Publications and media
Biodiversity Action Plan 2013-2016
Biodiversity embodies all living organisms and their interactions, while accounting for genetic variability, species and ecosystems. Despite the complexity of understanding and quantifying this herita...
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The environmental challenges faced by a Chinese oil company in Chad
The surge in Chinese investments in Africa has brought about a flurry of questions expressing concern over their ecological impact in the host countries. Still, the principles and implementation of en...
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Fostering low-carbon growth initiatives in Thailand
Cette étude répond à trois objectifs : (i) passer en revue les informations et la littérature scientifique pour construire un cadre d’instruments de politique climatique ; (ii) analyser et exploiter l...
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The forest sector in countries of the Congo Basin: 20 years of AFD Intervention
The concept of sustainable forest management emerged at the Earth Summit held in Rio in 1992. It entails the conservation and enhancement, for the welfare of present and future generations, of the eco...
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The AFD Carbon Footprint Tool for projects - User’s Guide and Methodology
AFD (Agence Française de Développement) aims to promote low-carbon development through the projects it finances, in line with France’s commitment to combat climate change and AFD’s strategic orientati...
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Payments for Ecosystem Services. From Theory to Practice - What Are the Prospects for Developing Countries?
Today, the acronym PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services) has become an omnipresent concept in funding environmental projects, in scientific publications as well as in arenas where environmental and dev...
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Thailand: The World‘s Leading Exporter of Natural Rubber Owing to its Smallholders
Thailand is currently the world‘s leading exporter of natural rubber, accounting for 33% of the annual volume traded. In addition to its quantitative performance, the case of Thailand is noteworthy in...
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The Global Discourse on “Participation” and its Emergence in Biodiversity Protection
This paper inquires into the nature of “participation” as a cross-section set of principles now applied to many issues of global concern. It argues that “participation” is a type of “global discourse”...
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Community Participation Beyond Idealisation and Demonisation: Biodiversity Protection in Soufrière, St. Lucia
The Soufrière Maritime Management Association is one of the best-known examples of "participatory environmental planning" in the southern hemisphere. Created in 1994 after more than three years of in...
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Community participation in the Pantanal, Brazil: containment games and learning processes
In this paper, we inquire into how “community participation” (CP) played out in the creation of the Pantanal Regional Park (PRP), a large-scale participatory initiative launched in 1998 in the Brazili...
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Community Participation in Biodiversity Protection: An Enhanced Analytical Framework for Practitioners
This paper presents an enhanced analytical framework to project designers and evaluators for reinforcing their analysis of initiatives based on "community participation"-with a special focus on proje...
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Population and natural resources - Proceedings of the 6th AFD-EUDN Conference, 2008
The theme of the environment and its management in view of the sustainability of living standards has today taken on paramount importance. This renewed interest has been spurred by a series of recent...
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World Energy Prospects and Stakes - A New Paradigm
To pursue the present path in the development of energy systems would lead to growing insecurity of supply and an unacceptable increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Both climate change (and other envi...
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Governance of Renewable Natural Resources: Concepts, Methods and Tools
L’approche des questions relatives à l’environnement et à la gestion des ressources naturelles a évolué rapidement au cours des quinze dernières années. Outre de nouvelles mesures d’incitation, c’est...
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Potential Financial Frameworks for a Sustainable UNEO
A recent study undertaken by COWI, a Danish consultancy, and co-financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Agence Française de Développement examines the potential financial frameworks...
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Natural Capital and Sustainable Development in Africa
This paper underlines a paradox: although "pro-poor" development assistance policies pay little attention to natural capital, the fact is that such resources are of great practical importance for the...
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Tools for what trade? Analysing the Utilisation of Economic Instruments and Valuations in Biodiversity Managem...
L'utilisation des outils économiques est aujourd'hui au cœur des débats sur l'action en faveur de la biodiversité. Un décalage majeur prévaut cependant entre l'omniprésence de ces outils dans les disc...
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Exploratory Analysis of the Linkages and Synergies between the Walang Gutom Program and Other Adaptive Social ...
This study explores how a social protection programme, the Walang Gutom Program Program, can improve management of climate risks and strengthen climate resilience in the Philippines by strengthening i...
What role can food vouchers play in strengthening climate resilience?
Climate change threatens to intensify poverty, inequality and food insecurity. In countries like the Philippines, extreme weather (cyclones, floods or droughts) could disrupt livelihoods and exacerbat...
The AFD Group and the Mediterranean
In a regional context marked by increasing environmental pressures, the Mediterranean faces major challenges such as pollution, overfishing, and water stress. To protect this unique ecosystem, the AFD...
