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Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries: Risks and Opportunities for Rural Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region

In Climate Change Policies in the Asia-Pacific: Re-Uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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Remarks: IGES White Paper Climate Change Policies in the Asia-Pacific: Re-Uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=1565
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Prospects and Challenges of Biofuels in Asia: Policy Implications

Prospects and Challenges of Biofuels in Asia: Policy Implications

In Climate Change Policies in the Asia-Pacific: Re-Uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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Biofuels, a renewable form of energy produced from plants or waste, have attracted significant attention in Asia because of their potential to reduce GHG emissions, promote national energy security, and revitalise rural economies. However, the reality is more complex, and more nuanced policies are needed. In particular, the rush to promote biofuels...
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Climate change and local level disaster risk reduction planning: need, opportunities and challenges

Climate change and local level disaster risk reduction planning: need, opportunities and challenges

In Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
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Rajib Shaw
The field of climate change is full of uncertainties that are limiting strategic disaster risk reduction planning. In this paper, however, we argued that there is lot to do before we get our hands on reliable estimates of future climate change impacts. It includes bringing together different stakeholders in a framework suggested in this paper...
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Environmental impacts of economic integration on Asian Agriculture: Policy options, challenges and opportunities for organic agriculture

Environmental impacts of economic integration on Asian Agriculture: Policy options, challenges and opportunities for organic agriculture

The 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Government Support Policy Module, 19 June 2008, Modena, Italy
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Despite the fact that organic agriculture has been recognized and advocated, its expected benefits are yet to be realized at a large scale today. Conceptually, the key problems in organic agriculture in the region are due to high transaction costs and poor credibility of organic products. The former is particularly serious in the supply side due to...
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