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INDUSTRIAL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPACT ON SMALLHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Susanne Gura. League of Pastoral Peoples (LPP), April 2008. This report discusses the growing issue of industrial livestock production. Fewer and fewer companies control the global market leading to genetically very similar animals bread for industrial farming. The report claims that livestock epidemics have become more pervasive with decreased genetic diversity and blames the growth of industrial farming for pushing many smallholder farmers out of business. The author warns that industrial farming is taking planet earth to its environmental limits and entrusting the world’s food supply to too few hands. Several case studies are provided – the dairy industry in Pakistan and China, and pig and poultry production in Brazil, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam - as well as recommendations for action. http://www.pastoralpeoples.org/docs/gura_ind_livestock_prod.pdf
PROPOSALS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF EMERING ECONOMIES TO THE CLIMATE REGIME UNDER THE UNFCCC POST 2012. Niklas Höhne, Christian Michelsen, Sara Moltmann, Hermann E. Ott, Wolfgang Sterk, Stefan Thomas, Rie Watanabe. German Federal Environment Agency, October 2008. This report provides a detailed overview of the national circumstances, emission levels, mitigation potential, and policies and measures for the major emerging economies, including Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. The study explores options for mitigation activities in these countries and elements of international financial and non-financial support for realising these contributions. http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/3658.pdf
SECTORAL APPROACH AND DEVELOPMENT. Nicklas Höhne, Ernst Worrell, Christian Ellermann, Marion Vieweg, and Markus Hagemann. Ecofys, September 2008. This paper for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency provides background information on sectoral approaches and development in the context of the international negotiations on climate change. Within this paper, the authors provide an introduction to three of the prominently discussed sectors - electricity, cement, and iron and steel. The paper then examines some of the concepts that are discussed under the term “sectoral approach” and summarises the current discussions on the categorisation of approaches. Finally it describes three relevant approaches in more detail - a bottom-up negotiated sectoral target, a “Best Available Technology” (BAT)-based approach, and sectoral sustainable development policies and measures. The paper discusses what needs to be decided in Copenhagen 2009 if any of these approaches is to be pursued further. http://www.mnp.nl/images/sectoral%20approach%20and%20development%20final_tcm61-40487.pdf
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