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Tenure of indigenous peoples territories and REDD+ as a forestry management incentive: the case of Mesoamerican countries

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Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Honduras
Nigeria
United States of America
Spain
El Salvador
Guatemala
Peru
Germany
Indonesia
Norway
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Panama
Switzerland
Nicaragua
Belize
Italy
Ecuador
Netherlands
Mexico
Brazil
Americas

Programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation, such as REDD+ and other forestry incentive programmes, including Payment for Environmental Services (PES), could represent an opportunity to strengthen processes of conservation, sustainable usage and poverty reduction in the Mesoamerican region, particularly in indigenous territories and communities.

Opening Statement CPF at Forest Day 5 by Eduardo Rojas-Briales, CPF Chair

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Reports & Research
November, 2013
South Africa
Brazil
Mexico
Norway

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests, which organizes Forest Day 5, is a unique UN mechanism enabling 14 UN agencies, organizations, global institutions and key international research networks to join together to support the work of the UN Forum on Forests and ensure efficient coordination of forest-related matters.

Mejorar la gobernanza de la tenencia forestal

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Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Switzerland
Mozambique
Guatemala
Indonesia
Grenada
Ghana
Guyana
Cameroon
Nepal
Philippines
Uganda
Australia
Ecuador
India
Georgia
Papua New Guinea

El bienestar humano y la salud del planeta dependen de nuestra voluntad de cuidar de los bosques y de los procedimientos que empleemos para llevar a cabo su explotación. Es por lo tanto esencial saber quién posee y controla los bosques y cómo se ejerce la gobernanza de la tenencia forestal.

ForInfo Factsheet: Forest Certification for Ecosystem Services

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Institutional & promotional materials
November, 2013
Vietnam

The project covers two pilot sites encompassing 41,000 ha of forest land: Vinh Tu Commune in Quang Tri Province and Huong Son District in Ha Tinh Province. Both sites are commercially used forest and have potential for a certification mechanism. The certification project presumes that ecosystem services can be provided alongside sustainable forest management.

ForInfo Factsheet: Seima Community-Based Production Forestry

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Institutional & promotional materials
November, 2013
Cambodia

In what is a big step towards commercial community forestry, Cambodia’s Forest Administration, in partnership with RECOFTC and with technical assistance and funding from the Wildlife Conservation Society, began pilot testing in 2008 community-based production forestry in the Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area.

Stronger UNCCD for a land-degradation neutral world. Issue brief

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Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Global

Land-degradation neutral world is an aspirational goal, which was agreed at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012. To achieve this goal, land degradation should be avoided and for every hectare of degraded land a hectare of land should be restored preferably in the same ecosystem and landscape.

Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil

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Reports & Research
November, 2013
Brazil
Central America
South America

Up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is associated with cattle ranching. To reduce forest conversion and increase sustainability in the cattle supply chain, government, private sector and civil society support interventions based on combinations of institutions and policies, incentives, and information and technology.

Mediating forest conflicts in South East Asia: Getting the positive out of conflicts over forests and land

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Reports & Research
November, 2013
Myanmar

Executive summary: "The high incidence of forest conflict in Southeast Asia underscores the need for conflict-transformation tools to maximize
the positive impacts and reduce potential damage. Mediation is considered one of the most effective approaches in

Myanmar's Rosewood Crisis: Why Key Species and Forest Must be Protected Through CITES

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Reports & Research
November, 2013
Myanmar

... Extremely rapid growth in Chinese imports of ‘redwood’, ‘rosewoods’ or ‘Hongmu’ timbers from Myanmar in the past two years is directly driving increased illegal and unsustainable logging, posing a real threat to governance, the rule of law and the viability Myanmar’s dwindling forests. EIA research shows that, based on current trends, the two most targeted Hongmu species in

Unleashing the potential of community forest enterprises in Myanmar

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Reports & Research
November, 2013
Myanmar

... Unleashing the potential of community forest (CF) enterprise in Myanmar is crucial for two main reasons. First, it will increase local incomes and government revenues, which will reduce poverty. Second, the financial incentive of such enterprises will encourage local people to manage and restore forests.

ForInfo Factsheet: Capacity Building in Sustainable Forest Management

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Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2013
Cambodia

Wood energy is vital to the livelihoods of rural communities in the Mekong region, where over five times more fuelwood than timber is extracted for daily use. However, the energy needs of the community are commonly not factored into the establishment of market-oriented enterprises, which can lead to supply disruptions and subsequent impact on income as well as the environment.