consultants were goal oriented, having established a set of procedures and tools to operate ES. In contrast, NGO practitioners’ actions and tools were rather oriented to stakeholder engagement and knowledge management. …”

Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Fifth Meeting, 21-26 September 1998: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC also considered poverty in priority setting, an IFPRI study of rates of return to research, a report on interaction with the NGO committee, and an inventory of center activities related to climate change.…”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 23-27, 2000: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Also from the Oversight, Finance, Genetic Resources Policy, NGO, Private Sector, and Science Partnership committees. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1997: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The research strategy for 1999 was given preliminary consideration, following the new decision cycle.There were reports from the GFSC, the cosponsors, the Oversight and Finance Committees, TAC, the NGO and Private Sector Committees, CBC, CDC, and PARC. …”
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