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CSD 16th Session [CSD-16:Home]
5 - 16 May 2008
New York

Background Documents

Document Number Document Title
No. 1 Summaries of CSD registered partnerships for sustainable development - CSD 16-17 implementation cycle

Submitted by: Division for Sustainable Development, UN DESA
No. 2 Contribution of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development for the thematic cluster 2008-2009: Space for sustainable development

Submitted by: Office for Outer Space Affairs United Nations Office at Vienna
No. 3 Contribution by the NGO major group sector on Africa and sustainable development

Submitted by: African NGOs under the editorship of Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, in consultation with Environment Liaison Center International (ELCI), the African partner for Sustainable Development Issues Network (SDIN)
No. 4 Agriculture and Environment: Climate Change Challenges and Policy Options

Submitted by: United Nations Environment Programme
No. 5 The Practice to Policy Continuum in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD): A Civil Society Reflection on the Importance of Collaborations of Major Groups and Governments to Advance SARD
No. 6 Creating Synergies between Community Based Natural Resources Management and the UNCCD: Lessons Learned from a Regional CBNRM Assessment in the Southern African Region

Submitted by: The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
No. 7 The Real Jewels of the Kalahari: Drylands Ecosystem Goods and Services in Kgalagadi South District, Botswana

Submitted by: The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
No. 8 Feeding the World: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Fact Sheets:

Submitted by: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

No. 9 Climate Change and the Future of Smallholder Agriculture
Discussion Paper and Proceedings Report of the Governing Council Round Table held in Conjunction with the Thirty-first Session of IFAD’s Governing Council, February 2008

Submitted by: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

No. 10 Biofuel expansion: Challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people

Submitted by: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

No. 11 Growing demand on agriculture and rising prices of commodities: An opportunity for smallholders in low-income, agriculture-based countries?
Discussion Paper and Proceedings Report of the Governing Council Round Table held in Conjunction with the Thirty-first session of IFAD’s Governing Council, February 2008

Submitted by: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

No. 12 Addressing climate change in national sustainable development strategies – common practices

Submitted by: United Nations Division for Sustainable Development

Additional CSD-16 Documents