Climate change
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Rights based approaches and climate change
- ( Oxfam , 2008)
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This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change. The document emphasises that the human rights community must beco...
Hazards associated with climate change: using GIS to identify ares of high humanitarian risk
- ( C. Ehrhart;A. Thow;M. de Blois / Reliefweb , 2008)
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This study identifies the most likely humanitarian implications of climate change for the next 20-30 year period. The authors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to map specific hazards asso...
- Benefit sharing: the case of transboundary waters
- ( H. Qaddumi / Overseas Development Institute [ES] , 2008)
- The emergence and maintenance of transboundary water management regimes rests on a complex web of inter-related factors that define incentives for cooperation. This paper considers practical mechanism...
Highlighting the connection between climate change, disaster risk reduction, and gender-focused approaches to development
- ( UN/ISDR / United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction , 2008)
- It is a well-known prediction that women in the developing world will suffer the most from the effects of climate change. What needs equal emphasis is the fact that women also represent an immense sou...
What can be done to strengthen environmental protection and promote sustainable development in the Central Albertine Rift?
- ( E. van de Giessen / Institute for Environmental Security , 2008)
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The Central Albertine Rift is a transboundary eco-region important not only in terms of its great biodiversity, but also in terms of politics and security. Violent conflicts in the region related t...
- How can better management of forests impact other global challenges?
- ( The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008)
- The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that...
- Justice, truth and reparation in Colombia
- ( P. Gómez Isa / Fride , 2008)
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Since President Álvaro Uribe took office in August 2002 a dialogue process and subsequent demobilisation of paramilitary groups has taken place in Colombia, with 31,671 members of illegal ar...
- Could the traditional Hima system of resource tenure help address modern development and conservation challenges?
- ( K. Hala;A. Serhal;O. Llewlyn / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007)
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The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in ...
Managing renewable natural resources in the Sahel: the role of local government institutions
- ( T. Hilhorst / Royal Tropical Institute , 2008)
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This paper reflects on experiences from research and interventions in the Sahel on management of renewable natural resources - soils, water, forests, and biodiversity - for the purpose of food and ...
Land grievances key to understanding forced displacement in Kenya
- ( Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008)
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This policy brief explores the importance of land issues in forced displacement in Kenya, drawing out their implications for current humanitarian and early recovery interventions in the wake of the...
