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Decoding REDD: Forest Restoration in REDD+

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2009
China, South-Eastern Asia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
forestry
The Bali Action Plan identified two key areas for the forest sector to contribute significantly to global climate change mitigation. One area concerned approaches and incentives relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). The second area focused on the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries. REDD+ has become synonymous for a combination of these two areas.
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Conflict Over Forest and Land in Asia - Brief

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2010
China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, South-Eastern Asia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
forestry
RECOFTC's regional conflict study examines the drivers and impacts of forest conflict in eight cases in six countries. Findings were presented at the Collective Action, Property Rights and Conflict in Natural Resource Management research workshop in Siem Reap from 28 June - 1July 2010.

This brief summarizes the findings of a full issues paper.
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River deltas: scaling up community-driven approaches to sustainable intensification

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2018
Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Thailand
youth
water management
land use
The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communities, local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated the potential to overcome these challenges and substantially improve people’s livelihoods.
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Marine Fishery Resources Of The Bay Of Bengal, Project BOBP/WP/36

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2018
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Kuwait, India, Republic of Korea, Maldives, Thailand
fisheries
water management
natural resources management
This paper attempts to summarize available knowledge, and identify the gaps in that knowledge, on marine fisheries and fishery resources in the Bay of Bengal region. It provides information on Bangladesh, Burma, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand—their marine fisheries, fishery resources, status of important stocks, etc.
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Trying to follow the Money: Possibilities and limits of investor transparency in Southeast Asia’s rush for “available” land

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
concession (land)
land investments
land
land management
This study uses publicly available financial and spatial data to examine the geography of land-intensive investment in Southeast Asia, and to identify the
limits imposed by problems with data availability. It focuses on three regions where land has been widely seen to be available for new investment: Indonesia’s outer islands; the “development triangle” where Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam meet; and the Golden Quadrangle region which comprises the borderlands of northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Laos, southern and western Yunnan, and northern Thailand.
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Water governance in the Mekong region: the need for more informed policy-making

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South-Eastern Asia
water management
Recurring water crises, global water initiatives, and demands for water reforms by development banks, have all pushed water up the agenda of most Mekong-region countries. Many changes have already been made. Now decision makers need to know what has worked, what hasn?t, and why. To find out, IWMI has reviewed new water policies, plans and laws, and assessed participation, the new water ?apex bodies?, and integrated water resources management (IWRM). The findings show that top-down state policies based on ?blueprints?
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Political Economy of Agricultural Distortions in Transition Countries of Asia and Europe

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2009
Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Eastern Europe, Europe, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Oceania
agriculture
farmers
land reform
property rights
rural development
This paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia, Central Asia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, and in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper explains why these changes have occurred and why there are large differences among transition countries in the extent and the nature of the remaining distortions.
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Fostering Women's Economic Empowerment through Special Economic Zones

Comparative Analysis of Eight Countries and Implications for Governments, Zone Authorities and Businesses

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
Kenya, Jordan, Bangladesh, Philippines, El Salvador, Egypt, China, Costa Rica
capacity development
land ownership
rural areas
This global report examines the opportunity for special economic zones to promote women's economic empowerment and boost zone and enterprise competitiveness in developing countries. The research covers Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Jordan, Kenya, and the Philippines. The study focuses on women's economic empowerment in the context of zones at three levels: (i) fair employment and working conditions for female employees; (ii) equal access to opportunities for professional advancement; and (iii) investment opportunities for female entrepreneurs.
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Smart Green Infrastructure in Tiger Range Countries

A Multi-Level Approach

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2010
Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
encroachment
land use
nature reserves
property rights
sustainable development
This report presents the results of extensive work of the smart green infrastructure task force commissioned by the World Bank under the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI). The report benefited from advice, ideas, and information about tigers and tiger-friendly infrastructure development from staff at the World Bank, and from several institutions that promote tiger and biodiversity conservation throughout the world.
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Seaweed Aquaculture for Food Security, Income Generation and Environmental Health in Tropical Developing Countries

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2016
Tanzania, Japan, Malaysia, Madagascar, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Argentina, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Brazil, New Zealand, Central America, Northern America, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.