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  1. Library Resource
    Training Resources & Tools
    February, 2015
    Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

    To accompany the training video (available here) produced by USAID-funded programs GREEN Mekong and USAID LEAF Asia, a discussion guide is now available for trainers and grassroots facilitators to delve deeper into the gender aspect of social equity in terms of forest-based climate change initiatives, including REDD+. The questions in the guide will help facilitate discussions concerning forest management practices and forest governance in the local and institutional contexts.

  2. Library Resource
    January, 2012
    Indonesia, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia

    This policy-brief examines a two year moratorium on new permits for primary natural forest and peat land that came into force in Indonesia on May 20th 2011. The brief aims to inform a range of decision-making actors in developing countries about the nature of improved forestry management in the face of a changing climate. It is asserted that the moratorium demonstrates progress in the areas of: data transparency, industry buy-in, political support and institutional co-ordination.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2014
    Myanmar

    ... This study was intended to find out the benefits of forests, especially for non-wood forest products (NWFPs), to forestdependent local people and the relation to their socio-economic status. Sampling (169 respondents) was chosen to be an equal distribution of household’s economic status. The survey was conducted face to face with structural interviews using both open-and closed-ended questions. The results showed that bamboo and bamboo shoot were considered as the most collected NWFPs in the Bago Yoma region.

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Vietnam

    This workbook is intended to help policy
    makers in developing countries plan for a safer future in
    urban areas in the face of natural disasters and the
    consequences of climate change. It is based on the
    experiences of three cities in Vietnam, Can Tho, Dong Hoi,
    and Hanoi, that worked with international and local experts
    under World Bank supervision to develop local resilience
    action plans (LRAPs) in 2009-10. An LRAP is a detailed

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2012
    Cambodia

    Through LMAP, and subsequent LASSP, Cambodia has made impressive progress in building a functioning cadastral system over the last ten years. This process has proved complex and challenging, but since commencing, the land registration teams have successfully issued over 1.7 million land titles, a strong legal framework has been developed for the functioning of the land administration bodies and mechanism, institutions have been built and strengthened, and a dispute resolution process has been established for dealing with disputes over unregistered land.

  6. Library Resource
    USAID

    FUNÇÕES E RESPONSABILIDADES: LIÇÕES APRENDIDAS NA ALBÂNIA, MOÇAMBIQUE, RUANDA E TAILÂNDIA

    Reports & Research
    October, 2005
    Timor-Leste

    Este relatório representa uma actividade do Programa de Legislação de Terras (LLPII) de Timor-Leste da United States Agency for International Development (USAID), que exige um estudo comparativo da organização, jurisdição e coordenação das instituições governamentais que se ocupam das questões da terra.

  7. Library Resource
    After the Boom Thematic Study cover image
    Reports & Research
    May, 2017
    Laos

    Rubber prices in northern Laos have fallen significantly over the last few years, eroding much of the initial enthusiasm of both farmers and government officials about rubber providing a way out of poverty for poor upland farmers. This thematic study examines responses to this price drop by Lao rubber growers and state institutions in northern Laos. It also examines the reasons that prices are what they are, given that price volatility was identified as a risk during the mid-2000s, and that in at least some cases, steps were taken to protect contract farmers from falling prices.

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Indonesia

    Indonesian agriculture is at a
    crossroads. Supporting the livelihood of millions of
    Indonesians, it needs to underpin renewed and robust growth
    of the economy; and be a key component of the
    Government's poverty alleviation strategy. The
    challenge for the future is to reinvigorate productivity
    gains among rural producers, and provide the foundation for
    long run sustainability of these productivity gains.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2017
    Myanmar

    This presentation summarizes an on-going research in Myanmar, carried out by renowned agricultural specialist U San Thein and a team of experts, with the support of MRLG. This research is based on a thorough analysis of records on vacant, fallow and virgin land allotted for mainly agri-business projects between 1992 and 2016, and also an analysis of the reports of the Parliamentary Investigation Commission on land confiscation and the return of land. The study also included interview responses from key government staff in all concerned line ministries.


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