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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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NO FIM NÃO VAI FICAR NADA

Exploração dos Recursos Florestais em Cabo Delgado Relatório do trabalho de campo em Namiune, Nkonga e 5º Congresso

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
extractive industries
forest conservation
forest land
illegal occupation
local communities
sustainable development
sustainable land use
O objecto deste relatório são os utilizadores dos produtos florestais e os efeitos da conjugação

das suas estratégias e actividades extractivas na sustentabilidade dos recursos naturais e no

desenvolvimento sustentável da região. O objectivo é contribuir para a compreensão dos

efeitos da utilização da floresta pelos diversos utilizadores na sustentabilidade do recurso. O

estudo analisa o papel desempenhado pelos Comités dos Recursos Naturais (CRN) na

exploração da floresta.
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Forest and Landscape Restoration Opportunities

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2011
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
climate change
deforestation
environment
forest conservation
forest land
The Atlas of Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities represents a first-ever global approximation of where degraded forest lands have the potential to be restored—opportunities to reduce poverty, improve food security, mitigate climate change, and protect the environment. The Atlas was produced by World Resources Institute in collaboration with the University of Maryland and the International Union for Conservation of Nature as a contribution to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration. The maps in the atlas are presented at a resolution of 1 km.
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Programme National d’Investissements pour l’Environnement et les Ressources Naturelles au Togo (PNIERN), 2011-2015

National Policies
January, 2011
Togo
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
pastoralists
land governance
environment
fisheries
natural disasters
land management
forest land
forest conservation
L’objectif global du Programme National d’Investissements pour l’Environnement et les Ressources Naturelles au Togo (PNIERN) est de gérer durablement l’environnement et les ressources naturelles en vue de contribuer à l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et à la croissance économique du pays et à la réduction de la pauvreté.
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National Integrated Coastal Management Framework and Implementation Strategy for Vanuatu.

National Policies
December, 2010
Vanuatu
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
coastal areas
environment
fisheries
natural disasters
land management
forest conservation
forest land
The National Integrated Coastal Management Framework (NICMF) and Implementation Strategy for Vanuatu is a cross-sectoral strategy enacted in 2010 that seeks to give substance to the national vision for sustainable coastal environmental management by prescribing institutional arrangements needed for management of the coastal ecosystem, and identifies relevant stakeholders to support the process for implementing management and development activities.
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Forest governance and implementation of REDD+ in India

Reports & Research
October, 2010
India
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community forestry
deforestation
forest conservation
land degradation
land governance
This report indicates that the Forest governance is identified as critical to the success of REDD+.

Implementation of robust REDD+ strategy is possible through Community Based Forest Governance.

Report talks on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) which is a global mechanism that aims at sustainable forest management (SFM) through protecting forests and enhancing carbon sequestration.

Report briefly describes The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006