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This eight volume series, developed for use by decision makers, mid-career professionals, and interested parties, reviews the issues and processes involved in the management of...

Europe’s environment, biological diversity and landscape have to a large extent been shaped by agricultural land use. Today agricultural practices have both positive and...

A new rapid response assessment report released by UNEP warns that up to 25% of the world's food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown by 2050 unless action...

Over the coming decades, society will have to balance competing needs for land to feed the growing human population, provide resources and energy to satisfy the ever-...

Feeding a rapidly expanding human population will require a large increase in the supply of agricultural products during the coming decades. This may lead to the transformation...

Advice on assessment of biodiversity impacts is required to support trade negotiations and reduce risks of unforeseen consequences for important biodiversity and those who...

Cote d’Ivoire is the world’s biggest cocoa producer. However, the expansion of cocoa farming – as well as crops such as rubber, coffee and palm oil – has been a driving force of...

This report reviews approaches to scenario development in support of policy development and decision-making based on the consideration of synergies and trade-offs between...

The Mongolia Assessment Report on Climate Change 2009 (MARCC 2009) brings together the findings of climate change research in Mongolia for the first time, to raise awareness of...

The purpose of the report is to assess the environment of Belarus and to expose the tendencies of changes over a five year period (2005-2009) with application of international...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on reducing poverty have been met by many countries, yet many others lag behind and the post-2015 challenge will be the full eradication...

This year´s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally established hunger targets, and reflects on...

This edition of the Technology Transfer Perspectives Series collects ten articles from adaptation experts and practitioners around the globe. The articles discuss the concept of...

Almost sixty years ago, Barbados embarked on a plan to diversify its economy away from sugar towards tourism. This vision resulted in the transformation of the island and...

Summary for policy makers to Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer.

The draft of this report was peer reviewed by numerous specialists with different scientific backgrounds, managers and policy-makers. Their comments and suggestions were taken...

The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of a decade of conflict in Darfur on the trade in some of Darfur’s major cash crops. How has the cash crop trade adapted,...

Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local...

This report is a joint publication by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). It is meant to serve as...

International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was to assess the impacts of past, present and future agricultural knowledge,...