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Agriculture & Environment: Environmental policy

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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.

5 October 2009 | EN | 中文
Source: The Guardian

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 | EN
Source: Science

Nepal must consider environment in development plans

9 July 2009 | EN
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 | EN
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 | EN
Source: The Nature Conservancy


News and Features

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 | ES
Source: Caribbean Net News

GM potato gets roasting in South Africa

South African researchers have lodged an appeal against their government's rejection of a genetically modified potato.

4 November 2009 | EN | 中文