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| International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. We work to address global issues such as mining, the paper industry and food systems. |
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| Understanding the Biological Diversity Act 2002 |
| Stock Code 14526IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 160 pages Price USD 30.00 |
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India's biodiversity legislation was enacted in 2002 as the Biological Diversity Act. This laws aims at governing the conservation, sustainable use of and access to biological resources. Towards this end, the Act enables the setting up of new institutions and puts into force rules and agreements. This Dossier aims to put together scattered information available on the Act, related rules and agreements, so that the information is easily accessible. This publication is part of the Biodiversity Information Pack which includes three components. The other titles are: 'A guide to the Biological Diversity Act 2002' and 'A Simple Guide to Intellectual Property Rights, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge.
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| Visión de los Agricultores sobre el Futuro del Alimento y de los Productores de Pequeña Escala |
| Stock Code 14503SIIED, IIED 2006 paperback 85 pages Price USD 11.00 |
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En este informe se presentan los resultados de una conferencia electrónica sobre ‘El Futuro del Alimento y de los Productores de Pequeña Escala’. La discusión electrónica involucró principalmente a indígenas, agricultores pequeños y familiares, personas sin tierra y pescadores artesanales así como a sus organizaciones representantes. El foco fueron los productores de alimentos de pequeña escala – hombres y mujeres que producen y recolectan las cosechas del campo y del monte, así como también producen ganado, pescado y otros organismos acuáticos. Luego, el proceso de la conferencia electrónica fue específicamente diseñado para permitir que los excluidos pudieran expresar sus opiniones, análisis y prioridades sobre el futuro del alimento, agricultura, medio ambiente y bienestar humano. Los colaboradores fueron invitados a describir la práctica y la racionalidad tras las alternativas que tienen los agricultores y personas indígenas frente a la modernización e industrialización del alimento, agricultura y uso de tierra/agua. |
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| Agroecología y la Lucha para la Soberanía Alimentaria en las Américas |
| Stock Code 14506SIIED, IIED 2006 paperback 222 pages Price USD 32.00 |
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Este libro busca: 1. examinar las dimensiones política, económica, cultural y ecológica de la soberanía alimenticia 2. generar e intercambiar conocimiento técnicamente informado y aplicable prácticamente 3. Facilitar la formación de alianzas entre culturas entre los EE.UU. y América Latina entre académicos y practicantes. Aborda una pregunta recurrente sobre cómo construir relaciones más fuertes entre académicos y practicantes, incluyendo agricultores y ONGs, que trabajan en la intersección entre los temas sobre alimentos, agricultura, y medio ambiente. El libro se gestó a partir de un taller en la Universidad de Yale sobre “Soberanía Alimenticia, Conservación, y Movimientos Sociales para una Agricultura Sostenible en las Américas”. Sobre la base del espíritu de este taller único los organizadores compilaron este libro que sintetiza los procedimientos, se expanden sobre hallazgos que de ahí se derivaron, y proveen recomendaciones concretas para académicos, formuladores de políticas, movimientos de agricultores, y otras audiencias.
