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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2010
    Indonesia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The land administration system sustained significant damage because documentation of land ownership was washed away along with people's houses and other possessions in the affected communities. Physical boundary markers, including trees and fences, also disappeared.

  2. Library Resource

    Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies

    Training Resources & Tools
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2012
    Vietnam, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land.

  3. Library Resource
    July, 2014

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Sudan

    This policy note was prepared in
    response to a request from the Government of Southern Sudan
    (GoSS) for World Bank assistance in developing legislative
    and institutional policies and strategies that will take
    advantage of the potential of the region's forest
    resources to contribute to poverty alleviation, food
    security, sustainable agriculture, economic growth, and to
    protection of forest-related environmental services such as

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2013

    Expert statements indicate that annually
    approximately 20 billion dollars will be needed to prevent
    90 percent deforestation in tropical countries. Development
    practitioners are eager to see the benefits from REDD plus
    initiatives shared with local partners. Equally important to
    understanding how local partners might benefit are questions
    such as, who should derive benefits from REDD plus
    initiatives, and how to ensure these initiatives reach the

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Mali

    A Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) was
    undertaken to assess the returns to land management
    practices of major land use types, namely forests,
    rangelands, and selected crops (rice, maize, cotton, and
    millet). Also the public expenditure on SLM was reviewed
    and an assessment carried out how the expenditure is aligned
    to land policies and how it is targeted to land degradation
    hotspots. The results show that, without some form of

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2013

    Reducing emissions from deforestation
    and forest degradation and enhancing carbon stocks (REDD+)
    has raised the profile of benefit sharing in the forest
    sector. Sharing benefits, however, is not a new concept.
    Previous work on benefit sharing (associated with
    intellectual property, forest and agriculture concessions,
    mining, and so forth) has focused on clarifying the concept
    and examining how benefit sharing could feed into broader

  8. Library Resource
    December, 2012
    Africa, Global

    The purpose of this paper is to outline
    an approach for Bank engagement in forests, trees, and
    woodlands on farms in Sub-Saharan Africa for the coming five
    years. The paper takes the framework of the Africa
    development strategy, which has two main pillars: supporting
    employment and competitiveness, and building resilience and
    reducing vulnerability; and one underlying foundation:
    strengthening capacity and governance. It is consistent with

  9. Library Resource
    November, 2013
    Indonesia

    The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is in
    the process of designing a national REDD+ mechanism to allow
    it to access donor funding in the medium term, and funding
    from a potential performance based mechanism in the long
    term. This policy brief is focused on the broad question of
    how REDD+ can address underlying community issues such as
    lack of access to forest land, and does not deal with the
    more specific questions of legal and institutional

  10. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Romania

    Romania relies on the European
    Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to achieve its
    commitments to the European Union (EU) 2020 targets. The use
    of the European Agriculture and Rural Development Fund
    (EARDF) requires that at least 30 percent of the budget
    allocated for rural development as part of the National
    Rural Development Plan (NRDP) be spent on the environment
    and addressing climate change. The forest sector rapid

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