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Why some community forests are performing better than others: a case of forest user groups in Nepal

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Reports & Research
Novembro, 2010
Nepal

Management of many Nepalese forests has been devolved to local communities. Forest products, which are used by the community and which may also be traded, are essential contributors to community well-being. Forests are also important contributors of ecosystem services, such as flood protection and wildlife habitat.

Assessing the Environmental Co-Benefits of Climate Change Actions

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Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
Novembro, 2010

This internal background paper has been prepared to help inform the 2010 environment strategy with respect to a proposed way forward on use of country systems. The World Bank Group environment strategy is built on three pillars: leveraging natural resources for growth and poverty reduction; managing the environmental risks to growth and development; and transforming growth paths.

REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #2: The Role of Trust in REDD+

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Institutional & promotional materials
Outubro, 2010
Indonesia
Nepal
Thailand
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia

As negotiations on the shape of REDD+ continue at national and global levels, REDD-Net’s network of civil society organizations has identified the issue of trust as a high priority for further examination. In this issue RECOFTC explores the importance of trust in REDD+, why the success of REDD+ depends on trust, and how trust may need to come with its own set of warnings.

Aspectos socioeconómicos y culturales del manejo forestal en dos ejidos de Quintana Roo.

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Reports & Research
Outubro, 2010
México

Los bosques tropicales albergan la mayor diversidad genética del mundo (Cincotta et al., 2000). Sin embargo, estos ecosistemas están siendo drásticamente transformados especialmente por deforestación y sobrexplotación de especies de importancia comercial.

Land ownership, administration & status of forests of Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council of Meghalaya

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Journal Articles & Books
Setembro, 2010
Índia

The article published in NeBIO-An International Journal of Environment and Biodiversity highlights the complicated classifications of land ownership in Khasi Hills viz., private land, group or clan land, community land and government land.

Digging Deeper: Decoding REDD+

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Setembro, 2010
South-Eastern Asia

REDD+ is a proposed mechanism to make forests more valuable living and healthy than dead or damaged. Its advocates believe it could help fix a lot of persistent problems in forest management. Its opponents fear it will make these things worse.

People, Forests, and Climate Change

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Agosto, 2010
South-Eastern Asia

Forests in Asia-Pacific are under threat. That's not a new story, though it becomes more important with every lost hectare and every family denied their means of survival. The big new question that journalists should be asking themselves, and their sources, is what climate change means for the forests of the region and the people who depend on them.