Health

Global tuberculosis control 2009: epidemiology, strategy, financing

This is the 13th annual report on global control of tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO. 196 countries and territories that reported data in 2008 account for 99.6% of the world

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
WHO
Tags:
Epidemiological Studies, Health, Epidemics, Tuberculosis, WHO, Africa, Asia, Europe, N C America, South America, Diseases
Forests

State of the worlds forests 2009

This eighth biennial issue of State of the World

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
FAO
Tags:
Forests, Ecosystem Services, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Forest Management, Forest Products, Wood, Trade, Economy, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America
Climate Change

Low carbon, high growth: Latin American responses to climate change - an overview

In the midst of the most severe global financial crisis in decades, the World Bank today urged the international community to look to Latin America for innovative solutions to avert a climate crisis.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Augusto de la Torre, Pablo Fajnzylber, John Nash
The World Bank
Tags:
Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Energy, Fossil Fuels, South America, Developing Countries
Wildlife

Working with indigenous peoples to conserve nature: Examples from Latin America

In some cases, the creation of protected areas to conserve nature has resulted in the displacement of indigenous peoples away from their original territories in Latin America.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Avecita Chicchon
Conservation & Society
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Tags:
Displacement, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, South America
Water Resources

Facing the challenges: world water development report 3 - case studies volume

Climate, social and economic conditions, markets, consumer values and technology are only a few of the areas of change that the World Water Development Report (WWDR3) describes and discusses in detail.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
UNESCO
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Climate Change, Health, Water Supply, Poverty, Africa, Asia, Europe, N C America, South America
Water Supply

Guiding principles for successful reforms of urban water supply and sanitation sectors

The primary objective of this report is to provide practical guidance to World Bank teams advising on the design and implementation of reforms of urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sectors. The reform of urban WSS sectors is needed to increase access to the infrastructure, improve efficiency of operations, and enhance the reliability, sustainability and affordability of the service.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Alain R. Locussol, Matar Fall, Eric Dickson
The World Bank
Tags:
Water Resources, Drinking Water, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Sanitation, Private Sector, Africa, Asia, South America, India, Delhi, Infrastructure Development
Climate Change

The humanitarian costs of climate change

Using existing international databases that track disaster occurrence and humanitarian costs, this research attempts to improve understanding of how climate change may affect

Publication Date: 
31/12/2008
& et al, Mackinnon Webster, Justin Ginnetti, Peter Walker
Feinstein International Center
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Drought, Disaster Preparedness, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, South Asia
Water Supply

Water safety plan manual : step-by-step risk management for drinking-water suppliers

The most effective means of consistently ensuring the safety of
a drinking-water supply is through the use of a comprehensive risk
assessment and risk management approach that encompasses all steps in water supply from catchment to consumer. In these guidelines, such approaches are called water safety plans (WSPs).

Publication Date: 
31/12/2008
& et al, Nichola Groom, Corrales L, Davison A
WHO
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Management, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Water Supply, WHO, United Kingdom (UK), Australia, South America
Environment

National and regional networks of marine protected areas: a review of progress

This report by the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the UNEP Regional Seas Programme explores national and regional efforts to develop representative networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and offers recommendations for strengthening the planning of such networks worldwide.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Tags:
Environment, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, South America, Antarctica, Arctic, Marine Ecosystems
Wildlife

Protected areas, governance, and scale

This paper focuses on only one piece of this complex challenge: the ways in which conservation action has been informed, and should be informed, by the interaction between ecological scale and governance. The published literature does not provide much guidance

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Kent H. Redford, Catherine Grippo
Wildlife Conservation Society
Tags:
Ecology, Grasslands, Wildlife, Migratory Species, Protected Area Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Governance, Africa, Asia, South America, National Parks

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