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Protecting and Restoring Forests: A Story of Large Commitments yet Limited Progress
Montenegro
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ingrid Schulte, Charlotte Streck, Stephanie Roe
2019
In September 2014, a broad coalition of governments, companies, civil society, and indigenous peoples’ organizations endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF). Driven ...
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Integrating Analytical Frameworks to Investigate Land-Cover Regime Shifts in Dynamic Landscapes
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2019
Regime shifts—rapid long-term transitions between stable states—are well documented in ecology but remain controversial and understudied in land use and land cover change (LUCC)...
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Joint statement: Alarming towards the disaster of Prey Lang
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
Prey Lang Community Network and partners
2015
Joint statement from member of civil society, including the Prey Lang Community Networks, diverse CSOs and citizens express their concern about the destruction of Prey Lang fore...
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FLEGT and REDD+ Synergies and Impacts in the Congo Basin: Lessons for Global Forest Governance
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne
2016
This document provides the results of a study on the synergies and impacts of FLEGT and REDD+ in the Congo Basin countries. The results point to the conclusion that fundamental ...
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Linking FLEGT and REDD+ Processes in Practice
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne, Marcus Lindner
2014
The European Union’s FLEGT Action Plan – which aims to reduce trade in illegal timber -, and REDD+ constitute two recent international forest regimes. Since the aims of the regi...
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Cambodia Readiness Plan Proposal on REDD+ (Cambodia REDD+ Roadmap)
Cambodia
Issue and policy briefs
Technical Working Group on Forestry and Environment (TWG-F&E)
2011
The Cambodia REDD+ Roadmap is a national plan for how the RGC wants to move ahead with REDD+ Readiness. Following initial stakeholder consultations in late 2009 and early 2010, ...
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Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Seima Protection Forest, Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Wildlife Conservation Society , Forestry Administration
2013
The Seima Protection Forest (SPF) covers 292,690 ha. It is located in eastern Cambodia, mainly in Mondulkiri Province with a small area extending into Kratie Province. The REDD ...
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Effectiveness of community forestry in Prey Long forest, Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lambrick, Frances H, Brown, Nick D,Lawrence, Anna,Bebber, Daniel P
2014
This paper indicates forest condition assessment in 18–20 randomly placed variable-radius plots and fixed-area regeneration plots. We surveyed 10% of households in each of the 9...
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Drivers of Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Lao PDR Country Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ian Llyod Thomas
2015
The main objective of this study was to review and analyze existing information on the drivers of change currently affecting Lao forests - including both negative and positive d...
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Impacts of the Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Bans
China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Phuc Xuan To, Forest Trends, Naomi Basik, Kerstin Canby
2017
In May 2016, the Government of Lao PDR enacted a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15) which, along with other commitments, aimed to help control the country’s high deforestation rates...
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REDD+ at the crossroads: Choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Michael B. Dwyer, Micah Ingalls
2015
This study examines key choices and tradeoffs that confront current efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Laos. Drawing on key inform...
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Drivers of Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Woranuch Emmanoch, USAID LEAF
2015
This paper has been developed to investigate drivers of change affecting forests - both positive and negative. Each driver and its causal factors influence forest change in Thai...
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Myanmar Forest Information and Data (2011 Update)
Myanmar
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
www.mongabay.com
2011
According to the U.N. FAO, 48.3% or about 31,773,000 ha of Myanmar is forested, according to FAO. Of this 10.0% ( 3,192,000 ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodivers...
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Forest Investment Program Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
The REDD Desk
2016
Laos is a pilot country of the Forest Investment Program (FIP), a targeted programme of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), which is one of two funds within the framework of the W...
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Forest Conversion in Lao PDR: Implications and Impacts of Expanding Land Investments
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Forest Trends
2014
This policy brief examines the institutional and legal framework surrounding forest conversion in Lao PDR, giving special consideration to the social, environmental, and legal i...
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From REDD+ projects to ‘jurisdictional REDD+’: more bad news for the climate and communities
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Jutta Kill, World Rainforest Movement
2017
For many people, REDD+ is about projects that save forests. In reality, however, REDD+ has never been about protecting forests and also no longer really is about projects but ab...
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What can Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women expect from Global Climate and Forests Funds in terms of their rights? An introduction and comparison of Safeguards and Participation Mechanisms
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Coraina de la Plaza
2014
As a result of the regime on ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks’ (REDD+) adopted by the UN Framework Convention on ...
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The most cost-inefficient tree-saving scheme ever: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Chris Lang
2017
In August 2012, the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank published a review of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The review revealed some serious problems...
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The struggle over Lao PDR’s forests: New opportunities for improved forest governance?
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sebastian Koch
2017
The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture, hyd...
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What is REDD+?
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
The REDD Desk
2016
Degradation and deforestation of the world’s tropical forests are cumulatively responsible for about 10% of net global carbon emissions. Therefore, tackling the destruction of t...