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The Role of Social Forestry in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the ASEAN Region

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Reports & Research
Abril, 2011
Global
South-Eastern Asia

Recognizing the important role that people living in and around forests play in forest management for poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, RECOFTC conducted a study for the ASEAN Social Forestry Network and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to provide a general overview of social forestry in the ASEAN region and its potential to contribute to climate change m

REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #4: Gender and REDD+

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Institutional & promotional materials
Abril, 2011
India
Nepal
South-Eastern Asia

International discussions on REDD+ and climate change have explicitly addressed the needs of indigenous peoples. However, to date, efforts to link REDD+ and climate change activities to the specific protection of rights of women have been very limited. This brief explores how REDD+ planning and implementation can and should enhance the conditions of rural women in Asia and the Pacific.

Community Forestry and Opportunities for REDD+ in the ASEAN Region

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Abril, 2011
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia

Recognizing the important role that people living in and around forests play in forest management for poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, RECOFTC conducted a study for the ASEAN Social Forestry Network and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to provide a general overview of social forestry in the ASEAN region and its potential to contribute to climate change m

International Conference on Global Land Grabbing (6-8 April 2011)

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Reports & Research
Abril, 2011
Myanmar
Asia sudoriental

Organised by the Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI) in collaboration with the Journal of Peasant Studies and hosted by the Future Agricultures Consortium at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex...Rich site with full texts of more than 170 papers and presentations from the Conference

Household Livelihoods and Increasing Foreign Investment Pressure in Ethiopia’s Natural Forests

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Reports & Research
Marzo, 2011
África
Etiopía

Foreign investment in Ethiopia’s forestry sector is currently limited, but agricultural investments that affect forests, largely through forest clearing, are commonplace. Describes the nature of forest investments and the challenges of implementing them. New tenure arrangements will have significant implications for communities on the forest-farm interface.

Country Report Sri Lanka

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Reports & Research
Marzo, 2011
Sri Lanka

In this report the authors aim to assess and evaluate historic and current changes in land use and forestry at the national and sub-national level in Sri Lanka. Different drivers, policies and data related to forest and land use are assessed to explore factors that have contributed to changes.

These are the main conclusions of the report:

COMMUNAL TENURE AND THE GOVERNANCE OF COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES IN ASIA

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Reports & Research
Marzo, 2011
Myanmar
Asia sudoriental

Summary: "This paper presents an overview of the distinctive
features of communal tenure in
different community-based land and natural resource
management systems. Communal
tenure refers to situations where groups, communities, or one or more villages have
well defined, exclusive rights to jointly own and/or manage particular areas of natural

Madrid High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All

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Journal Articles & Books
Febrero, 2011
Global

At the High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All hosted in early January 2009 by the Spanish government in Madrid, stakeholders from more than 126 countries deliberated how to assure food security for all in developed and developing countries alike. The high level meeting carried forward the process launched by the June 2008 Rome food summit.