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ENVIRONMENT - CHINA: Government Denies Droughts Caused by Big Dams

China's worst drought in half a century has left more than 18 million people short of drinking water and destroyed swathes of cropland. In April, China completed construction of the controversial Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectricity project. Coincidence? Many activists don't think so, seeing a direct link between water shortages and the $25 billion plugging of the Yangtze River. But the authorities are now on the defensive. "The abnormalities are caused by global warming and the overall change in the world's climate, it has nothing to do with the completion and operation of the Three Gorges Dam", one official is quoted saying. (IPS News, August 30, 2006)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34507

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Environment Thematic Guidance Note

This paper outlines the linkages between human development and environment; analyses how National Human Development Reports (NHDRs) have addressed environmental issues; and provides guidance on how to prepare thematic NHDRs on environment as well as on how to mainstream environmental issues in NHDRS on other themes. (By Natasha Kanjee and Philip Dobie, January 2003)

http://hdr.undp.org/docs/nhdr/thematic_reviews/Environment_Guidance_Note.pdf

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Envision New Zealand

Envision New Zealand works with public, private and community sector clients to develop initiatives that strengthen community, protect natural resources and encourage local enterprise. We believe that sustainability is not as elusive as many think, but that it does require significant change in the way we do things - as individuals and as communities. We look beyond traditional growth models to identify local resources that will build sustainable wealth in ways that protect and enhance the environment.

http://www.envision-nz.com/

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Facilitating sustainable mountain tourism volume 2: toolkit

Volume 2 of the Toolkit to assist in sustainable mountain tourism development(Ester Kruk, John Hummel, and Kamal Banskota, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 2007).

http://books.icimod.org/index.php/search/publication/503

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Facilitating sustainable mountain tourism- volume 1: resource book [pdf]

This Resource Book (Volume 1) and Toolkit (Volume 2) bring together the practical concepts, tools, and approaches needed to develop a type of mountain tourism in the Himalayas that can generate sustainable benefits for mountain people while conserving the breathtaking beauty of the environment.They provide a comprehensive resource document for development of a sustainable mountain tourism approach with illustrative case studies from the Himalayan region (Ester Kruk, John Hummel, and Kamal Banskota, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 2007).

http://books.icimod.org/index.php/search/publication/502

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Finding the Way Forward: how could voluntary action move mining towards sustainable development? (pdf)

By Jim Walker and Steve Howard Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in collaboration with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, 2002. Finding the Way Forward reviews the role of voluntary initiatives in the mining industry. The term 'voluntary initiative' is used here to denote coordinated activities undertaken by groups of companies to go beyond the environmental and social performance requirements set by legislation. It should be noted that pressures other than regulatory scrutiny (such as consumer and investor desires) often drive voluntary activities in companies, and in this sense few such initiatives can be deemed to be truly 'voluntary'. This report is primarily based on a review of recent research into the role of voluntary activities in the sector conducted as part of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD).

http://www.iied.org/mmsd/mmsd_pdfs/finding_the_way.pdf

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Forum for the Future

Forum for the Future was founded in 1996 by three of the UK's leading advocates of sustainable development - Jonathon Porritt, Sara Parkin and Paul Ekins. The Forum channels its work through seven main activities, a mix of consultancy, research, advocacy, education, media provision, and capacity building in the business, government and higher education sectors. The Core Programmes within the Forum provide a complete and integrated solution to sustainability issues in the sectors outlined above.

http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/new_website/index.html

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Friends of Gaviotas

Gaviotas is a village of about 200 people in Colombia, South America. For three decades, Gaviotans - peasants, scientists, artists, and former street kids - have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability in the remote, barren savannas of eastern Colombia, an area ravaged by political terror. They have planted millions of trees, thus regenerating an indigenous rainforest. They farm organically and use wind and solar power. Every family enjoys free housing, community meals, and schooling. There are no weapons, no police, no jail. There is no mayor. The United Nations named the village a model of sustainable development. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Paolo Lugari the "inventor of the world."

