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- This report explains the state of sustainable buildings and the construction industry in India including best practices, successes, barriers and recommendations for further implementation towards mitigation of climate change impacts. This report was published by UNEP in 2010.
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- Priyanka Kochhar
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- United Nations Environment Programme
- http://www.unep.org/pdf/SBCI_State_of_play_India.pdf
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- This report reviews the magnitude and composition of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), the impacts, the reasons why fishing gear is abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded and existing measures to reduce ALDFG.
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- Graeme Macfadyen; Rod Cappell
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/docs/Marine_Litter_Abandoned_Lost_Fishing_Gear.pdf
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- This report seeks to provide provincial agencies and groups in China, and those that support them, with some outside perspectives and ideas on further development of provincial-level energy conservation programmes. The report focuses on energy conservation programmes in the industrial sector and covers: an overview of China's 2006-2010 energy conservation programme; current activities; and issues and challenges for the next five years. This document, report no.56416, was published by The World Bank in June 2010.
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- Robert P Taylor; Gailius J Draugelis; Yabei Zhang; Alberto U Ang Co
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2894
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- This study explores the theory and practice of the adaptive management method of water resource management based on a detailed field study of the development and use of water resources for irrigation in the Lower Bhavani Project in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This study was published by IWMI in 2009.
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- Mats Lannerstad; David Molden
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.128
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- This report reviews water scarcity in China, assesses policy and institutional requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for strengthening and reform. It brings together the main findings and recommendations from over 30 technical reports, case studies, and background papers prepared for the World Banks Analytical and Advisory Assistance (AAA) programme entitled Addressing Chinas Water Scarcity: From Analysis to Action. The document, report no.47111, was published by The World Bank in 2009.
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- Jian Xie; Andres Liebenthal; Jeremy J Warford; John A Dixon; Manchuan Wang; Shiji Gao; Shuilin Wang; Yong Jiang; Zhong Ma
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2585
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- This case study presents a forest rehabilitation initiative in the tropical dry forests in north-western India, highlights an indirect approach for assessing forest degradation, identification of forest rehabilitation objectives and targets and illustrates lessons learned for future forest rehabilitation in dry land forests. This study was published by FAO in 2009.
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- Michael Kleine; Ghazala Shahabuddin; Promode Kant
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/k7176e/k7176e00.pdf
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- This report evaluates the current use of microirrigation technologies in Maharashtra and Gujarat in India as a method of saving water in irrigated agriculture and averting potential water shortage crises, a strategy to increase farm incomes and reduce poverty and a method of enhancing the food and nutritional security of rural households through an increase in the area of cultivation, better crop yields, enhanced output quality, early crop maturity and reduced cultivation costs. This report was published by IWMI in 2005.
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- R. E. Namara; B. Upadhyay; R. K. Nagar
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.094
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- This report summarises the current status of aquaculture assessment tools (AATs) in the Asia and Pacific region through a selection of country case studies focusing on China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Each case study examines the application of existing aquaculture assessment tools in the country, including issues and constraints and recommendations for improvement. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- Miao Weimin; C. V. Mohan; Wyn Ellis; Brian Davy (editors)
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3438e/i3438e00.htm
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- This report examines the current status of advanced (non-crop, second generation) biofuel production technologies, those that can be grown using a small portion of the world's land area and those grown on arable lands without affecting food supply, and considers the key technical barriers of low conversion efficiency from biomass to fuel, limits on supply of key enzymes used in conversion, large energy requirement for operation and dependence on commercially unproven technology. This report was published by The World Bank in 2010.
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- Jay J. Cheng; Govinda R. Timilsina
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3896
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- This report evaluates the acute water shortages and pollution problems in North China, specifically in the Yellow (Huang), Hai and Huai (3-H) river basins, and recommends a number of improvements to China's water management practices to better support agriculture, the urban and industrial water supply and ecological resources in this area. It examines changes in the economy and society affecting the water sector, the current water resource situation in the 3-H basins and feasible options for balancing water supply and demand. It includes action plans for each of the key areas including flood control, agriculture, pollution control, wastewater reuse and groundwater management. This report was published by The World Bank in 2002.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15418
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- This collection of papers examines agriculture and rural development in China, linkages between China and The WorldFish Center, aquaculture research and its relation to development in China and the research priorities of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS). It was published by WorldFish in 2003.
