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Critical Review of Selected Forest-Related Regulatory Initiatives

Applying a Rights Perspective

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2011
Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, India
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
forest law
forestry
community forestry
deforestation
forest conservation
state forests
indigenous peoples' lands
forest land
forest management plans
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
This report brings together four studies that evaluate regulatory initiatives with implications for forest-dependent communities from a rights-based perspective. These are: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 – India; Regulatory initiatives and selected outcomes of judicial processes in Malaysia; The Community Forest Act (2007) – Thailand; and The Indigenous People’s Rights Act (1997) – Philippines. Each study covers law making, content and implementation.
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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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Ethiopia: Report on feed inventory and feed balance

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2018
Germany, Kenya, Laos, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Sudan, New Zealand, Niger, Malawi, Norway, Netherlands
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoralists
Available evidence indicates that pastoral destitution in Ethiopia is principally driven by feed and water scarcity. Feed resources ought to be considered in the broader perspective and not predominantly during emergency as is the case now. Feed inventory and balance is therefore requisite such that the country is aware of its needs, resource availability, gaps, implications and how the gap can be filled within the country. This will make feed interventions in the country effective in the immediate, medium and long term as well as provide solutions for replication in the region.
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Is forced displacement acceptable in conservation projects?

January, 2004
Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, India, Gabon, Thailand, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
displacement
land
pastoralists
Over ten million people have been displaced from protected areas by conservation projects. Forced displacement in developing countries is a major obstacle to reducing poverty. It should no longer be considered a mainstream strategy for conservation and only applied in extreme cases following international standards.
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Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration

January, 2012
Bangladesh, Vietnam, Guatemala, Peru, Tanzania, Ghana, India, Thailand, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
food security
research
This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory research sessions involving 2,000 individuals. The results reveal that migration is an important risk management strategy for vulnerable households. Land scarce households trying to cope with food insecurity send migrants during the hunger season to find food or money to buy food.
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WATER and PEOPLE: whose right is it?

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Nepal, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Syrian Arab Republic, Ecuador, Gambia, India, Senegal, Thailand, Lebanon
natural resources management
water management
water rights
women
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Régimes fonciers communautaires et gouvernance des ressources de propriété commune en Asie

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Bangladesh, United States of America, Afghanistan, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Laos, United Kingdom, Guinea, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Japan, India, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Asia, Oceania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
property rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
common property
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 20. Ce document analyse les caractéristiques des systèmes de propriété communale dans divers pays d’Asie. Les pressions actuelles du marché sur les ressources naturelles créent à la fois des défis et des opportunités pour les communautés et pour les gouvernements en vue d’utiliser et de renforcer les systèmes de propriété commune pour promouvoir la gestion durable des ressources naturelles. Des politiques et des institutions ad hoc sont nécessaires pour promouvoir la redevabilité des acteurs et la bonne gouvernance de ces ressources.
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National Workshop on Fisheries Resources Development and Management in Bangladesh - Bay of Bengal Programme

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 1995
Bangladesh, United States of America, Japan, Malaysia, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, India, Maldives, Thailand, Asia
fisheries
water management
natural resources management
research
This is a weighty report of formidable bulk and understandably so. Rarely has a Workshop in Bangladesh or anywhere else been so comprehensive in mandate or assembled such an array of fisheries expertise. Why was the workshop held? Quite simply, to give effect to Bangladesh's vision of fisheries development and management, set forth in its Perspective Development Plan for 1995-2010.
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Regional Workshop on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Coral Reefs

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 1997
Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Thailand, Asia
environment
natural resources management
nature reserves
research
The Regional Workshop convened by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in collaboration with the Bay of Bengal Programme of FAO (BOBP) is designed to address these issues and to develop an action plan for saving the remaining coral reefs in the SAARC region. Since its establishment in 1989, M S S R F has given priority attention to the conservation and sustainable use of Coastal Mangrove ecosystems. In many areas, Mangroves, sea grass meadows and coral reefs constitute an integrated ecosystem. The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve represents one such integrated ecosystem.
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Unasylva: Forests, Trees and Disasters

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
United States of America, Dominican Republic, Ukraine, China, Indonesia, Australia, Austria, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Japan, Haiti, India, South Sudan, Sudan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
sustainable land management
natural disasters
forest land
women
This double issue of Unasylva aims to tease out the complex interrelationship between forests, trees and disasters, and to examine the ways in which forests and trees can best be managed both to resist shocks and to protect from shocks. Forests and trees can act as natural buffers against disasters and shocks. They have a powerful role to play in protecting against disasters and in reducing their impact. Indeed, the long-term perspective implicit in sustainable forest management is also a valuable approach to planning for disaster risk reduction.