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The IAI, jointly with the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE, has analysed the interactions between its science programmes, society and the policy sector. This analysis was published in 2007 as part of the SCOPE series by Island Press. UNESCO has now published the principal lessons and conclusions from this analysis in the form of a policy brief.
Discussion paper on biofuels and soil quality. Biofuels, Soil Carbon Balance and Sustainability (IAI/OP/2009-1)
The IAI-funded Collaborative Research network CRN 2060 in cooperation with local and regional institutions has developed a policy brief related to its theme "Effective adaptation strategies and risk reduction towards economic and climatic shocks: lessons from the coffee crisis in Mesoamerica" (see also: CRN 2060). A critical task is to reduce risks and increase adaptation capacities of vulnerable farmers. Based on its comparative case studies in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica the project aims to identify livelihood adaptation strategies of coffee growers as a response to price fluctuation, climate change and increased pest proliferation. Policy Brief: Strengthening adaptation capacities of coffee growers in Mesoamerica under global change (only in Spanish). |
