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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2007
    Bangladesh, Finland, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, New Zealand, Asia, Oceania

    Following the widespread wreckage and loss of life caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004, unprecedented efforts where made to restore order and rebuild the lives and livelihoods of the millions affected. A proportion of the reconstruction and rehabilitation effort was focused on environmental rehabilitation and a part of this again on the rehabilitation of coastal trees and forests. Many programmes were implemented during the post-tsunami period to restore coastal trees and forests, and in particular mangrove forests.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, India, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, New Zealand, Asia

    A description of the forest areas and types in Japan. This report reviews the current state of both protected and economic forest areas and predicts long term future demand.

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    Critical Review of Selcted Forest-Related Regulatory Initiatives

    Applying a Rights Perspective

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2011
    Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, India

    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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    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Spain, Malaysia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Americas

    Colombia has submitted two national communications (NCs 2001, 2010) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), providing information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, and measures to mitigate and facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change, among other information. In 2015, Colombia also presented its First Biennial Update Report (BUR), including the REDD+ technical annex. In 2010 and 2012, GHG emissions from the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector contributed to respectively 58 % and 43% of the national GHG emissions.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Indonesia, Malaysia

    This study compiles and analyses national-level data on land use change (LUC) and its causes in Indonesia and Malaysia over the past 30 years. The study also explores the role that palm oil has played in past LUC and that projected growth in palm oil production may play in LUC until 2020 and suggests strategies to minimize negative effects. Data collection for the study revealed that the quality and quantity of data on LUC on a national scale over time are low.

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    An Act to make provisions for the control and regulating of proper planning in the Federal Territory, for the levying of development charges, and for purposes connected therewith or ancillary thereto.

    Legislation
    Malaysia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    The present Act, which shall apply to the Federal Territory, has been enacted for the purpose of planning in a proper manner the use of the same territory.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1994
    Malaysia, Malawi, Italy

    This issue of Unasylva examines a number of facets of forestry research, emphasizing needs for and efforts made towards strengthening national capability in the developing countries.

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    Four Decades of Forest Persistence, Clearance and Logging on Borneo
    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2014
    Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia

    The native forests of Borneo have been impacted by selective logging, fire, and conversion to plantations at unprecedented scales since industrial-scale extractive industries began in the early 1970s. There is no island-wide documentation of forest clearance or logging since the 1970s. This creates an information gap for conservation planning, especially with regard to selectively logged forests that maintain high conservation potential. Analysing LANDSAT images, we estimate that 75.7% (558,060 km2) of Borneo’s area (737,188 km2) was forested around 1973.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Fiji, Tunisia, Malaysia, Mali, Oman, Italy, Ghana, Iran, Guinea, Ethiopia, Namibia, Solomon Islands, Netherlands

    Globally, according to FRA 2000, planted forests accounted for only 5% of forest area, but up to 35% of industrial roundwood supply. This is anticipated to rise to 40-44% by 2020. Planted forests reflect a higher social, environmental and economic importance than their area would suggest. Many countries have existing planted forest data that is not based upon forest inventory, is incomplete and often outdated. Thus it is difficult to measure and plan the quantity and quality of planted forest resources and the provision of goods and services that they supply.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Algeria, France, United States of America, Chile, Ukraine, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Iran, Italy, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Myanmar, Argentina, India, Turkey, Brazil

    Globally, according to FRA 2000, planted forests account ed for only 5% of forest area, but up to 35% of industrial roundwood supply. This is anticipated to rise to 40-44% by 2020. Planted forests reflect a higher social, environmental and economic importance than their area would suggest. Many countries have existing planted forest data that is not based upon forest inventory, is incomplete and often outdated. Thus it is difficult to measure and plan the quantity and quality of planted forest resources and the provision of goods and services that they supply.

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