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Food riots and the politics of provisions in world history

To riot about food, rioters needed much more than motivations of hunger and outrage, or else world history would consist mostly of food riots.

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Disaster risk reduction in Dhaka city: from urban landscape analysis to opportunities for DRR integration

The geographical location of Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal leaves the country susceptible to significant climate change impacts that exacerbate environmental hazards. In the urban context, disasters and hazards are posed by flood and waterlogging, earthquakes and fires.

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The clean development mechanism and emerging offset schemes: options for reconciliation?

During the first Kyoto commitment period, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) emerged to be a global standard for the global carbon market. Linking developing and industrialized countries in an international cooperation mechanism, it provided a governance and accounting framework for emission reduction efforts around the world.

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The value of forests: payments for ecosystem services in a green economy

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) describes the situation where the user of an environmental service, such as water purification, pays the landowners who provide that service.

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Science, education and outreach roadmap for natural resources

APLU's Board on Natural Resources and Board on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate authored the Science, Education, and Outreach Roadmap for Natural Resources to: Chart a path for natural resources research, education, and outreach direction for public universities for the next 5-10 years; Identify major challenges, knowledge gaps and priorities; P

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Agricultural biotechnology (a lot more than just GM crops)

The booklet explains and compares tools of agri-biotech including conventional breeding, tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and genetic engineering.

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National policy guidelines on vulnerable groups in disasters

This document is an effort of the Gender and Child Cell (GCC) towards developing a more focused mechanism to prioritize, integrate, and address the needs and concerns of vulnerable groups.

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The impact of climate change on rice production in Nepal

This paper examines the sensitivity of rice yield in Nepal to changes in climate variables and the magnitude of potential impacts on rice productivity in the future. Findings draw attention to the differential impacts on rice yield depending on which stage of rice development is affected.

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Power, gender and fossil-fuel subsidy reform in India

This paper explores the link between fossil-fuel subsidies and gender in India. It focuses on the likely gender impacts of reform across cooking, lighting, pumping and transport fuels.

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