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Risk insurance can provide an effective means of catastrophic risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the developing countries. The ongoing discussions by the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are putting substantial efforts to promote climate change adaptation through international...

熱帯途上国において違法伐採が森林劣化や森林喪失の大きな原因となる中、本ポリシー・ブリーフでは、税関間の協力により違法伐採された木材貿易を阻止する取り組みに焦点を当てたIGESとNGO（ザ・ネイチャー・コンサーバンシー）の共同研究による知見を紹介し、税関間のさらなる協力を促す具体的な選択肢や提言を明示している。 Remarks: English version is available at: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2934

This paper discusses the policy and implementation context of the REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) demonstration activity in Ulu Masen in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. It is argued that the slow endorsement of the demonstration activity by the Indonesian government may be due to mistiming in relation to the...

Cambodia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climatic and non-climatic vagaries in the Southeast Asia. Annual river floods along the Tonle Sap and Mekong Rivers are more common during monsoon season and are the most important developmental concerns in the region. Cambodia has put in place the National Committee for Disaster Management that...

The most important challenge in achieving holistic capacity-building in the developing Asia-Pacific region is the inadequacy of information on: The roles of different stakeholders in adaptation planning and implementation; the existing capacities and needs of different stakeholders; and lack of stock-taking exercise on key outcomes of earlier...

In tropical developing countries, illegal logging is a significant cause of forest degradation and can lead to permanent forest loss. This policy brief presents the findings from an IGES-The Nature Conservancy (TNC) study that investigated the potential for customs authorities to contribute to combating the international trade in illegal timber...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is monitoring the development of national REDD-plus systems in selected countries. This report provides a description and review of national REDD-plus readiness challenges, activities, and progress in Indonesia and Viet Nam, two countries that offer important contrasts for analytical inquiry...

Arsenic contamination in groundwater is of increasing concern because of its high toxicity and widespread occurrence. This study is an effort to trace the factors responsible for arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the middle Gangetic Plain of India through major ion chemistry, arsenic speciation, sediment grain-size analyses, and multivariate...

このレポートではCDMの国際交渉関係者向けにCDMの改革案を提案しています。 CDM市場メカニズムグループでは、CDM改革等を議論するために、アジアのCDM政策担当者が参加する会議を、2010年3月に京都で開催しました。このレポートは、その会議におけるIGES研究員の発表資料をもとに作成したレポートの日本語版です。英語版と比べてデータが更新され、CDM改革への提案のみがまとまった内容となっています。 Remarks: English version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2798