http://www.friendsofgaviotas.org/

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Gender and Energy for Sustainable Development: A Toolkit and Resource Guide

This toolkit has been designed for use development practitioners, energy planners, community groups and gender experts on ways to address energy issues at the project and policy level. This publication builds on the ongoing analysis of UNDP, ENERGIA and a host of international and national experts. Its contents can be used to enhance energy projects, gender focused projects, or indeed development projects at large.

http://www.undp.org/energy/genenergykit/index.html

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Getting Serious About Packaging Waste (pdf)

Envision New Zealand, June, 2004. A new voluntary Packaging Accord is currently being negotiated between the Minister for the Environment on behalf of the Government and the New Zealand Packaging Council1 on behalf of the packaged goods industry. The Accord is scheduled for official launch and sign-off in August 2004. This report makes the case for well proven regulatory approaches that will reduce packaging waste significantly, gain huge public participation and approval and create an environment of certainty and a level playing field for industry - all attributes that are lacking in the current Accord. If the New Zealand Government is serious about reducing packaging waste it must seriously assess the options in this report before the Packaging Accord is signed.

http://www.envision-nz.com/upasset/Getting%20Serious%20About%20Packaging%20Waste.pdf

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Global Corruption Report 2005

"Corruption in large-scale public projects is a daunting obstacle to sustainable development," said Peter Eigen, Chairman of Transparency International (TI), launching the TI Global Corruption Report 2005 today. "Corruption in procurement plagues both developed and developing countries," Eigen added. "When the size of a bribe takes precedence over value for money," he said, "the results are shoddy construction and poor infrastructure management. Corruption wastes money, bankrupts countries, and costs lives." TI is the leading international non-governmental organisation combating corruption worldwide. "Funds being poured into rebuilding countries such as Iraq must be safeguarded against corruption," Eigen said today. "Transparency must also be the watchword as donors pledge massive sums for reconstruction in the countries affected by the Asian tsunami," he added. The Global Corruption Report 2005, with a foreword by Francis Fukuyama, includes a special focus on construction and post-conflict reconstruction, and highlights the urgent need for governments to ensure transparency in public spending and for multinational companies to stop bribing at home and abroad.

http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcr/download_gcr/download_gcr_2005

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Global Issues

This comprehensive web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related. It contains over 5000 links to external articles, web sites reports and analysis. The issues covered range from trade, poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics and the environment.

http://www.globalissues.org/

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Global Resource Action Centre (GRACE)

GRACE is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1996. GRACE works to form new links with the research, policy and grassroots communities to preserve the future of the planet and protect the quality of the environment.

http://www.gracelinks.org/

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Global Scenario Group

The Stockholm Environment Institute convened the Global Scenario Group (GSG)in 1995 to examine the prospects for world development in the twenty-first century. It is an independent, international and interdisciplinary body engaged in an on-going process of scenario development. A central theme is the policies, actions and human choices required for a transition to a more sustainable and equitable future. The diversity and continuity of the GSG offers a unique resource to researchers, decision-makers and the general public. The GSG conducts research, provides global assessments and collaborates on regional and national scenario studies.

http://www.gsg.org/

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Global Sustainable Investing - the Next Stage in the Evolution of Socially Responsible Investing

Global Sustainable Investing, represents a higher standard of investing and is based on a carefully-researched universe of companies. These companies have chosen to integrate sustainable business practices into all aspects of their operations. Common sense, as well as recent studies, confirms that companies with strong corporate governance, pervasive environmental policies and collaborative management styles have less risk and perform better over time. (Mary Barrett, Edgewood Partners, 16 May 2007)

http://urbancore.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/global-sustainable-investing-the-next-stage-in-the-evolution-of-socially-responsible-investing/

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Global System for Sustainable Development

