ESSD news: ESSD European Forum a success. Sector news - Environment: Environment strategy consultations kick into action. Global public opinion and the environment.
... See More + GEF council approved 12 new Bank-GEF projects. Rural: World's first coffee park. Dryland management and combating land degradation and desertification. Social: Finalizing preparations for the Geneva Social Summit (June 26-30). June is "Social Development Month." Update on Participation Cluster work program. Conflict at Oxford. Japan Social Development Fund launched. EAP: International conference on family violence. ECA: Regional workshop on the implications of the restitution of forested land. LAC: Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC) meetings stress improved coordination. Dialogue with civil society organization during LAC Development Confernence. Bogota conference on crime and violence in cities. Inter-agency meeting on indigenous peoples. Ecomarkets project approved to conserve Costa Rican forests and biodiversity. Honduras disaster management credit. SAS: Workshop on compliance and enforcement in Southeast Asia - Bangkok, June 19-22. Resettlement Management Workshop - Bangalore, June 19-22. Publications: New coral reef research released. New post conflict book. Anti-corruption handbook. Post-conflict training. Upcoming seminars: Seminar on the arsenic problem in Bangladesh. Internet Seminar on biodiversity conservation and use. Announcements. ESSD Calendar.
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At a time when the World Bank is evaluating its recent environmental performance and formulating its environment strategy for the future, the lessons learned from the global environment agenda are being reviewed to help shape the broader corporate strategy on the environment.
... See More + The development of the strategy is part of a larger process within the Bank to rethink how the Bank's development assistance can become more effective in addressing poverty; hence the proposed focus of the environment strategy on poverty related to outcomes. This report is one of many building blocks toward the development of the new environment strategy. It summarizes the progress the Bank has made in moving global environmental issues into its mainstream work, the lessons along the way, and the key challenges ahead. Throughout, the report attempts to recognize "local-to-global" linkages as well as "environment-development" synergies. The report stops short of prescribing detailed responses to the challenges posed, leaving this as part of the further development of the Bank's environment strategy.
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ESSD Managers retreat. Prototype Carbon Fund launch. Changes in ESSD management. Kristalina on her new role - Director of the Environment Department.
... See More + Bob Thompson on his new role - Director of the Rural Department. Bob Watson on his new role - Science and technology for development. Joint environment program between the European Union and the World Bank. Rural-urban linkages meeting. LAC-Civil Society Brown Bag series: Social Capital Assessment Tool (SCAT). Upcoming food policy analysis course. ProVention Consortium launch. Release of OED forestry report. The Global Environment Facility Council meeting. A one-day Environmental Assessment thematic conference. Development of systems of payments for environmental services. Biodiversity in the LAC region. LAC-civil Society papers. Facilitating access to the Bank. West Africa workshop on food safety strategies. A methodology workshop on the impact evaluation of village level participation in Africa. A new course for Bank staff on energy and the environment. Meetings with UNICEF on natural and technological disasters. Workshop in Vietnam on eliminating lead from gasoline. Performance awards. Calendars.
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Budget reduction is opportunity to reassess. Development Committee discusses social principles. Bank environment strategy subject of ENV Forum.
... See More + CGIAR to position itself for 21st century at MTMS. Social Forum to focus on consistency, results. GEF Council approves Bank work program. Bank position on biotechnology being prepared. Desertification RT (roundtable) to brainstorm Bank action program. Land Policy group surveys knowledge and services. News from the Regions: AFR, ECA, EAP, SAS. 8 EAC countries, 3 sectors to meet on clean air. South Asian countries discuss groundwater. US$150 million to end CFC production in China. Nepal rural service clinic anticipates staff needs. Asian small-scale mining damages environment.
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Newsletter 23123 MAY 31, 1999
Edstrom, J.; Foley, M.E.; Fossberg, M.; Lovei, M.; Monk, L.; Newcombe, K.; Paiement, J.; Soeftestad, L.; Vidaeus, L.; Williams, M.
The World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the United Nations Environment Program, act as implementing agencies of the Global Environment Facility.
... See More + The World Bank's role is to develop a high-quality, diverse portfolio of investment projects which maximize global environmental benefits while minimizing the risks of global environmental damage. These projects promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, mitigate the effects of global climate change, protect international waters, and phase-out chlorofluorocarbons, and other substances that threaten the Earth's ozone layer.
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This study looks at the role of agriculture in the decline of biodiversity. It first looks at the conflicts and complementaries between agriculture and biodiversity, touching on global trends, interactions between the two, services, and biodiversity as an input to agriculture.
... See More + The report then turns to the causes of conflict, explaining market failures, examining factors affecting farmer incentives, and giving examples of how biodiversity is under valued. The paper then gives responses to the aforementioned problems including: recognizing and diagnosing threats to biodiversity, addressing policy distortions, reducing market failures, improving research and extension, complementary conservation measures, valuing benefits and assessing tradeoffs, and implementation problems. The report concludes with a look at the World Bank group's role in agriculture and biodiversity, focusing on the country level.
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