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| Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas |
| Stock Code 14506IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 200 pages Price USD 32.00 |
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This book seeks to: 1. examine the political, economic, cultural, and ecological dimensions of food sovereignty 2. generate and exchange technically informed and practically applicable knowledge 3. provide an interactive space for the formation of cross-cultural alliances between the U.S. and Latin America among academics and practitioners. It addresses a recurring question on how to build stronger relationships between academics and practitioners, including farmers and NGOs, working at the intersection of food, agricultural, and environmental issues. The book grew out of a workshop at Yale University on “Food Sovereignty, Conservation, and Social Movements for Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas”. In the spirit of this unique workshop, the organizers have compiled this book, which synthesizes the proceedings, expands on insights derived there, and provides concrete recommendations to academics, policy-makers, farmers’ movements, and other audiences. |
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| Ambivalence and contradiction: A review of the policy environment in Tanzania in relation to pastoralism |
| Stock Code 12527IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 100 pages Price USD 9.00 |
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Tanzania is undergoing a rapid pace of policy change and reforms which will affect different communities in different ways. This reflects the difficulty accommodating the huge diversity of Tanzania's environment and natural resources, and the varied livelihoods of its citizens. Some of the institutional reforms will have serious repercussions on pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods, the good management of the environment and peaceful co-existence among communities. The rapid pace of change has also prevented many citizens from participating in and shaping the policy options and directions being proposed by government. As a result, many communities have been left behind, particularly rural people, and in particular the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. This report is an edited version of a study reviewing existing and planned policies and laws on pastoralism and analysing how they actually impact, or are likely to impact, on pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods. |
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| Ambivalence et contradiction : Examen du cadre politique tanzanien vis-à-vis du pastoralisme |
| Stock Code 12527FIIED, IIED 2006 paperback pages Price USD 9.00 |
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La Tanzanie traverse une période de réforme politique prolifique et rapide. Ces réformes affecteront différentes communautés de diverses façons. Ceci témoigne en partie de la difficulté que revêt l’élaboration de politiques au niveau central qui tiennent compte de l’immense diversité des ressources naturelles et de l’environnement tanzaniens mais aussi des multiples façons dont les citoyens tanzaniens assurent leurs moyens de subsistance. Certaines des réformes institutionnelles vont avoir de profondes répercussions sur les moyens de subsistance pastoraux et agropastoraux, la bonne gestion de l’environnement et la cohabitation paisible des communautés. La vive cadence des changements a aussi empêché beaucoup de citoyens de s’impliquer et d’influer sur les options et l’orientation des stratégies proposées par le gouvernement. De ce fait, nombre de communautés ont été laissées à l’écart. C’est le cas notamment des populations rurales et des communautés pastorales et agropastorales parmi elles. Ce document est basé sur une mission consultative – “Examen des politiques et lois actuelles touchant au pastoralisme en Tanzanie” – commanditée à l’Université d’Agriculture Sokoine, à Morogoro en Tanzanie par le projet pastoral Ereto II de Ngorongoro. |
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| Environment at the heart of Tanzania's development: Lessons from Tanzania's National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) |
| Stock Code 13543IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 59 pages Price USD 20.00 |
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The authors of this paper reveal how national leadership, local champions, and numerous initiatives, events, and conditions constitute the Tanzanian experience of environmental mainstreaming. Many of these drivers were drawn into Tanzania's National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA), enabling a significant leap forward in integrating poverty reduction and environmental management. The authors explain how this inclusive approach was achieved. They reflect on what has been accomplished, the challenges to come, and offer lessons that may help countries beyond Tanzania. |
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| Outside the Large Cities; The demographic importance of small urban centres and large villages in Africa, Asia and Latin America |
| Stock Code 10537IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 34 pages Price USD 20.00 |
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Human Settlements Discussion Paper (series) Urban03
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A quarter of the world’s population (and half its urban population) lives in urban centres with fewer than half a million inhabitants. Of the 1.5 billion people living in these ‘small urban centres’, nearly three-quarters live in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Several hundred million more live in these same regions in ‘large villages’ that have urban characteristics and that could be classified as urban centres. These ‘small urban centres’ and ‘large villages’ are also likely to absorb a large part of the growth in the world’s population up to 2025 and beyond. This paper draws on recent census data for some 70 nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America to examine the proportion of national populations living in ‘large villages’ and in urban centres in different population-size categories. This highlights their demographic importance in virtually all nations. Such urban centres also have considerable economic, social or political importance within almost all nations; in many nations, they contain a sizeable part of all economic activities and include almost all the service centres and local government centres for rural populations and for agriculture. Most small urban centres exhibit a mix of urban and rural characteristics. However, most rural specialists choose not to recognize the importance of small urban centres within ‘rural development’, and most urban specialists fail to recognize the importance of prosperous agriculture and a prosperous agricultural population for urban development. Recognition of the demographic, economic, social and political importance of small urban centres might help to shift such biases.
