WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 – As the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty convened this week in Washington, DC, The World Bank Group issued the following statement:
คู่มือ "การสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าและคาร์บอนอย่างง่าย" เล่มนี้ จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อเป็นสื่อกลางในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจให้กับชุมชนหรือผู้รับการฝึกอบรมเกี่ยวกับการสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าหรือการสำรวจทรัพยากรชีวภาพและการประเมินคาร์บอนอย่างง่ายในพื้นที่ป่าบก ท่ามกลางการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ มาตรการในการแก้ไขบรรเทาผลกระทบที่เกิดขึ้น โดยชุมชนมีบทบาทสำคัญในการอนุรักษ์ป่าไม้ภายใต้รูปแบบของ "ป่าชุมชน" ซึ่ง
Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Future forest cover changes were simulated under the business-as-usual (BAU), pessimistic and optimistic scenarios using the Markov-cellular automata (MCA) model in Pakxeng district, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).
This research attempts to elucidate the beneficial role of the REDD+ mechanism in the mitigation of climate change, as well as justice-related issues to its implementation. It examines equity issues involved in climate change and carbon trading through the REDD+ mechanism.
This paper points out some defects of the current forest register and proposes a concept of next-generation forest register from the view point of GIS application to forest management.
Vegetation mapping provides basic information for forest management and planning. In remote sensing research, the process of creating an accurate vegetation map is an important subject. Recently, there has been growing research interest in the object-oriented image classification techniques.
This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in December 2012 by a community member describing events occurring in Hpa-an District, between November and December 2012. The report details the concerns of villagers in T'Nay Hsah Township, who have faced significant declines in their paddy harvest due to bug infestation.
Esta tesis tiene como objetivo general estudiar el efecto de la transformación del paisaje, a través de los procesos poblacionales, productivos y la deforestación asociada a ellos, sobre los patrones estructurales del paisaje y proponer herramientas para la incorporación del enfoque ecológico en la planificación territorial.
This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential.
In many Asian countries, communities and smallholders are faced with barriers to exercising their tenure rights and to making a living from selling timber and other forest products. This study puts forward an effort to respond to the issue of restrictions, in the form of regulatory barriers, in the pursuit of sustainable forest management.
This project combines efforts of Canadian civil society and Nigerian communities to better understand the Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) process to further environmental sustainability in forest dependent communities.