Forest landscape restoration (FLR) considers forests as integrated social, environmental and economic landscapes, and emphasizes the production of multiple benefits from forests and participatory engagement of stakeholders in FLR planning and implementation. To help inform application of the FLR approach in upland northern Thailand, this study reviews the political and historical context of forest and land management, and the role of smallholders in forest landscape management and restoration in upland northern Thailand.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2018Thailand
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2017
Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more of other ecosystem services, given the variety of stakeholders, is a matter of optimizing land use in a dynamic and complex socio-ecological system. Land degradation reduces our options to meet both food demands and environmental needs.
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesJanuary, 2008Liberia
Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is built on the foundation of the Government’s 150-Day Action Plan. The PRS is part of a longer-term continuum of the Government’s strategy for rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth and poverty reduction, including progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The PRS covers the three-year period from April 2008 to June 2011.
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Library ResourceLegislationSeptember, 2016Cape Verde
This Decree-Law, consisting of three Chapters and one Annex, establishes the organization and functioning norms of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Territorial Planning and Housing (MIOTH).
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesAugust, 2013Vanuatu
The Vanuatu Land Use Planning Policy is a national sectoral policy of Vanuatu for the period 2012-2017. Its main objective is to guide land use planning by setting priorities and outlining legislative and institutional settings to enable land use planning that encourages the best current use of Vanuatu’s land resources.The Policy aims to support food security.
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Library ResourceNational PoliciesJanuary, 2011Chad
Face la complexité des défis à relever et de la faiblesse en ressources humaines, techniques et financières nécessaires pour faire face aux multiples préoccupations des zones qui ont été longtemps marginalisées, le Tchad a élaboré la présente Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Actions pour la Mise en Oeuvre de l’Initiative Grande Muraille Verte au Tchad.
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Library ResourceRegulationsAugust, 2016Benin
Le présent décret définit les attributions, l'organisation et le fonctionnement du Ministère du Cadre de Vie et du Développement Durable.
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Library ResourceLegislationJune, 2017Mali
La présente loi fixe le cadre juridique général de l’Aménagement du Territoire national dans une perspective de développement durable. A ce titre, elle s’applique à toutes les opérations relatives à l’occupation de l’espace, à l’affectation ou à la répartition équilibrée des populations, des activités, des infrastructures, des équipements et des services sur le territoire national.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsAugust, 2017India
After natural disasters, governments often relocate vulnerable urban communities in the name of humanitarian relief. But urban communities rarely welcome such relocation, since it frequently exacerbates their daily challenges or creates new risks. Indeed, resettlement after a disaster is often another form of eviction. This briefing discusses the situation in Chennai, where state and local authorities have been building resettlement tenements on inland marsh areas using centrally sponsored schemes for affordable housing.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesJune, 2017Zambia
Zambia remains committed to the socio-economic development planning of the country as reflected by the return to development planning in 2005. The Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) for the period 2017- 2021 is the successor to the Revised Sixth National Development Plan, 2013-2016 (R-SNDP) following its expiry in December 2016. The Plan, like the three national development plans (NDPs) that preceded it, is aimed at attaining the long-term objectives as outlined in the Vision 2030 of becoming a “prosperous middle-income country by 2030”.
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