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| Rural-urban migration in China: policy options for economic growth, environmental sustainability and equity |
| Stock Code 10535IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 67 pages Price USD 20.00 |
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In China, as in many other countries undergoing rapid economic growth, increasing socio-economic inequalities and environmental damage are the main threats to sustainable urbanization. Drawing on international experiences, this paper describes the key issues in urban change in China and identifies the types of policy approaches that could support more sustainable urbanization. Urbanization and urban growth in China are closely linked to economic growth strategies and their uneven spatial dimension. Hence, despite the fact that China is one of the few countries in the world implementing a household registration system with the explicit aim of directly managing population distribution, rural-urban migration, much of it temporary or unregistered, is currently the main factor contributing to urbanization. The paper presents a number of policy options, the first of which would bring economic benefits, the second environmental benefits and the last three equity benefits. None of these options involve prohibiting or promoting migration; rather, they aim to improve the quality of migration for the migrants themselves, their home areas, the environment and the economy. |
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| Toward synergistic rural-urban development : The experience of the Rural Urban Partnership Programme ( RUPP ) in Nepal |
| Stock Code 10536IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 39 pages Price USD 20.00 |
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This paper argues that the dimension of territory or space is indispensable to a development strategy and that regions, as the platform for human society rather than artificial division between rural and urban, should provide the unit of analysis in the development process. While macro-level reforms can provide a sound policy framework and effective incentives, it is at the regional level that appropriate interventions can be identified and implemented. This paper suggests a general framework for such an approach, and illustrates it through a case study of a district in Nepal where conscious efforts have been made to improve linkages between rural and urban areas through the Rural Urban Partnership Programme, RUPP. |
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| Outside the Large Cities; The demographic importance of small urban centres and large villages in Africa, Asia and Latin America |
| Stock Code 10537IIED, IIED 2006 paperback 34 pages Price USD 20.00 |
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Human Settlements Discussion Paper (series) Urban03
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A quarter of the world’s population (and half its urban population) lives in urban centres with fewer than half a million inhabitants. Of the 1.5 billion people living in these ‘small urban centres’, nearly three-quarters live in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Several hundred million more live in these same regions in ‘large villages’ that have urban characteristics and that could be classified as urban centres. These ‘small urban centres’ and ‘large villages’ are also likely to absorb a large part of the growth in the world’s population up to 2025 and beyond. This paper draws on recent census data for some 70 nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America to examine the proportion of national populations living in ‘large villages’ and in urban centres in different population-size categories. This highlights their demographic importance in virtually all nations. Such urban centres also have considerable economic, social or political importance within almost all nations; in many nations, they contain a sizeable part of all economic activities and include almost all the service centres and local government centres for rural populations and for agriculture. Most small urban centres exhibit a mix of urban and rural characteristics. However, most rural specialists choose not to recognize the importance of small urban centres within ‘rural development’, and most urban specialists fail to recognize the importance of prosperous agriculture and a prosperous agricultural population for urban development. Recognition of the demographic, economic, social and political importance of small urban centres might help to shift such biases.
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| Droits fonciers et accès à l'eau au Sahel : défis et perspectives pour l'agriculture et l'élevage |
| Stock Code 12526FIIED, IIED 2006 paperback 90 pages Price USD 9.00 |
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L’étude entend appuyer la réflexion permanente sur la meilleure façon d’aborder les enjeux soulevés par l’interface entre les droits à l’eau et au foncier, aussi bien qu’un processus à plus long terme de débat politique et d’échange d’expériences autour de ces questions au Sahel. Ce processus (le "Groupe d’apprentissage de la gouvernance de l’eau au Sahel") implique tout un éventail d’acteurs qui cherchent à améliorer l’accès à l’eau - décideurs, agents du développement, associations d’usagers et de producteurs, chefs de communauté et autres acteurs de la société civile – et il se penchera sur des façons pratiques de tenir compte des enjeux fonciers dans les programmes hydrauliques. L’étude se concentre sur deux domaines clés de l’interface entre les droits au foncier et à l’eau : l'irrigation et les points d’eau pastoraux. Elle explore également certaines questions clés concernant les liens entre le droit à l’eau, au foncier et aux autres ressources naturelles dans le contexte des zones humides de haute valeur. L’étude se concentre sur le Sahel, en particulier le Sénégal, le Mali, le Burkina Faso et le Niger. Les éléments de preuve et documents pertinents issus d’autres pays sahéliens sont utilisés pour éclairer encore la perspective. Il est également fait référence aux développements intervenus dans d’autres pays d’Afrique sub-saharienne, afin de replacer l’analyse sahélienne dans un contexte plus vaste. |
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