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Environmental policymaking plays a key role in determining the extent to which a country can exploit its natural resources while also protecting its ecosystems and avoiding land degradation.
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Opinions and Analysis
Pacific warning systems are failing
The Samoan earthquake highlights worrying shortcomings in Pacific early warning systems, says Richard Hamblyn.
Get biodiversity science to decision-makers
Establishing an effective science–policy interface is key to combating biodiversity loss, say Harold Mooney and Georgina Mace.
28 September 2009
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Source: Science
Nepal must consider environment in development plans
9 July 2009
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Source: China Dialogue
Policy Briefs
Using deforestation research to inform climate policy
Research into deforestation can help inform policies to reduce carbon emissions from forests.
8 July 2009
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Source: CIFOR
Reducing emissions from forest degradation
Tackling forest degradation is an essential element for any global climate deal hoping to reduce forest emissions.
8 July 2009
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Source: The Nature Conservancy
News and Features
Food security in East Africa 'within reach'
East Africa must adopt alternative farming techniques to combat the crop losses projected for 2050, a study says.
13 November 2009
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Jamaica to tackle species threatening biodiversity
Jamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.
5 November 2009
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Source: Caribbean Net News
