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Institutions, Laws and Regulations links daily 1 2006-12-02T17:33:42Z http://rmportal.net/library/I/D/5/also-see-economic-growth-institutions-laws-and-regulations No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T19:35:46Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/C/3/also-see-economic-growth-institutions-laws-and-regulations No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T19:34:17Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/A/4/general-information-on-the-topic-watershed-management-and-water-resource-management/usepa-office-of-wetlands-oceans-and-watersheds USEPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds provides general information on Protecting Our Resources; US Laws and Regulations; maintains a Database and Maps; and links to Publications and Training materials (such as the National Hydrography Dataset Reach Indexing Tool (NHD-RIT) is an interactive GIS application that allows users to georeference surface water data using the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD); and a set of self-paced training modules that represents a basic but broad introduction to watershed management. {http://www.epa.gov/owow/} No publisher stonyot natural resources management 2006-12-10T01:51:44Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/III/B/2/the-seldon-project-for-global-trade-law-assessment-and-assistance "Enhancing trade gains through improved legal institutions." No publisher jdale 2007-02-05T18:47:00Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/A/3/a/the-world-s-water The World’s Water website provides information on the World's Freshwater Resources dedicated to providing up-to-date water information, data, and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater problems and solutions. It also provides a link to information about international water law and policy, please visit The World Water's companion site, the International Water Law Project. Interested parties may also join an electronic newsletter list serve throught this site to stay current with updates to the site and to get the latest global freshwater information available. It also highlights information related to Conflicts over water. {http://www.worldwater.org} No publisher stonyot Aquatic, Coastal Zone and Marine Resource Management 2006-12-10T02:07:08Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/G/4/also-see-environmental-compliance-regulations No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T19:43:16Z Link http://rmportal.net/links/usaid-organizational-links-on-the-portal/ecosystem-marketplace About Ecosystem MarketplaceSM The Ecosystem Marketplace seeks to become the world's leading source of information on markets and payment schemes for ecosystem services; services such as water quality, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. We believe that by providing solid and trust-worthy information on prices, regulation, science, and other market-relevant issues, markets for ecosystem services will one day become a fundamental part of our economic and environmental system, helping give value to environmental services that have, for too long, been taken for granted. No publisher rhessmiller 2008-03-13T18:49:41Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/newsletters/links-to-portals-of-our-partners/ecosystem-marketplace The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Martketplace. The Ecosystem Marketplace seeks to become the world's leading source of information on markets and payment schemes for ecosystem services; services such as water quality, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. We believe that by providing solid and trust-worthy information on prices, regulation, science, and other market-relevant issues, markets for ecosystem services will one day become a fundamental part of our economic and environmental system, helping give value to environmental services that have, for too long, been taken for granted. No publisher webeditor 2007-06-03T19:16:16Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/renewable-and-non-renewable-energy-tools/see-also-training-materials-training-second-law-of-thermodynamics-tutorial by Mark Simpson and James Kay, focuses on the second law of thermodynamics, and why it might be important to consider when developing future energy policy. (Archived version. Original no longer available via author's website) No publisher webeditor 2007-03-16T01:15:05Z Link http://rmportal.net/training/energy_folder_corrected/tr_second_law by Mark Simpson and James Kay, focuses on the second law of thermodynamics, and why it might be important to consider when developing future energy policy. (Archived version. Original no longer available via author's website) No publisher webadmin 2006-02-22T23:49:09Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/A/3/general-information-on-the-topic-aquatic-coastal-and-marine-resource-management/global-programme-of-action-for-protection-of-marine-environment-from-land-based-activities Global Programme of Action for Protection of Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities offers this web-based Clearing House Mechanism to host materials and links to Regional Seas Programs and Pollutant information [Wastewater Sewage; Physical Alterations and Destruction of Habitat; Nutrients; Persistent Organic Pesticides; Radioactive Substances; Heavy Metals; Sediment Mobilization; Litter and Oils]. It also links to Regulations and National-level information; Document Library; Featured News, Events and Programs; and Related Links. {http://www.gpa.unep.org/} No publisher stonyot natural resources management Aquatic, Coastal Zone and Marine Resource Management Biodiversity Conservation 2006-12-10T01:35:02Z Link http://rmportal.net/help/us-federal-policy-on-web-standards-folder/us-federal-section-508-useability-guidelines Link to US Federal Section 508 Useabiluty Guidelines, to which content on this portal MUST, by law, comply. No publisher webadmin 2006-03-31T20:28:17Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/III/A/7/a/value-chain-analysis-mapping-maize-sunflower-and-cotton-chains-final-report Introduction USAID/Uganda’s 2002-2008 strategy calls for expanded sustainable economic opportunities for rural growth, promoting a connection between productive strategies by the private sector in rural areas and expansion of financial services. Rural SPEED (Savings Promotion & Enhancement of Enterprise Development) was designed to help meet this goal. Rural SPEED’s objective is to deepen and strengthen Uganda’s financial sector in response to demand for financial services in the rural economy. Increased availability of financial services would result in the growth necessary to achieve the goals of GoU’s Poverty Eradication Action Plan. Rural SPEED is engaged in four key activity areas: 1) savings mobilisation; 2) service delivery mechanisms; 3) agriculture finance; 4) new product development. This report is concerned with agricultural finance. In spite of agriculture’s being the main occupation of the majority of Ugandans and a principal engine of potential rural growth (services are also important), rural areas, and farming in particular, are not well-served by the financial sector. Currently agricultural credit accounts for less than ten percent of the total formal financial institutions’ loan portfolio. Agriculture finance has largely remained a poorly understood concept within the financial institutions. Furthermore, few actors in the financial sector realize that the full scope of agricultural finance extends beyond production to include, input supply, post harvest processing, transport, packaging, marketing, etc. Further even when considering production alone, there has been remarkable improvement in agricultural sectors, notably cotton, grains and oil seeds, over the past decade. This progress has been catalyzed by adoption of new technologies by the farmers through the past and on-going technical assistance support by development projects, improved market linkages, infrastructural improvements and better access to inputs. However, both regulated and self-regulated financial institutions largely continue to maintain the view that agriculture is risky and are thus reluctant to venture into, or reintroduce, agriculture finance products in their portfolios. This knowledge gap is largely perpetuated by the inadequate exposure to the costs and risks embedded at different points in the value chain of the agricultural commodities. Also, these institutions lack appropriate tools and mechanisms to adequately assess, mitigate and manage agriculture finance risks. With these tools agricultural finance may well become attractive, viable and sustainable. ... No publisher Pelrine, Richard John USAID 2005 In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, any copyrighted material herein is distributed without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 2008-05-31T00:10:01Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/V/A/world-bank-public-sector-governance A fundamental role of the Bank is to help governments work better in our client countries. The Public Sector Group's objectives are based on the view that the Bank must focus more of its efforts on building efficient and accountable public sector institutions -- rather than simply providing discrete policy advise. A main lesson from East Asia (and to some extent Russia) is that good policies are not enough -- that the Bank cannot afford to look the other way when a country is plagued by deeply dysfunctional public institutions that limit accountability, set perverse rules of the game, and are incapable of sustaining development. No publisher stonyot 2006-12-18T20:12:14Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/A/5/global-health-council The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. Membership is comprised of health-care professionals and organizations that include NGOs, foundations, corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that work to ensure global health for all. 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