Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+

Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+
Author: Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019
Genre: Deforestation
ISBN: 1788119134

​It was hoped that by paying forest dependent peoples and countries for their “service” of conserving their forests, REDD+ would lead to a reduction in deforestation greenhouse gases. The complexities have, however, left some ambiguities. It was never agreed who would pay for the program, and it has been criticized as ignoring the root causes of forest loss. Considering the motivations of those who promoted REDD+ this book proposes remedies to its shortfalls and recommends more efficient, equitable and effective conservation policies.

Manual on Livestock Disease Surveillance and Information Systems

Manual on Livestock Disease Surveillance and Information Systems
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1999
Genre: Animals
ISBN:

Defining importance of diseases; FAO/EMPRES: a new emphasis; Early detection; The need for surveillance; What is surveillance?; Surveillance on the ground; Putting a surveilance system in place; Surveillance for what?; Surveillance when and how?; Surveillance in resource-poor countries; Information systems; Setting the goals; Determining needs and outputs; Computerisation; Questionnaire design; Databases; Data quality control; Feedback; The role of GIS; Motivating and training field staff; Awareness creation among decision-makers; Using surveillance as a management tool; FAO involvement in surveillance and information systems development; Examples of questionnaires.

Extractivisms

Extractivisms
Author: Eduardo Gudynas
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2021-02-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781788530637

Open-pit mining, oil extraction, and the spread of monocultures (all extractivisms), are degrading and overwhelming the Global South at a shocking rate, particularly in Latin America. This book is an introduction to the issues raised by extractivisms, covering including economic, political, sociological and environmental issues.

The Bantu-Jareer Somalis

The Bantu-Jareer Somalis
Author: Mohamed A. Eno
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

Somalia is generally thought of as a homogenous society, with a common Arabic ancestry, a shared culture of nomadism and one Somali mother tongue. This study challenges this myth. Using the Jareer/Bantu as a case study, the book shows how the Negroid physical features of this ethnic group has become the basis for ethnic marginalization, stigma, social exclusion and apartheid in Somalia. The book is another contribution to the recent deconstruction of the perceived Somali homogeneity and self-same assertions. It argues that the Somalis, just like most societies, employ multiple levels of social and ethnic distinctions, one of which is the Jareer versus Jileec divide. Dr. Eno successfully portrays another Somalia, in which a mythical homogeneity masks the oppression and social exclusion suffered by some ethnic groups in the country.