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Addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation in tropical wetland ecosystems of Indonesia por Murdiyarso, Daniel, Kauffman, J.B.

“…. - Research that addresses critical information gaps and communicates the results on land use and carbon dynamics in tropical wetlands is needed to inform sound policy decisions. This work can also improve IPCC Guidelines on methodologies for greenhouse gas inventories. - Standardised methods and protocols are needed for effective monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions from land use and land cover change in tropical wetlands. - Low-lying coastal ecological zones are already affected by rising sea levels and other marine -related climate change effects. …”
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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America por Sun, Y., Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Gender-balanced groups participate more in forestry decision-making and are more likely to have exclusive use of forests. …”
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Analysis of China’s overseas investment policies por Wenbin, H., Wikes, A.

“…The project ‘Chinese trade and investment in Africa: Assessing and governing trade-offs to national economies, local livelihoods and forest ecosystems’ project, launched in March 2010, aims to advance understanding of the social, economic and environmental impacts of Chinese investment in commodities or sectors affecting forests and livelihoods in Africa (e.g. timber, mining, agriculture), and to strengthen the capacity of decision-makers in government, civil society and the private sector to enact reforms to maximise social and economic benefits while minimising adverse effects.…”
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Feeding and working strategies for oxen used for draft purposes in semi-arid West Africa por Fall, Abdou, Pearson, R.A., Lawrence, P.R., Fernández Rivera, S.

“…This information will allow informed decisions to be made on the feeding and management of draft animals in semi-arid areas. …”
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Responding to food insecurity: Employing the market information and food insecurity response analysis framework in rural northern Kenya por Mude, Andrew G., Ouma, R., Lentz, Erin C.

“…As a proof of concept, this article shows how MIFIRA can be effectively deployed in other regions facing chronic or emergency food insecurity to help response agencies make systematic decisions on a solid evidence base.…”
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Perspective changes everything: Managing ecosystems from the inside out por Waltner-Toews, D., Kay, J.J., Neudoerffer, C., Gitau, T.

“…Most of the ecosystems for which critical and urgent decisions need to be made are best seen as complex ecosocial systems, with people firmly embedded as an integral element. …”
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Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia por Somda, Jacques, Kamuanga, M., Tollens, E.F.

“…Domestic milk production has been for a long time hindered by many factors including lack of interest from decision makers, distorted economic policy and biotechnical constraints. …”
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Can epidemiology and economics make a meaningful contribution to national animal-disease control? por Perry, Brian D., McDermott, John J., Randolph, Thomas F.

“…This is done by considering how veterinary epidemiology and economics has contributed to priority setting (which diseases come first?), decision-making (for a given disease, which strategy is best?)…”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa quarterly newsletter, October–December 2013 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Under the section on science updates, find out how we are working with partners to measure greenhouse gas emissions in soils and our efforts to use climate information to improve farm level decision making. We also share how researchers are applying social learning approaches in Uganda, working with farmers to develop drought resistant bean varieties. …”
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Land Health Surveillance: An Evidence-Based Approach to Land Ecosystem Management. Illustrated with a Case Study in the West Africa Sahel por United Nations Environment Programme

“…The main findings of this report are illustrated in a separate summary for decision makers and further illustrated in Sahel Atlas of Changing Landscapes: Tracing trends and variations in vegetation cover and soil condition.…”
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Managing energy-irrigation nexus in India: a typology of state interventions. por Mukherji, Aditi, Shah, Tushaar, Giordano, Mark

“…In this Highlight, historical antecedents of energy-irrigation nexus in India are examined and it has been found that its genesis lies in policy decision taken over two decades ago to supply unmetered electricity to farmers. …”
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Gender and climate change: Enabling people to reach their full potential in adapting agriculture to climate change por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…But many of the ways in which society treats men and women differently – such as division of labour, access to credit, decision-making power, ownership of land, opportunities for education and many others – are social constructs rather than biological facts. …”
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The local impact of centralized irrigation control in Pakistan: a socio-centric perspective por Merrey, Douglas J.

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Water saving and environment friendly canal operations in high water allowance canals por Munir, Sarfraz, Ahmad, Waqas, Alam, N.

“…To avoid this situation, there is a need to devise such canal operation plans which can prevent these adverse effects of increased irrigation supplies. …”
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Forestry policy in colonial and postcolonial Zimbabwe: Continuity and change por Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…Alongside the co-management attempt to make local peasants citizens through their inclusion in decision-making has been the continuity of the colonial policy that treated local peasants who used resources as criminals destroying trees and forests. …”
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Scales and power in river basin management: the Chao Phraya River in Thailand por Molle, Francois

“…Interventions on hydro/ecological systems by different categories of stakeholders characterised by different political, decision-making and discursive power, and varied access to resources, tend to generate costs, benefits and risks that are distributed unevenly across spatial and temporal scales and across social groups. …”
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ILRI 1998: elevage et gestion des ressources naturelles por International Livestock Research Institute

“…Ensemble, ces partenaires assimilent les connaissances scientifiques et traditionnelles et s'en servent conne base d'appui a la prise de decision et a l'analyse des politiques en vue d'affronter les defis que connaissent les terres de parcours en Afrique de l'Est compte tenu des exigences conflictuelles de la production vegetale, de la flore et de la faune sauvages et de l'elevage.…”
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Effects of land-use change after tsetse control on biological diversity: The case of northwestern Zimbabwe por Gardiner, A.J., Reid, Robin S.

“…A new sampling method was devised to study multiple taxonomic groups on the same transect at a landscape scale of resolution.…”
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Environmental impacts of trypanosomiasis control through land-use change: Conceptual model, approach and preliminary results por Reid, Robin S., Kruska, Russell L., Ellis, J.E., Wilson, C.J., Perry, Brian D.

“…These results imply that decisions concerning where and when to control trypanosomiasis can have strong implications for the success of efforts to enhance human welfare and to maintain environmental quality.…”
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Perspectives on partnership: Highlights of a literature review por Horton, D., Prain, Gordon, Thiele, Graham

“…It is promoted as an effective means to mobilise the resources and capacities needed to generate knowledge, stimulate innovation and influence decision-making. Nevertheless, partnering is often experienced as timeconsuming and frustrating, and it has proved difficult to demonstrate its 'value added'. …”
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