http://rmportal.net Items recently added to the library. hourly 1 2011-03-03T20:19:41Z http://rmportal.net/library/content/global-efforts-to-bridge-religion-and-conservation-are-they-really-working-1 Awoyemi et al. argue that the gap between religion and conservation must be narrowed if the latter is to take its rightful place among mayor human concerns and endeavors. They believe that changes in human behavior are needed to conserve nature, and cite specific examples from around the world of religions and religious groups fostering such change. Because faith communities comprise the largest social organizations and can convey moral imperatives for protecting nature, the potential for advancing conservation globally is great. No publisher webeditor © 2004–2012 InTech Religion and Conservation InTech Conservation 2012-05-18T02:40:06Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/engendering-agricultural-research-development-and-extension This publication discusses the essential role of women in food security and suggests how women may be incorporated in agricultural research and development. Authors call for a restructuring of agriculture programs, policies, R&D, implementation, and program evaluation. No publisher webeditor Copyright © 2011 International Food Policy Research Institute Women's Empowerment Food Security Gender Research IFPRI Agriculture 2012-05-16T21:17:12Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/cfs-voluntary-guidelines-on-land-tenure-governance The handbook, titled Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, will be officially released Friday May 11th during the 38th Special Session of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security in Rome. The guidelines target government authorities, the private sector, civil society and citizens interested in judging whether proposed actions are consistent with acceptable practice. No publisher webeditor FAO ABCG ABCG News and Announcements Land Tenure FAO CFS 2012-05-12T05:41:32Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/forest-peoples-numbers-across-the-world By providing estimated figures for indigenous and forest peoples' populations in countries and regions across the globe, this new Forest Peoples Programme report seeks to raise awareness of the existence of peoples who primarily depend on forests for their livelihoods, and to enhance their visibility as key actors and rights-holders in the management and use of forests and forest resources. These figures may serve as a useful reference in advocacy for the recognition of forest peoples' legal and human rights. No publisher webeditor © Forest Peoples Programme Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) ABCG ABCG News and Announcements 2012-05-12T01:15:40Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/global-efforts-to-bridge-religion-and-conservation-are-they-really-working Awoyemi et al. argue that the gap between religion and conservation must be narrowed if the latter is to take its rightful place among mayor human concerns and endeavors. They believe that changes in human behavior are needed to conserve nature, and cite specific examples from around the world of religions and religious groups fostering such change. Because faith communities comprise the largest social organizations and can convey moral imperatives for protecting nature, the potential for advancing conservation globally is great. No publisher webeditor ABCG ABCG News and Announcements Conservation 2012-05-12T01:15:16Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/translinks/transLinks-2010/forest-trends/Report_StateofWatershedPayments.pdf A global research effort conducted by Ecosystem Marketplace identified a total of approximately 288 payments for watershed services (PWS) and water quality trading (WQT) programs in varying stages of activity over the past 30 years. In 2008, the baseline year, about 127 programs were actively receiving payments or transacting credits. The total transaction value from all programs actively engaged in 2008 is estimated at US$9.3 billion. Over the entire time span of recorded activity, total transaction value is estimated at slightly more than US$50 billion, impacting some 3.24 billion hectares. This report has 3 objectives, 1) to use project-level data to estimate the overall size and scope of the payments directed to protest or restore watershed services; 2) to account for the full spectrum of watershed services activities and track changes going forward, and 3) to look ahead at the opportunities and challenges based on the current level of transactions, experimentation, and lessons learned. No publisher lilingchoo Report TransLinks Forest Trends 2012-05-09T16:18:00Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/translinks/transLinks-2010/forest-trends/state-of-watershed-payments-an-emerging-marketplace A global research effort conducted by Ecosystem Marketplace identified a total of approximately 288 payments for watershed services (PWS) and water quality trading (WQT) programs in varying stages of activity over the past 30 years. In 2008, the baseline year, about 127 programs were actively receiving payments or transacting credits. The total transaction value from all programs actively engaged in 2008 is estimated at US$9.3 billion. Over the entire time span of recorded activity, total transaction value is estimated at slightly more than US$50 billion, impacting some 3.24 billion hectares. This report has 3 objectives, 1) to use project-level data to estimate the overall size and scope of the payments directed to protest or restore watershed services; 2) to account for the full spectrum of watershed services activities and track changes going forward, and 3) to look ahead at the opportunities and challenges based on the current level of transactions, experimentation, and lessons learned. Featured in News: USAID RM Portal Featured Stories, September 7, 2010. No publisher portaladmin Watershed Payments TransLinks Forest Trends Report News: USAID NRMD Featured Stories 2012-05-09T16:15:45Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/science-for-environment-policy-enhancing-the-effectiveness-of-pes-a-thematic-issue This Thematic Issue of Science for Environment Policy explores research which can help guide effective PES schemes. Under