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Environmental Management in Development: The Evolution of Paradigms (long/World Bank version)
This is the longer, final WORLD BANK version (1990) of the Environmental Management Paradigms paper by Michael E. Colby (which was in turn a summary of his PhD dissertation at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania). A Spanish…
SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINE CONSTRUCTION Full Technical Update 2017
This document presents one sector of the Sector Environmental Guidelines (SEGs) prepared for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Agency’s Global Environmental Management Support (GEMS) program. All sectors are accessible at http://www.usaidgems.org/sectorGuidelines.htm. Purpose. The purpose of this…
USAID GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT (GEMS) SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINE: ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING
This document presents one sector of the Sector Environmental Guidelines (SEGs) prepared for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Agency’s Global Environmental Management Support (GEMS) program. All sectors are accessible at http://www.usaidgems.org/sectorGuidelines.htm. Purpose. The purpose of this…
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND DESIGN (ESD) SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES SMALL-SCALE DRYLAND AGRICULTURE
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND DESIGN (ESD) SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES: SMALL-SCALE DRYLAND AGRICULTURE This document presents one sector of the Sector Environmental Guidelines prepared for USAID under the Agency’s Global Environmental Management Support Project (GEMS). All sectors are accessible at www.usaidgems.org/bestPractice.htm. The purpose…
Rapid Assessment and Recommendations for Ecotourism Development in the Lefevre Panama Bay Property, Panama City, Republic of Panama.
Groupo Lefevre, a private developer, requested the assistance of the IITF and ANCON, a local environmental NGO, to evaluate the recreational and nature tourism potential of 133 hectares on the edge of Panama City within the Panama Bay Wildlife Refuge…
i-TREE Ecosystem Analysis, Colonial City, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Results of the survey of trees and green spaces.
i-Tree Urban Forest Assessment in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City.
Methodology and results of a 2-day survey of 30 plots to determine the value of urban forests and green areas using the i-Tree methodology.
WWF Living Forests Report: Chapter 4
WWF’s Living Forests Report is part of an ongoing conversation with partners, policymakers, and business about how to protect, conserve, sustainably use, and govern the world’s forests in the 21st century. Chapter Four of WWF’s Living Planet Report examines current…
WWF Living Forests Report: Chapter 2
Forests and Energy. Sustainable Energy for 10 Billion People.
WWF’s Living Forest Report: Chapter 1
WWF’s Living Forests Report is part of an ongoing conversation with partners, policymakers, and business about how to protect, conserve, sustainably use, and govern the world’s forests in the 21st century.
WWF Living Forests Report: Chapter 5
The Living Forests Report series has explained the reasons for and implications of an ambitious forest conservation target: Zero Net Deforestation and Forest Degradation (ZNDD) by 2020.
The Ecomonic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America
Land use and land-use change are central to the economic and social fabric of Latin America and the Caribbean, and essential to the region’s prospects for sustainable development. Countries are realizing that now, more than ever, is the time for…
CLIMATE BENEFITS, TENURE COSTS
The Economic Case For Securing Indigenous Land Rights in the Amazon
Shifting Cultivation, Gender, and REDD+ in Cameroon and The Democratic Republic Of Congo: Annexes
REDD+–Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks–is a major global initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving rural livelihoods and governance. The…
Final Report: Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program
Tetra Tech was awarded the three-and-one-half year Forest Carbon, Markets, and Communities Program (FCMC) Task Order (TO) by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in late March 2011. No-cost extensions enabled the program to continue through August 2015.…
Incentivizing a Transition to Zero-Deforestation Commodities: Recommendations for Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Peru
To incentivize zero-deforestation commodity production in tropical forest countries, it is important to ensure that the key factors influencing commodity value chain dynamics align with reducing deforestation. This paper provides recommendations to achieve zero-deforestation commodity production in Africa (the Democratic…
Supporting REDD+ in Developing Countries: A Review of Policy Options
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the potential of a range of market and non-market policy options available to developing countries willing to contribute to a global climate change solution by reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,…
(MI) Measuring Impact: Lessons Learned from the Forest, Climate and Communities Alliance
MI is a five-year USAID project executed by the E3/FAB Office designed to improve the Agency’s practice of conservation by building USAID’s capacity to better design, manage, evaluate, and learn from biodiversity conservation initiatives. As such, MI was tasked with…
Technical Guidance for Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ Programs
The objective of this document is to assist in the development of jurisdictional programs and nested projects, as well as to provide further background and context to the JNR Requirements. It provides technical advice on specific paragraphs of the JNR…