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Taking the sting out of the Little Fire Ant in Hawaii

Lee, Donna J.

Leung, PingSun

Motoki, Michael

Nakamoto, Stuart T.

Vanderwoude, Casper

Inthe1990's,LittleFireAnts(LFAs)founditswaytotheislandofHawaii,mostlikelytravelingwithashipmentof potted plantsfrom Florida.These plants weresubsequentlysold toconsumers along theeastcoast of theIsland, alongwithLittleFireAntcolonieslivinginthepottingmedium.LFAisnowthrivingandcontinuestospread.Fifteenyearsaftertheinitialdetectionin1999,LFAhasspreadtoover4000locationsontheislandofHawaiiandhas beenfoundinisolatedlocationsonKauai,Maui,andOahuIslands.Currenteffortsareexpectedtocontaintheinfestations on the otherislands but signi cant additional investment isneeded tohalt therapid spread of LFA on the island of Hawaii. Increased management expenditures can suppress infestations; reduce spread between sectors; and decrease long-term management costs, damages, and stings.| Animmediateexpenditureof$8millioninthenext23yearsplusfollow-upprevention,monitoring,andmitigation treatments will yield $1.210 billion in reduced control costs, $129 million in lowered economic damages, 315 million fewer human sting incidents, and 102 million less pet sting incidents over 10 years.| Over35years,thebene tsinclude$5.496billioninreducedcontrolcosts,$538millionlesseconomicdamages, 2.161 billion fewer human sting incidents, and 762 million fewer pet sting incidents.

Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia

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Almas Heshmati, Esfandiar Maasoumi, Guanghua Wan

This edited volume is part of a project funded under the Asian Development Banks Research and Development Technical Assistances (TAs): TA 7907 on Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific and TA 8239 on Addressing Knowledge and Statistical Gaps in Relation to Poverty Reduction, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth.

Designing a Successful KM Strategy : A guide for the knowledge management professional

Barnes, Stephanie

Milton, Nick

When a firm's Knowledge Management program isn't aligned with organisational strategy, its success can be no more than a happy accident - if it succeeds at all. In Designing a Successful KM Strategy, Stephanie Barnes and Nick Milton present a practical, step-by-step guide to crafting a KM strategy that supports your organisation's unique needs and goals.

Climate change: a risk assessment.

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Dadi, Zhou

Ghosh, Arunabha

King, David

Schrag, Daniel

Sharpe, Simon

Ye, Qi

The Earths climate has changed dramatically in the past. It has swung in and out of ice ages, at whose peak great swathes of North America, Europe and northern Asia were covered in sheets of ice three kilometres thick. It has been through periods of extreme heat, where subtropical climates existed in high northern latitudes. The height of the oceans has changed by more than a hundred metres.

Samoa city development strategy : planning for resilience

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Samoa is witnessing significant urbanization which has placed burgeoning pressures on the physical, environmental, social, cultural, legal and institutional systems and financial resources of the Government. Corresponding with this, the capital city of Apia has experienced extreme and extensive impacts from climate change and natural disaster events

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Samoa's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2015 - 2020

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Samoa's updated NBSAP adopts the Global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 template and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABT) as a flexible framework in compliance with the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP 10) Decision X/2. In doing so, Samoa's NBSAP is now properly aligned with the Global Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, recognizing the strategic importance of doing so, to facilitate global biodiversity monitoing and assessment based on the three main objectives of the Convention - conservation of biodiversity, sustainable and equitable sharing of its benefits with celar linkages to the National Environment Sector Plan and Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS)

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Samoa's aligned National Action Programme (NAP) to combat land degradation and mitigate the effects of drought 2015-2020

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Samoa's aligned NAP to combat land degradation and mitigate the effects of drought 2015-2020 is the over-arching environmental policy and planning framework for guiding its implementation of an meeting its obligations to the United Nations Convention to combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Land Degradation and to mitigate the Effects of Droughts. The NAP was first developed and formally launched in 2006. In a simplified sense, the NAP addresses the causes and effects of land degradation events such as erosion, flooding, landslide, compaction, contamination and the decline in the quality of ecological services provided by land-based or soil-based ecosystems. The NAP also addresses the effects of droughts in a proactive manner through building the capacities of communities and ecosystems to become more resilience to the effects of droughts

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National marine ecosystem service evaluation : Kiribati

Biodiversity Conservation

Abeta, Riibeta

Brander, Luke (ed.)

Fernandes, Leanne (ed.)

Leport, Guillaume

Pascal, Nicolas

Rouatu, Iete

Salcone, Jacob (ed.)

Seidl, Andrew (ed.)

Wendt, Hans

This study aimed to determine an economic value of seven marine and coastal ecosystem services in Kiribati. It is part of the MACBIO (Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Management in Pacific Island Countries) project, which aims to improve the management of marine and coastal biodiversity in Pacific Island countries.

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National marine ecosystem service evaluation : Solomon Islands

Biodiversity Conservation

Arena, Marco

Brander, Luke

Fernandes, Leanne

Leport, Guillaume

Pascal, Nicolas

Salcone, Jacob

Seidl, Andrew (ed.)

Wendt, Hans

Wini, Lysa

Solomon Islands is composed of almost 1000 islands and has the second longest coastline and the second largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EZZ) in the Pacific. These physical characteristics and the unique society and culture of the population are the basis of the fundamental relationship that Solomon Islanders have with the ocean and its ecosystem services. This analysis aims to assist decision-makers to recognise the role that marine ecosystems play in human wellbeing. Ecosystem services, described as the benefits that humans receive from ecosystems, are often not fully considered in decisions, because the market fails to reveal their true value. Failure to consider the role that marine ecosystems play in supporting livelihoods, economic activity and human wellbeing has, in many instances, led to inequitable and unsustainable marine resource management decisions.

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Biodiversity in a Changing Climate - Linking science and management in conservation

Hall, Kimberly R. (ed.)

Herzog, Mark P. (ed.)

Howell, Christine A. (ed.)

Root, Terry L. (ed.)

One major consequence of climate change is abrupt, dramatic changes in regional biodiversity. Even if the most optimistic scenarios for mitigating climate change transpire, the fate of many wild species rests on the shoulders of people engaged in conservation planning, management, and policy. Providing managers with the latest and most useful climate change research is critical and requires challenging the conventional divide between scientists and managers. Biodiversity in a Changing Climate promotes dialogue among scientists, decision makers, and managers who are grappling with climate-related threats to species and ecosystems in diverse forms. The book includes case studies and best practices used to address impacts related to climate change across a broad spectrum of species and habitats--from coastal krill and sea urchins to prairie grass and mountain bumblebees. Focused on California, the issues and strategies presented in this book will prove relevant to regions across the West, as well as other regions, and provide a framework for how scientists and managers in any region can bridge the communication divide to manage biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. Biodiversity and a Changing Climate will prove an indispensable guide to students, scientists, and professionals engaged in conservation and resource management.

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