Report : Improving Seasonal Forecast Information for Managing On-farm Decisions
This project, Improving Seasonal Forecast Information for Managing On-farm Decisions, examined how seasonal forecast development and delivery could be enhanced by testing the ability of downscaled climate forecasts to improve information available from seasonal forecasts; by assessing the use of an optimisation procedure to guide tactical decision making; and subsequently indicate where improvements in communicating seasonal forecast information could be made.
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6th August 2014
Report : Management of Ecosystems Services of the Forests of Southwest Nigeria in Support of Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
This detailed study, Management of Ecosystems Services of the Forests of Southwest Nigeria in Support of Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, was carried out to assess the present status of the tropical natural ecosystem of southwest Nigeria, their contributions to rural livelihood, the quantity and quality of their services and the level of awareness and impacts of anthropogenic activities on climate change.
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6th August 2014
Report : Safety Nets Simplified: Simulated Decision - Making in Volatile Developing Economies
This paper, Safety Nets Simplified: Simulated Decision - Making in Volatile Developing Economies, outlines how the design of a game enables this particular community to engage and understand the productive social safety net (PSSN)’s complex system in order to make informed decisions that will improve their real-world livelihood.
Outreach on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report in Pakistan
CDKN is teaming up with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to bring the key messages of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report to audiences in Pakistan. Register now for this 11th August event.
Report : Climate Risk Assessment Guide – Central Asia
The Climate Risk Assessment Guide – Central Asia provides a clear and practical process to assess the impacts and outcomes of climate-related events on lives and livelihoods in Central Asia.
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5th August 2014
Policy Brief : Drivers of Deforestation and REDD+ - Can REDD+ Compete?
This review, Drivers of Deforestation and REDD+—Can REDD+ Compete? asks what opportunity costs mean in the context of REDD+ and what are the implications for local communities? It considers how, to tackle deforestation in a socially equitable way, we must consider what the drivers of deforestation are and what incentives and livelihood opportunities accompany them.
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5th August 2014
Policy Brief : Driving adoption of payments for ecosystem services through social marketing, Veracruz, Mexico
This paper, Driving adoption of payments for ecosystem services through social marketing, Veracruz reviews an area in Mexico where Payments for Ecosystem Services adoption have been slow to take off, with initial results indicate that the application of social marketing methods facilitated a social change in the Actopan municipality of Veracruz and ultimately enabled the protection of more than 1,500 hectares of previously unprotected forest.