The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) provides information on how agricultural knowledge, science and technology can be used to reduce hunger and poverty, improve rural livelihoods and human health, and facilitate equitable environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development.
Funds generated through community forestry offer crucial and significant resources for rural development in Nepal. This study examines forestry funds in 100 communities in three districts to
assess how large they are and how they are utilized. The study finds that the income from community funds increases local development resources by about 25%. This income is invested
This paper draws on recent field work within South Asia and an extensive review of secondary data to examine the dynamics of cross border trade and investment in South Asia, exploring the potential for, and obstacles to, such trade through the lens of a sector that is salient throughout South Asia: textiles and clothing. Despite the growing competitiveness of this sector in the SAARC region, there is very little regional interlinkage within South Asia's textile and clothing industry.
The objective of this report is to illustrate insights into alternative policy options and the potential impact nationally and explicitly at the state level associated with a modest GHG control policy. Differences in the structure of the economy across the United States are likely to cause these impacts to diverge from those estimated for the country as a whole.
The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate volatility in prices threaten to push large numbers of people back below the poverty line
The importance of environment enhanced in India in the aftermath of Stockholm Conference (1972)when steps were taken on environmental protection and conservation at the national level. This led to development of Environment Statistics which, to a large extent, are used to explain the relationship between the economic activities and their impact on the environment. Economic indicator such as GDP is no longer considered to be an adequate measure for sustainable development. The UNSD finalized a set of environmental indicators for international compilation in 1995.
Sub-seasonal rainfall fluctuations, characterized as active and weak spells during the Indian monsoon season (June to September) is an important component of the variability of the Indian monsoon rainfall.
The main objective of the study is to assess the environmental impacts due to the proposed Kelo project on land, water, Flora & Fauna, public Health; Climate and socio-economic conditions. Also, the study evolves a suitable environment management plan for minimizing/ eliminating the negative impacts likely to occur due to the construction of the project in the area.
The Conference of the Parties for resolving to urgently enhance implementation of the Convention in order to achieve its ultimate objective in full accordance with its principles and commitments, reaffirming that economic and social development and poverty eradication are global priorities, responding to the findings of the Fourth Assessment Report of the ntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change t
