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Meaning making in service of power at the climate change negotiations : a critical discourse analysis of the speeches held by Xi Jinping and Barack Obama at the opening ceremony of... by Söderlund, Christoffer

“…At the same time nature is reduced to resources for the economy and human society is reduced to its economy and nation-state.…”

Gender and forests: climate change, tenure, value chains and emerging issues by Colfer, C.J.P., Basnett, B.S., Elias, Marlène

“…Issues are examined across scales, from the household to the nation state and the global arena; and reach back to the past to inform present and future considerations.…”
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Payments for ecosystem services: a new way of conserving biodiversity in forests by Wunder, Sven, Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Shiela

“…The novel idea here would be to make agreements at the nation-state level, either bilaterally or multilaterally, and either within or outside the Kyoto framework. …”
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From Mesopotamia to the third millennium: the historical trajectory of water development and use in the Karkheh River Basin, Iran by Marjanizadeh, Sara, Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, Turral, Hugh, Talebzadeh, P.

“…With the growth of the modern nation-state of Iran, water development has progressed steadily in tandem with rising populations and urbanization. …”
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Hyperendemic AIDS, food insecurity and vulnerability in southern Africa: A conceptual evolution by Gillespie, Stuart, Drimie, Scott

“…Although often hidden, interactions play out in real time at different levels from the individual to the nation state. During the evolution of AIDS epidemics there are three sequential phases of vulnerability – upstream (relating to risk of infection), midstream (individual risk of developing opportunistic infections after HIV infection) and downstream (risk of serious impacts in households or communities living with HIV). …”
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Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands by Xu, J.C., Grumbine, R. Edward

“…A host of other drivers—urbanization/infrastructure development, land‐use/agricultural practices, upstream/downstream water management and ongoing nation‐state security conflicts—interact with climate signals to produce complex changes across ecological and social systems. …”
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A review of the evolution and state of transboundary freshwater treaties by Giordano, Mark, Drieschova, Alena, Duncan, J.A., Sayama, Y., Stefano, L. de, Wolf, A.T.

“…Treaties are also increasingly likely to include data and information sharing provisions, have conflict resolution mechanisms, and include mechanisms for participation beyond traditional nation-state actors. Generalizing, treaties have become more comprehensive over time, both in the issues they address and the tools they use to manage those issues cooperatively.…”
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Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia by John Soluri. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2024. 272 pp. $27.95 (pbk); $99.... by Ejarque, Mercedes

“…In the process, it illuminates how nation states established administrative territories that extended well beyond the boundaries of the nation-state system itself.…”
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Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21 by Ray, Soumyajit, Ashok, Sattvika, Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Hemalatha, R., Singh, S. K., Chamois, Sylvie, Menon, Purnima

“…This Data Note provides an overview of trends and patterns in IYCF practices in India at the national-, state-, and district levels based on the 2015-16 and 2019-21 National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) data. …”
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How is India doing on malnutrition and non-communicable diseases? Insights from the National Family Health Surveys (2005-06 to 2019-21) by Kapoor, Rati, Singh, Nishmeet, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Singh, S. K., Dwivedi, L. K., Pedgaonkar, Sarang, Puri, Parul, Chauhan, Alka, Khandelwal, Shweta, Chamois, Sylvie

“…A set of global nutrition targets for maternal and child nutrition together with diet related non communicable diseases ( to be achieved by 2025 was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2013 These targets provide goals against which progress towards ending malnutrition in all its forms can be measured and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals This data note describes trends in multiple forms of malnutrition and NCD outcomes at the national, state, and district levels for India using survey data from NFHS 3 2005 06 NFHS 4 2015 2016 and NFHS 5 2019 2021 Insights on other malnutrition targets such as anemia and breastfeeding will be forthcoming…”
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Decentralization and public service delivery in Nigeria by Okojie, Christiana

“…The deficiencies in service delivery have been exacerbated by a strong urban bias in development policies and growing fiscal imbalances among the three tiers of government: national, state, and local. In particular, Nigeria faces a challenge in efficiently and effectively delivering agricultural and rural services at the local level to help the agricultural sector grow and alleviate poverty. …”
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Gender relations in forest societies in Asia by Kelkar, G., Nathan, D.

“…We looked at changes in gender relations in forest societies in four situations: (a) colonial and state rule over forest communities and the takeover of forests; (b) historical and contemporary revolts of forest-dwelling women and men re-establish community control over forests; (c) the response of national states to these autonomy movements by shifting to devolution as a policy; and (d) the current situation, where women's inclusion in local forest management is becoming more a policy norm. …”
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Governing sustainable palm oil supply: Disconnects, complementarities, and antagonisms between state regulations and private standards by Pacheco, P., Schoneveld, George C., Dermawan, A., Komarudin, Heru, Djama, M.

“…Greater complementarities have emerged among transnational instruments, but state regulation disconnects persist and antagonisms prevail between national state regulations and transnational private standards. …”
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Technical Report: Observations and reanalyses data: comparison and trends in Southeast Asia by Washington, R., Pearce, H, Engelstaedter, S, Diep, T.K.

“…This is particularly true in the case of a study covering multiple nation states. These datasets are described in more detail in Sections 1.1 and 1.2.…”
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Exploring park–people conflicts in Colombia through a social lens by Pourcq, K. de, Thomas, E., Elias, Marlène, Damme, P. van

“…Natural resource-related conflicts between local communities and nation states can be extremely destructive. Worldwide, interest is growing in gaining a better understanding of why and how these conflicts originate, particularly in protected areas inhabited by local communities. …”
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100 high burden districts of undernutrition among children and women, in India, in 2019-21 by Gune, Soyra, Christopher, Anita, Singh, Sudhir K., Sarwal, Rakesh, Bhatia, Neena, Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…This Data Note can be used by national-, state-, and district-level officials, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and research institutes to direct resources and strengthen the implementation of programs and policies to improve these outcomes.…”
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Short-term effects of the COVID-19 state of emergency on contraceptive access and utilization in Mozambique by Leight, Jessica, Hensley, Catherine, Chissano, Marcos, Ali, Liza

“…We focus on the period immediately surrounding the national state of emergency declaration linked to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 31, 2020. …”
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Increasing food system resilience for nutrition sensitivity and sustainability: A decentralized analysis for India by Kumar, K. Nirmal Ravi, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Because changes in food consumption patterns can impact both the nutrition sensitivity of a food system and its sustainability, we analyze the food consumption patterns at the national, state, and district levels in the context of India, and use the results of this analysis to provide strategies to build a resilient food system. …”
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Replication Data for "Intergenerational Nutrition Benefits of India's National School Feeding Program" by International Food Policy Research Institute, University of Washington

“…National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) is a national, state, and district representative sample of 601,509 households with a response rate of 97.6%. …”
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Tracking India’s progress on addressing malnutrition: What will it take? by Menon, Purnima, Avula, Rasmi, Sarswat, Esha, Mani, Sneha, Jangid, Manita, Singh, Anamika, Kaur, Supreet, Dubey, Alok Kumar, Gupta, Shuchita, Nair, Divya, Agarwal, Pulkit, Agrawal, Nitya

“…This Policy Note, developed jointly with NITI Aayog and IDinsight, aims to provide guidance to national, state, and district level government officials/stakeholders on issues to consider on the use of data to track progress on nutrition interventions, immediate and underlying determinants, and outcomes. …”
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