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RECOFTC Annual Report 2008-2009

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Institutional & promotional materials
Agosto, 2010
South-Eastern Asia

For RECOFTC, the highlight of the past year has been the launch of its Third Strategic Plan, which covers the five years from 2008 to 2013. The plan has the title ‘People and Forests in a Time of Change: Strengthening Capacities for Community Forestry to Respond.’ This report looks at the progress the organization made for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

Conflict Over Forests and Land in Asia

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Reports & Research
Agosto, 2010
China
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia

Violent conflict affects three quarters of Asia’s forests and tens of millions of people. In Cambodia, for example, nearly half of the 236 land conflicts recorded in 2009 escalated to violence. Because forest conflict is such a major issue in the region, we need a better understanding of the underlying causes, impacts, and management solutions.

Economic instruments for the sustainable management of Mediterranean watersheds

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Agosto, 2010
Tunísia

Problems of unsustainable watershed use in the Mediterranean areas (overgrazing, forest degradation and clearing, soil erosion, fires, etc.) often result from the reduced profitability of traditional land use systems, lack of clearly defined property rights, insufficient enforcement of existing rules, and lack of adequate economic instruments.

Optimizing Voluntary Deforestation Policy in the Face of Adverse Selection and Costly Transfers

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Conference Papers & Reports
Agosto, 2010

As part of international climate change policy, voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any regulator will make errors in predicting baselines, adverse selection will reduce efficiency since participants will self-select into the program.

TENURE IN MYSTERY

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Reports & Research
Julho, 2010
Uganda

Tenure in Mystery collates information on land under conservation, forestry and mining in the Karamoja region. Whereas significant changes in the status of land tenure took place with the Parliamentary approval for degazettement of approximately 54% of the land area under wildlife conservation in 2002, little else happened to deliver this update to the beneficiary communities in the region.