PES agreements, a user or beneficiary of an ecosystem service provides payments to individuals or communities whose management decisions and practices influence the provision of ecosystem services. No publisher webeditor Science for Environment Policy Environment Ecosystem Services (ES) Press Release 2012-05-04T06:58:06Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/teebrief-issue-6-march-2012 TEEBrief is a regular e-newsletter bringing you highlights of news and information from the world of ecosystems, biodiversity and economics. This is issue 6 from March of 2012. No publisher webeditor TEEB Environment Newsletter TEEB 2012-05-04T06:57:44Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/surui-carbon-finance-protection The Surui Indians of the Brazilian Amazon made contact with the outside world for the first time only 40 years ago. This contact inaugurated a period of settlement, road construction and disease which decimated their population and their ancestral lands. Now the Surui are working with Forest Trends, the Katoomba Group, Amazon Conservation Team and other partners to wed sophisticated mapping technology and global carbon finance to protect their culture and forests. By supporting processes of local consultation and planning, mapping, technical carbon assessments and links to markets, the Katoomba Incubator and partners propose to catalyze carbon finance for the protection of over 240,000 hectares of native forest and the support of a sustainable future for the Surui. No publisher webeditor Katoomba Group Indigenous People Surui Environment Amazon Carbon Credits Carbon Markets 2012-05-02T22:45:32Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/who-is-brazils-most-creative-person-in-business Who is the most creative Brazilian in business? Many will argue that professional football has become big business and therefore Neymar, young footballer from Santos FC called the New Pelé by the NYT, should be the right answer. Others will claim it must be Brazil’s most famous entrepreneur Eike Batista, the seventh richest man on earth. However, the right answer is much more exotic than a footballer or an entrepreneur. According to Fast Company Magazine, Brazil’s most creative person in business is a tribal chief who has partnered with Google to save his tribe from the brink of extinction and stop deforestation in Amazon rainforest. No publisher webeditor Forbes Indigenous People Surui Environment Amazon Forbes Carbon Credits 2012-05-02T22:45:52Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/indigenous-tribe-validation-forest-carbon-business-wire A small tribe of indigenous people unknown to the outside world a half-century ago and once on the brink of extinction has harnessed an innovative forest carbon project to shield their territory from illegal logging and preserve their chosen way of life. As a result, the 1300- strong Paiter-Surui last week became the first indigenous tribe in the Amazon and globally to earn carbon credits under internationally recognized standards for capturing carbon in trees -- setting the stage for scores of similar projects that can unleash needed funding for indigenous people who preserve endangered tropical rainforest across the Amazon. No publisher webeditor Forest Trends Indigenous People Surui Forest Trends Environment Amazon Carbon Credits 2012-05-02T22:44:58Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/indigenous-landmark-forest-carbon A small tribe of indigenous people unknown to the outside world a half-century ago and once on the brink of extinction has harnessed an innovative forest carbon project to shield their territory from illegal logging and preserve their chosen way of life. As a result, the 1300-strong Paiter-Surui last week became the first indigenous tribe in the Amazon and globally to earn carbon credits under internationally recognized standards for capturing carbon in trees – setting the stage for scores of similar projects that can unleash needed funding for indigenous people who preserve endangered tropical rainforest across the Amazon. No publisher webeditor Forest Trends Indigenous People Surui Forest Trends Environment Amazon Press Release Carbon Credits 2012-05-02T22:44:31Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/translinks/translinks-2008/forest-trends/PESPrimer_Report_KatoombaForestTrends_2008.pdf Introduction to payments for ecosystem services (PES) mechanisms (watershed, climate, biodiversity, etc.). Related content below include the SPANISH ("Paso a Paso") and PORTUGUESE versions, and the later Marine and Coastal Ecosystems versions. A VIETNAMESE language version is also available by request from mcolby@usaid.gov No publisher webeditor USAID Officer Training TransLinks PES Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Training: Payment for Climate Services, Carbon sequestration, REDD Training: Payment for Watershed Services Training: Payment for Ecosystem Services Report Training: Payment for Biodiversity Training: Payment for Environmental Services 2012-04-30T19:04:38Z File http://rmportal.net/library/content/translinks/transLinks-2010/forest-trends/MarineKatoombaXVI/Conference_AgendaMarineKatoombaXVI.pdf Agenda for the Marine Katoomba Meeting - Katoomba XVI: Building a Blueprint to Harness New Investment for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services, February 9-10, 2010 held at the Moore Foundation in Palo Alto, CA. This Marine and Coastal Katoomba Meeting capitalizes on ever-expanding interest in finding innovative solutions to conserve our marine environment and resources, in order to safeguard human well-being. The dialog around market-based mechanisms has to-date focused on fishery catch shares and quota markets. Rather than focusing on the state of existing marine and coastal markets, we will instead concentrate on developing new financing tools and approaches and expanding the use of market-based mechanisms to other services, such as coastline stabilization, beach maintenance and production, fish nursery functions of mangroves and seagrass beds, coastal water quality and ocean carbon storage. No publisher lilingchoo Ecosystem Services (ES) Conference Materials TransLinks Forest Trends Marine Katoomba XVI Palo Alto, California Workshop Agenda Moore Foundation Marine 2012-04-27T13:47:52Z File