This paper examines the drivers of deforestation and the loss of forest services, and the various mechanisms that exist to protect forests in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). In most cases policy mechanisms play a greater role in forest protection than payment for environmental services (PES) which has yet to develop in the subregion. Scenarios presented suggest that higher income countries will have much greater scope in protecting forest environmental services that low income countries.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2009Nepal, Switzerland, United States of America, Vietnam, Sweden, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, India, Russia, Mexico, Thailand, Asia
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Case Studies for Selected River Basins in Northwest Vietnam
Reports & ResearchTraining Resources & ToolsFebruary, 2014Vietnam, Eastern Asia, OceaniaIncreasing energy demands and concerns about global warming call for an increase in energy generation from renewable sources. Small hydropower plants represent a significant contribution to meet this demand. But the optimal use of this resource in a sustainable manner still remains a challenge. A cascade of small dams may have detrimental impacts on the environment and water use without implementation of proper mitigation measures and planning.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2017Indonesia, Vietnam, Peru, Tanzania, Cameroon, Brazil, Eastern Africa, South America, Middle Africa, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Vietnam, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Vietnam, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2012Vietnam, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2012Vietnam, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2018Cambodia, 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).
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Tracing a value chain from land-use to supermarket shelf
Reports & ResearchMay, 2022China, Japan, South-Eastern Asia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Europe, United KingdomThis list of bibliographic references is an accompanying piece to the data story written by Daniel Hayward and published by the Land Portal on 12 May 2022.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2022China, Japan, South-Eastern Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Europe, United Kingdom
This is the PDF version of an online data story published by Land Portal on 12 May 2022.
Maize is a key global cash crop, produced in every continent except Antarctica. As a flex crop, it has multiple uses including for direct human consumption, as an ingredient for animal feed, as a key component in processed foods, or in ethanol production. According to figures from FAOSTAT, global production increased from 0.2 to 1.2 billion tons between 1961 and 2020.
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