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Tiempo: A bulletin on climate and development - Issue 59, April 2006

This issue of Tiempo includes articles on: the assimilation of gender issues in the climate change debate; the International Year of Deserts and Desertification; climate change impacts on fisheries in Malawi; adaptive capacity in Bangladesh; the global distribution of low coastal zone settlements; the latest news on the climate negotiations and climate events world-wide. (International Institute for Environment and Development, April 2006)

http://www.tiempocyberclimate.org/newswatch/latest.htm

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Transboundary Environmental Governance: Principles and Practice from Mainland Southeast Asia

From the World Resources Intitute (2002). Transboundary Environmental Governance explores the opportunities and challenges to improved regional environmental governance in mainland Southeast Asia. The report assesses the effectiveness of existing regional institutions--the Mekong River Commission, Association of Southeast Asian nations and Asian Development Bank--in addressing transboundary environmental issues and their social impacts. The report looks at how the institutions' structures, including their mandate, capacity, and membership, affect their ability to manage transboundary issues. The report argues that in addition to righting their structural shortcomings, the agencies must improve their governance practices.

http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_pdf.cfm?PubID=3160

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Trends in sustainable development

This report looks at progress in sustainable development, focusing on four areas: energy for sustainable development, industrial development, atmosphere and pollution, and climate change. (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, April 2006)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/trends2006/trends_rpt2006.pdf

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UNEP - Mining

While mining underpins the industrial development in many regions, it frequently has had and continues to have serious environmental consequences which include the destruction of natural habitat, changes in river regimes, impact on energy and water demand and chemicals accidents. UNEP is dedicated to working with all stakeholders including the mining industry to ensure the needed ambitious environmental and social targets are met through consideration of the full policy mix of regulatory measures, economic incentives and voluntary initiatives.

http://www.uneptie.org/pc/mining/

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Voices from the Amazon: Tribal people whose way of life is threatened by development speak out

Kamalurre Mehinaku of the Mehinaku tribe in Brazil: "We left our land in the Xingu to come to Europe to speak out about the many problems we are facing. All the headwaters of the great Xingu river are very polluted. This is because the white people who are agriculturalists throw in toxic pesticides. They chuck everything in there - rubbish, empty cans and bottles of rum. They also kill the wild animals and they leave the dead bodies rotting by the river. We are very, very worried because now a hydroelectric dam is being built on the Culuene river. We need our land and rivers for our life and traditions. I am beginning to understand things about the whites. What I see is that we, the Indians, respect them but they don't respect us. (Guardian Weekly, 13-19 October 2006)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/outlook/story/0,,1896810,00.html

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What next? Carbon markets and clean development

The European Union announced last week that in 2005 it had emitted about 60 million tonnes of greenhouse gases - or 3.3 per cent - less than projected. Although this may seem positive, it is potentially bad news for the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which has helped to fund hundreds of 'green' projects in the South. (Catherine Brahic, SciDev.Net, 19 May 2006)

http://www.scidev.net/Features/index.cfm?fuseaction=readFeatures&itemid=523&language=1

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Wildlife and Poverty Study (PDF)

Livestock and Wildlife Advisory Group, Department for International Development (DFID), UK (2002). The Wildlife and Poverty Study aims to assess how and why wildlife is important to the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable, review the key underlying policy and institutional issues, investigate the synergies and trade-offs between donor strategies and draw implications for appropriate strategy and intervention. The study is intended for a wide audience including donors, policy makers and conservation organisations.

http://www.bushmeat.org/pdf/DFIDWildlifePovertyStudy.pdf#search=%22Wildlife%20and%20Poverty%20Study%20dfid%22

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World Hits Annual Sustainable Resource 'Overshoot'

The world on Monday reached the point where the consumption of resources for the rest of the year will exceed the ability of the planet to replace them. Scientists say the world first reached Ecological Debt Day, or Overshoot Day, on Dec. 19, 1987, and the date creeps forward every year. The trend, scientists warn, threatens not only the environment but also the livelihood of millions around the globe. (Environmental News Network/Reuters, 9 September 2006)

http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11405

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WTO Rules Set to Devastate Biodiversity

As hundreds of small farmers, indigenous people's groups and landless peasants start preparations to descend on Cancun in then next few days, Friends of the Earth added its voice to the groups protesting against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its new rules that promise a devastating impact on the world's biological and cultural diversity. The WTO's draft agreements on agriculture, services and intellectual property rights will lead to increased deforestation and the replacement of traditional agricultural crops, seeds and livestock by large-scale monocultures, including those based on genetically modified (GM) crops.

http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/wto_rules_set_to_devastate0.html

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