Increasing global demand for natural resources is intensifying competition for land across the developing world, pushing companies onto territories that many Indigenous Peoples and rural communities have sustainably managed for generations.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2018Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2018Global
Unprecedented is the number of international efforts by governments and private actors alike that seek to foster sustainable landscapes around the globe for the wellbeing of humans and nature. Working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the Bonn Challenge, the New York Declaration on Forests, the Aichi Targets of the CBD, the Paris Agreement, or regional efforts like the African Agenda 2063, the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn 2018 aims to accelerate and mobilize collective action on the ground.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2018Global
Constructive critique. This book provides a critical, evidence-based analysis of REDD+ implementation so far, without losing sight of the urgent need to reduce forest-based emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change.
REDD+ as envisioned has not been tested at scale. Results-based payment, the novel feature of REDD+, has gone untested. International funding (both public and private) remains scarce, and demand through carbon markets is lacking.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2018Global
The outcome statement for GLF Bonn 2018, featuring the key insights and takeaways from the event that took place December 1-2.
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Experiences from 25 Years of German Technical Cooperation
Reports & ResearchJune, 2007South-Eastern AsiaDespite a long history of forest conversion and forest degradation due to unsustainable logging practices, the natural forests of Southeast Asia still constitute an immense renewable resource and provide vital contributions to the economic and social development of the region. Invariably, the countries of the region commit to the principle of sustainable forest management (SFM), as expressed in their respective forest policies and/or sector strategies. In line with the international policy debate (e.g.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2018Nicaragua
This project aims to strengthen the National Protected Areas System and to support sustainable land use and restoration practices in selected areas of the Dry Corridor of Nicaragua, in order to foster biodiversity conservation, resilient landscapes, and local livelihoods.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchEcuador
Este trabajo investigativo práctico se desarrolla con los pobladores de la Comunidad de Ñamarin del Cantón Nabón, quienes al momento sufren las consecuencias de la mala calidad de agua que afecta a su salud, problema que es causado por el mal manejo de los recursos de los páramos. Por esta razón se busca desarrollar actividades de reforestación que permita mejorar la capa de vegetación y promover en la población actitudes de conservación y protección de los recursos como el agua, el suelo y la vegetación a fin de contribuir a mantener un ambiente adecuado y saludable para la población.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchPeru
La presente investigación se desarrolló en la zona denominada "La Pampa", entre los distritos de: Tambopata, Laberinto e Inambari, provincia de Tambopata, departamento de Madre de Dios. El objetivo fue evaluar y determinar el potencial forestal por tipos de bosque y tasa de deforestación en ambas márgenes del eje carretero interoceánico tramo El Castañal Santa Rosa.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2007Indonesia
This booklet is designed to help people interested in working with small groups (usually communities or groups within communities) to reach their goals. It has been written, building first on the global literature on community based management of forests and other natural resources; secondly, on a base of experience catalyzing collective action within communities in more than 30 communities in 11 countries, using the approach called “Adaptive Collaborative Management” (ACM); and thirdly, through experience trying to catalyze collective action in two communities in Sumatra.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2006Malawi
Farmers in Malawi remove woodlands to plant crops but they also derive a vast range of other basic needs from the surrounding forests. These miombo woodlands have until relatively recently always been vast in comparison to the human population and their needs. Over the years the woodlands and the way they have been used have changed, but their contribution for maintaining well being and providing peoples’ basic needs appears to have remained important.
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