Documents et rapports

Dominican Republic Forest Note : Opportunities for Employment, Tourism, and Energy (espagnol)

The objectives of this country forest note (CFN) are to identify and determine how to address key opportunities and challenges for sustainable forestry and forest-smart interventions in the Dominican Republic...

Charcoal in Haiti : A National Assessment of Charcoal Production and Consumption Trends (anglais)

A widely cited report from 1979 suggested that existing wood supplies in Haiti would be enough to meet increasing charcoal demand until around the year 2000, but that ongoing charcoal production could...

Concept Project Information Document-Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet - Ecuador Forest Investment Program - P167752 (anglais)

Demystifying forest bonds: assessing the suitability of bonds as a financing instrument to meet forest-based NDC targets (anglais)

Forests have been receiving increased attention over the past few years, particularly through international climate change negotiations and efforts to develop a mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation...

The potential role of enhanced bond structures in forest climate finance (anglais)

This report develops innovative bond structures that respond to challenges currently limiting the financing of forest-based NDC activities, with the intention to catalyze significant increases in financing...

A history of landscape-level land management efforts in Haiti : lessons learned from case studies spanning eight decades (anglais)

Section one of this report opens with a brief environmental history of Haiti, followed by an analysis of the current state of environmental conditions, and closes with an examination of contemporary human...

The Forests Dialogue : Engage Explore Change - Scoping Dialogue on Sustainable Woody Biomass for Energy : Co-Chairs’ Summary Report (anglais)

In partnership with the sustainable biomass partnership (SBP), the Program on Forests (PROFOR), and the world business council for sustainable development (WBCSD), the forests dialogue (TFD) organized...

At the Wooden Cross-Road (anglais)

Fuelwood and charcoal continue to be indispensable in cooking the daily meal for most people in sub-Saharan Africa; in addition, wood as a fuel represents an important source of income. Pressure on forest...

The cost of air pollution - a case study for the city of Cuenca, Ecuador (anglais)

In 2010, the Municipality of Cuenca, through its environmental management commission (EMC), and the World Bank, through the environment and natural resources department, started a collaboration targeted...

The cost of air pollution - a case study for the city of Cuenca, Ecuador : El costo de la - contaminación atmosférica en Cuenca, Ecuador (espagnol)

In 2010, the Municipality of Cuenca, through its environmental management commission (EMC), and the World Bank, through the environment and natural resources department, started a collaboration targeted...

Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin : wood-based biomass energy : Dynamiques de deforestation dans le bassin du Congo : energie issue de la biomasse (français)

Congo Basin countries rely more on wood-based biomass to meet their energy needs than most other countries in the world. Wood fuel production is increasing in Congo Basin countries. Urbanization often...

Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin : wood-based biomass energy (anglais)

Congo Basin countries rely more on wood-based biomass to meet their energy needs than most other countries in the world. Wood fuel production is increasing in Congo Basin countries. Urbanization often...

Wood-based biomass energy development for Sub-Saharan Africa : issues and approaches (anglais)

Nearly half the world's population and about 81 percent of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) households rely on wood-based biomass energy (fuel wood and charcoal) for cooking. This degree of reliance is far greater...

Financing environmental services in developing countries (anglais)

Current international financing (primarily ODA) for environmental services in developing countries is very roughly estimated to be upwards of $21 billion annually (not including climate change financing)...

Economics of adaptation to climate change : ecosystem services (anglais)

The present study of the economics of adaptation to climate change follows the sector approach, with separate estimates of adaptation measures for infrastructure, water, agriculture, industrial forestry...

Environmental crisis or sustainable development opportunity? Transforming the charcoal sector in Tanzania : a policy note (anglais)

The policy note builds on experience from both Tanzania and other Sub-Saharan African countries with similar socioeconomic and environmental contexts. This policy note puts forward and discusses a range...