The Global System for Sustainable Development is a project of the Consortium of Global Accords for Sustainable Development, which is committed to "reducing the gap between knowledge & policy". Its founding members and collaborators consist of governmental institutions, corporations, research foundations, and academic institutions. Through innovative uses of advanced information technologies, the mission is to create new knowledge coupled with novel form of institutional synergism to facilitate transitions toward sustainability. Operationally, the Consortium focuses on enabling mechanisms and institutional innovations.

http://gssd.mit.edu/

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GlobeNet3 : Global Network for Social Threefolding

Harmonizing and mobilizing the three realms of society- economy, polity and culture-towards comprehensive sustainable development by: • supporting the role of civil society as a force for social transformation, and • promoting threefolding partnerships among business, government and civil society, where appropriate.

http://www.globenet3.org/

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Green Building Pages

Green Building Pages, Inc. is an on-line, sustainable design and decision-making tool for building industry professionals and environmentally and socially responsible consumer. Green Building Pages' mission is to create a clear, concise, public format for communicating comprehensive, current, and transparent information to enable building industry professionals and consumers seeking a healthy, sustainable lifestyle to choose building materials that preserve health, the environment, and whose production and manufacture processes promote social equity and economic sustainability.

http://www.greenbuildingpages.com

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HARAMATA 49: Peace, land, women and power in Africa

This bulletin includes articles on: Women and leadership: Lessons from the Sahel; A new global security: An interview with Mary Robinson; Tanzanian herders contend with new layers of control; Can land registration work for the poor?; Comprehensive peace in eastern Sudan; Pastoralists in parliament; The Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP)initiative; Land expropriations for the Chad-Cameroon pipeline; Pastoral livelihoods in Ethiopia. (International Institute for Environment and Devlopment, March 2006)

http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=12502IIED

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Health and Environment: Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods

"Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature." WHO Prosperity, equality, better health and the environment are inter-related elements towards obtaining a better future. This paper presents some of the most pressing global and regional environmental health problems and the strategies that need to be reinforced at Earth Summit 2002.

http://www.earthsummit2002.org/es/issues/health/health.pdf

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Hello Life

Hello Life is a web-based voluntary effort featuring initiatives dedicated to improving the lives of people worldwide. The aim is to embrace life: and to help those less fortunate to embrace it as well. Each month, Hello Life features an extraordinary individual initiative or South-based organization that has made the difference where it counts: at the grassroots.

http://www.hellolife.org

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How Information and Communications Technologies Can Support Education for Sustainable Development

As part of IISD's involvement with Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth and the UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, this paper presents a brief history, and identifies current uses and trends for deploying ICTs, primarily in the formal Kindergarten to Grade 12 education system, with a focus on the online environment(Leslie Paas,IISD, January 2008).

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2008/ict_education_sd_trends.pdf

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Humanitarian Timber initiative

This site provides information on the Humanitarian Timber initiative, which aims to help aid workers with the use and purchase of timber in humanitarian situations. Resources provided include a range of documents, peer reviews and discussions, standards, news and training materials.

http://www.humanitariantimber.org

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Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability

The international Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS) seeks to enhance the contribution of knowledge to environmentally sustainable human development around the world. The Initiative is based on an evolving vision of "science and technology for sustainability". The Initiative is an open-ended network. Policy is set by an international Steering Group, coordinated by two Co-Convenors (Robert Kates and Akin Mabogunje). The tasks of the Secretariat of the Initiative are shared between Jill Jäger (Coordinator, ISTS, Vienna, Austria) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (Trieste, Italy). To date, major funding has come from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs, and numerous regional institutions.

http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/BCSIA/forum.nsf/people/LebelLouis

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Intermediate Technology Development Group Technical Briefs

ITDG's technical briefs - introductory factsheets and basic practical information - have been written in response to the demand for information on a broad range of appropriate technologies.

http://www.itdg.org/html/technical_enquiries/technical_briefs.htm

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