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- L. X. Zhang; J. Liu; S. F. Li; N. S. Yang; P. R. Gardiner
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_348.pdf
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- This report provides an introduction to the importance of agriculture and the growth of public and private agricultural insurance in Asia and the Pacific regions and discusses risk management and the role of agricultural insurance, agricultural insurance provision, public sector support for agricultural insurance, small farmer agricultural insurance initiatives and options and recommendations for government support to agricultural insurance in Asia and the Pacific region. This report was published by FAO in 2011.
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- Charles Stutley
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2344e/i2344e00.htm
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- This paper aims to estimate the impact of school-based management on students' test scores in the Philippines. This paper was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- Futoshi Yamauchi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16831
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- This report assesses the environmental impacts of the overuse of land and water resources in Hai Duong, Ha Tay and Son La provinces of Vietnam and analyzes the agricultural environmental institutions in North Vietnam to provide information about government institutions responsible for improving these conditions. This report was published by FAO in 2004.
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- Vu Trong Binh et al.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/af334e/af334e00.htm
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- This report attempts to estimate the social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: urban air pollution, inadequate water supply and indoor air pollution as well as four natural resource damage categories: agricultural damage, rangeland degradation, deforestation and natural disasters. The report provides estimated costs in Rupees for all of the above categories. This report was published by The World Bank in 2012.
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- Muthukumara Mani; Anil Markandya; Aarsi Sagar; Elena Strukova
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12065
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- This report explores the benefits, risks and threats and negative economic impacts of using fish aggregating devices (FADs) as a method of boosting fish production and increasing food security. Specialist technical information is also included including how to choose a site and how to construct and install an FAD. This report was published by FAO in 2012.
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- Steve Beverly; Don Griffiths; Robert Lee
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i3087e/i3087e00.htm
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- This report proposes a number of CO2 abatement cost curves and scenarios to set low-carbon targets and identify cost-effective, low-carbon investments to inform Shanghai municipal and Changning District governments in their commitment to transition to a low-carbon city. This includes a survey of buildings in the Hongqiao area to diagnose current energy use patterns, development of carbon abatement cost curves, prioritization of mitigation measures and development of three alternative abatement scenarios. This report was published by The World Bank in 2013.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16710
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- This study provides an overview of the global packaging industry, assesses the status and trends of food packaging in developing countries and identifies some food packaging solutions in developing countries.
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- Nerlita M. Manalili; Moises A. Dorado; Robert van Otterdijk
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3684e.pdf
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- This report examines the impacts of aquaculture development on poverty, markets and trade research in support of pro-poor aquaculture development, global trends in aquaculture, key issues for reducing poverty and hunger, assuring the growth in aquaculture in Asia generates livelihoods for the poor, assuring higher rates of fish consumption by the poor and emerging priorities for research on markets and trade. This report was published by WorldFish in 2011.
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- A. Gordon; L. Kassam
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2828.pdf
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- This study investigates the sustainability of aquaculture extension projects in Kapasia Upazila in Gazipur District in Bangladesh, surveying the household socioeconomic changes and pond aquaculture practices and changes since the end of earlier specific extension efforts. It also presents the results of detailed monitoring of sixty-nine ponds in Kapasia, a fish consumption survey in Kapasia, case studies of aquaculture technologies in Kapasia and a survey of fish markets and consumers.
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- P. M. Thompson; P. Sultana; A. K. M. Firoz Khan
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_559.pdf
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- This report reviews the importance of rice and fish in rural Cambodia, the current status of the aquaculture sector in Cambodia, the challenges for poor people adopting fish farming and examples of small-scale aquaculture development initiatives. This report was published by WorldFish in 2010.
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- O. Joffre; Y. Kura; J. Pant; S. Nam
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2769.pdf
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- This brief report highlights some of the key findings relating to the ASEAN region taken from a global review of the impacts of aquaculture on the environment including an overview of aquaculture in the region, an analysis of how aquaculture affects the ocean life cycle and a prediction of future demand.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2819.pdf
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- This brief report describes the livelihood options adopted by participants of the Adivasi Fisheries Project in Bangladesh, including pond aquaculture, rice-fish farming, cage culture of fingerlings, habitat restoration, fingerling trading, food fish trading and netting teams.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2484.pdf
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- This short article examines the effects aquaculture has on agriculture through a study on rice fields skirting three shrimp farms and finds that aquaculture and agriculture can coexist in coastal areas if there are buffer zones between them. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2000.
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- S. A. Khan; P. Lyla; N. Veerappan; S. Rajagopal
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/aq1.pdf
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- This paper identifies how the contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to poverty reduction and food security can be enhanced while maintaining sustainability in over-exploited and over-capitalized capture fisheries and improving environmental performance. This paper was published by WorldFish in 2011.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2971.pdf