Forests

From risk to revenue: The investment opportunity in addressing corporate deforestation

CDP’s 2017 Global Forests Report draws on the disclosures from 201 companies that responded to the investor request for information on the risks and opportunities linked to four commodities responsible for the majority of deforestation and forest degradation: cattle products, palm oil, timber products and soy.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2017
CDP
Tags:
Deforestation, Industry, Land Use, Forest-Based Industry, Private Sector, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Climate Change, Benefit Sharing
Water Resources

Nile Basin countries seek cooperation to manage water resource

KIGALI Rwanda (Xinhua) -- A Nile Basin countries forum kicked off in Rwanda’s capital city Kigali highlighting cooperation in the use of Nile Basin waters.

Publication Date: 
26/10/2017
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Water Resources, Rivers, Nile, Benefit Sharing, Water Management, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Africa
Water Resources

ENTRO says Nile Basin Commission to be established

The Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) Saturday disclosed that Nile Basin Commission will be established to enforce demands of equitable utilization of the Nile river’s resources.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2017
Sudan Tribune
Tags:
Water Resources, Rivers, Nile, Benefit Sharing, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, Africa
Climate Change

Facilitating REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru

The project "Facilitating REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru" (2013-2016) aimed to implement early REDD+ actions enabled by appropriate, efficient and equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms that are sufficiently robust to be mainstreamed into long-term national and international REDD+ frameworks.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Karen Podvin, Milagros Sandoval, Cecilia Gutiérrez, Claudio Schneider
IUCN
Tags:
REDD, Benefit Sharing, Peru, Climate Change, Forests, Forest Management
Water Resources

Malawi plans to take lake dispute with Tanzania to Hague court

LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi is planning to take its dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi, with its potentially massive reserves of oil and gas, to the International Court of Justice in the Hague,

Publication Date: 
18/05/2017
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Water Resources, Lakes, Malawi, Tanzania, International Disputes, Courth, Africa, Benefit Sharing, Water Disputes
Water Resources

East Africa: Rwanda, Ethiopia Agree On the Nile Despite Egypt Worry Threat Shaky Deal

A deal between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed in December 2015 whereby the three countries agreed to end tensions over River Nile water faces an unclear future due to ongoing tensions between Egy

Publication Date: 
11/05/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Water Resources, Nile, Benefit Sharing, Ethiopia, Egypt, Rwanda, Dams, Africa
Water Resources

Africa: Egyptian Minister to Discuss River Nile With Museveni

Egyptian foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry is to meet Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni to discuss management of the R.Nile waters.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Water Resources, Egypt, Nile, Rivers, Benefit Sharing, Uganda, Africa
Agriculture

Payment for ecosystem services - Guaranteed farm income and sustainable agriculture

Paying farmers for ecosystem services that they provide could be a novel way to achieve multiple goals of doubling the farm incomes, reduce rural–urban migration, reduce pressure on urban infrastructure, and at the same time, incentivise sustainable agrarian practices in India.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2017
P Indira Devi, Lalit Kumar, D Suresh Kumar & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
52
17
12-14
Tags:
Ecosystem Services, India, Agriculture, Farmers, Migration, Benefit Sharing, Minimum Support Price (MSP), Agroecosystem Planning, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA)
Water Resources

East Africa: Museveni Wants End to River Nile Deal Deadlock

Entebbe — President Museveni yesterday, in the company of Ethiopian premier Hailemariam Desalegn, capitalised on the opportunity to express displeasure with the impasse over the new framework that

Publication Date: 
03/03/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Water Resources, Nile, Benefit Sharing, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, Conflicts, Africa
Wildlife

Exclusionary conservation in the Sundarbans - Who pays the price?

An ethnographic survey on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans shows how exclusionary conservation practices are intensifying the vulnerabilities of the local population. An inclusive conservation policy would privilege both biodiversity and people’s livelihoods.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2016
Amrita Sen
Economic and Political Weekly
51
53
25-28
Tags:
Sundarban NP, Tiger Reserves, People - Animal Conflicts, Poverty, 24 Parganas (S), Minor Forest Produce, Benefit Sharing, West Bengal, Compensation, Forest Personnel

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