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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2023
    Global

    For over a century, energy multinationals have been wrecking the planet and exploiting people in pursuit of profit. Now, power producers and technology manufacturers are marketing themselves as ‘green’ to boost their reputation and benefit from public subsidies, grabbing lands, violating human rights and destroying communities along the way. Our investigation of fifteen ‘green’ multinationals conclusively shows that financial returns, not decarbonisation, is their primary business.

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    Legislation & Policies
    May, 2023
    Canada

    These goals and targets are purposively (and appropriately) designed to work as an integrated whole, reflecting the same principle of indivisibility embodied in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They require actions to be integrated across the whole of government and society.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2017
    Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Rica

    El Informe Estado del Ambiente 2017- IEA atiende un mandato para el Consejo Nacional Ambiental contenido en la Ley Orgánica del Ambiente de “Preparar el informe anual sobre el estado del ambiente costarricense” y tiene por objetivo producir y divulgar un reporte multidisciplinario, innovador y riguroso sobre un conjunto de temas prioritarios para el ambiente costarricense, enfocado desde la perspectiva institucional del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía de Costa Rica (MINAE) y articulado con las instituciones que conforman el Sector Ambiente, de acuerdo con el Reglamento Orgánico del Pode

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    Thailand’s Community Forest Act
    Reports & Research
    June, 2021
    Thailand

    Thailand is undergoing an important development in its forestry laws. When the Community Forest Act B.E. 2562 was passed in 2019, Thailand had for the first time an official umbrella law to recognize community forestry. Subordinate laws still need to be developed to further clarify the Act for its implementation. 

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    Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Azerbaijan
    Reports & Research
    February, 2020
    Azerbaijan

    Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Azerbaijan derives from the project on the state of forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia and presents the forest resources and the forest sector of Azerbaijan, including trends in, and pressures on forests. The overview describes policies and institutions of forest sector in Azerbaijan and major challenges the sector faces as well as policy responses in place or planned.

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    Not Just Carbon
    Reports & Research
    October, 2022
    Global

    This report summarizes the science on the biophysical effects of deforestation on climate stability and explores the policy implications of the resulting impacts at three scales: global climate policy, regional cooperation on precipitation management, and national policies related to agriculture and public health. For each of these policy arenas, there are promising entry points to address current gaps through innovations in policies and institutions.

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    Une Fenêtre sur un Monde en Pleine Évolution

    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Western Africa
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    Benin Case Study

    Reports & Research
    December, 2021
    Benin

    Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is increasingly recognized as an effective mechanism to address land degradation and sustain ecosystems. Although this mechanism could accelerate the achievement of SDGs, we should approach with caution many of the policy measures proposed within countries’ LDN target-setting programmes to avoid violating rights to land and resources.

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    Manuals & Guidelines
    February, 2021
    Global

    Indicator 15.2.1: Progress towards sustainable forest management
     

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    Governing Landscapes for Ecosystem Services: A Participatory Land- Use Scenario Development in the N
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2020
    Vietnam

    Land-use planning is an important policy instrument for governing landscapes to achieve multifunctionality in rural areas. This paper presents a case study conducted in Na Nhan commune in the northwest montane region of Vietnam to assess land-use strategies toward multiple ecosystem services, through integrated land-use planning.

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