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Drought, Fire and Deforestation in the Amazon: Feedbacks, Uncertainty and the Precautionary Approach - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - October 2011
(2011)
The Amazon is widely considered to be one of the world's most important natural areas and a high priority for conservation. Its importance to the global carbon cycle makes understanding its response to drought essential ...
Oil Palm Plantations: Threats and Opportunities for Tropical Ecosystems - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - December 2011
(2011)
An international commodity used for food, household and industrial purposes, oil palm is cultivated on approximately 15 million ha worldwide. As global demand for palm oil is expected to double by 2020, researchers have ...
Securing a Green Economy through Ecosystem Management - Issues Paper for High-Level Forum on Ecosystem Management and Green Economy
(2011)
This paper has been prepared for the upcoming High-level Forum on Ecosystem Management and Green Economy1 (18 November 2011, Beijing, China) with the overall aim of contributing to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable ...