Natural resource use, including land, and rural population location is an important topic for Zambia's development strategy. Among other efforts, the Government of Zambia (GRZ) has designated 22% of total land area, as Game Management Areas (GMAs) for human settlements and wildlife conservation....

In light of southern Africa’s growing population and economy, as well as the increasing international market for Adansonia digitata products, it seems important to ascertain whether or not rural baobab harvesting is having an impact on the health of the trees and whether it could be improved...

This document presents the IDB Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard user's guide. The primary objective of the Scorecard is to provide a tool to think through the complex issues associated with biofuels from the field to the tank, thereby encouraging higher levels of sustainability in such...

</titre> <alinea/> The experimentation of sustainable development by Madagascar fit into the global environmental and development frameworks. It is characterized by an original and ambitious system of environmental planning. However, it is confronted with several difficulties : an extrovert sustainable...

This document presents the IDB Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard user's guide. The primary objective of the Scorecard is to provide a tool to think through the complex issues associated with biofuels from the field to the tank, thereby encouraging higher levels of sustainability in such...

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a flexible market mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol to assist developing countries in achieving sustainable development and to facilitate the greenhouse gas emissions reduction of developed countries. Two activities under this strategy take place in the...

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a flexible market mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol to assist developing countries in achieving sustainable development and to facilitate the greenhouse gas emissions reduction of developed countries. Two activities under this strategy take place in the...