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Afforestation

  • SNV Netherlands Development Organization

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    Country of registration
    Netherlands
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    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Coastal zones
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Human health
    Industry
    Transport
    Waste management

    SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation founded in the Netherlands 50 years ago.

  • Viresco Solutions

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    Canada
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    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Agriculture and forestry
    Renewable energy
    Forestry
    Industry

    Viresco Solutions is a consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

  • Forest management techniques for mitigation (REDD+)

    Forest management techniques for mitigation (REDD+)
    Sectors
    Forestry
    Objective
    Mitigation

    Several forest mitigation options exist: afforestation/reforestation, Deforestation and forest degradation, forest management for carbon stocks and wood products. The IPCC notes that when properly designed and implemented, these forestry mitigation optiosn should provide substantial co-benefits in terms of employment and income generation opportunities, biodiversity and watershed conservation, provision of timber and fibre as well as aestethic and recreational services (IPCC, 2007).

  • Assessing and Managing Scarce Tropical Mountain Water Resources

    Objective
    Adaptation
    Sectors
    Water

    The present article documents increasing water abstraction and the difficulties in establishing limits for low flows such as the Q80 value (flow available on 80% of the days per year). The article also presents the role of water users" associations in mitigating water conflicts related to over-abstraction. Water users" associations are also involved in activities such as environmental education, awareness creation, improved irrigation practices, afforestation, and water regulation.

  • Global Environment Centre Foundation

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    Japan
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    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport
    Waste management

    The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.

  • South Pole

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    Switzerland
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    Agriculture
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Industry
    Transport
    Waste management
    Water

    South Pole is a leading provider of global sustainability services, with more than 300 experts in over 18 offices worldwide.

  • Orizon Consulting LLC

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    United States
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    Agriculture
    Coastal zones
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport

    Orizon’s mission is to enable new markets and empower leaders to transform local economies through the design of enabling policies and the application of breakthrough technologies promoting market based approaches to low carbon emissions, carbon capture, and sustainable livelihoods.

  • Institut de recherche pour le développement

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    France
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    Agriculture
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Forestry
    Marine and Fisheries
    Water

    IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Research Institute for Development) - is a research organization based in France that is working with its partners in the South to address international development issues.

  • Managing Forests for Water and for Climate Cooling

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    Mitigation

    Key objectives of this brief are to:

    provide policy makers with concise and clear information on the central role of forest and tree cover in supporting Earth system processes that are crucial to the water cycle, and maintaining the quality of human life.
    raise awareness of new findings on the importance of forests, as outlined in strategies addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation, water management, and land-use planning.
    encourage multiple sectors to engage in sustainable forest management as part of broader landscape management.