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  1. Library Resource
    Etat des lieux de l’exploitation artisanale de bois d’œuvre en périphérie de Bangui en République Centrafricaine
    Reports & Research
    January, 2019
    Central African Republic

    Cette étude a été réalisée dans le cadre du Projet de développement de la Région Sud-Ouest (PDRSO), projet financé par l’Agence française de développement (AFD).

    L’étude avait pour objectifs de :

    •  quantifier les flux de sciages artisanaux de bois d’œuvre entrant et sortant de Bangui,
    •  Caractériser cette filière.

    Elle a été conduite dans le cadre du Projet de développement régional du Sud-Ouest (PDRSO) qui a débuté ses activités en octobre 2016 et dont les objectifs spécifiques sont :

  2. Library Resource
    Respecting land and forest rights guide for companies
    Reports & Research
    January, 2019
    Global

    This Guide provides an entry point to understanding and implementing the principles of responsible governance of land tenure set out in the VGGT for companies involved in land-based investment. It provides a more manageable presentation of the VGGT, along with steps to ensure that a company acts consistently with them and includes thorough due diligence on the tenure rights of project-affected communities.

  3. Library Resource
    Serial Offender: Vietnam’s continued imports of illegal Cambodian timber
    Reports & Research
    December, 2018
    Cambodia, Vietnam

    Vietnam, which has a long history of theft of timber from neighbouring Laos and Cambodia, recently initialled a timber trade agreement with the European Union. This will see Vietnam implement legislation to address imports of illegally harvested or traded timber, in return for timber exports to the EU being deemed to comply with the requirements of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR).

  4. Library Resource

    A Summary

    Institutional & promotional materials
    January, 2019
    South America, Peru

    The Government of Peru is gradually advancing in the process of recognizing and formalizing the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. 
    In order to document and analyse how titling is carried out and how the local population perceives its impacts, the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), with the support of German development cooperation, conducted a study on the progress and challenges of native community titling processes. this is the summary of the study conducted in the Ucayali and San Martin regions of the Peruvian Amazon. 

     

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    January, 2019
    South America, Peru

    El Gobierno del Perú está avanzando poco a poco en el proceso de reconocimiento y formalización de los derechos territoriales de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía. 

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2018
    Global

    The negative consequences of human actions have brought our world and our future to a dangerous crossroads: will we be able to avert the worst impacts of climate change? How can we stop and reverse the loss of fertile soil, biodiversity, and other natural capital that supplies all our food and other basic needs? Where are the jobs for millions of unemployed young people?

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2018
    Global

    Community land, crucial to rural livelihood around the world, is increasingly targeted by commercial interests. Its loss can lead to environmental degradation, increased rural poverty and land disputes that last for years. Without formal legal recognition of their land rights, communities struggle to protect their land from being allocated to outside investors.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2018

    The continuous rise in the global demand for palm oil has resulted in large-scale expansion of industrial oil palm plantations - largely at the expense of primary and secondary forests. The potentially negative environmental impacts of these conversions have given rise to closer scrutiny. However, empirical data on the effects of conversion of forests to industrial oil palm plantations on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is scarce and patchy.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2018

    As the applications of Earth system models (ESMs) move from general climate projections toward questions of mitigation and adaptation, the inclusion of land management practices in these models becomes crucial. We carried out a survey among modeling groups to show an evolution from models able only to deal with land-cover change to more sophisticated approaches that allow also for the partial integration of land management changes. For the longer term a comprehensive land management representation can be anticipated for all major models.

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