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The Role of Social Safeguards in Addressing Forest Governance in FLEGT and REDD+
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Celina (Kin Yii) Yong, UN-REDD
2018
This presentation seeks to demonstrate how social safeguards can provide opportunities to address the forest governance challenges faced by FLEGT and REDD+. It discusses the imp...
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Forest Watch Special: FLEGT VPA Update June 2018
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Fern
2018
This update discusses the importance of protecting forest resources through robust efforts rooted in broader strategies linked to the European Union's development and climate po...
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The Environmental Conservation Law 2012 (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 9/2012)
Myanmar
9/2012
Law
March 30, 2012
This dataset has no description
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CSO's View on FLEGT VPA Process in Myanmar: Challenges and Opportunities
Myanmar
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Kyaw Htun
2018
This presentation provides forestry sector updates and an overview of forestry issues and forest governance issues in Myanmar, such as land tenure and transparency. The presenta...
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Vietnam Law on Forestry 2017
Viet Nam
16/2017/QH14
Law
November 15, 2017
This Law deals with management, protection, development and use of forests; forest products processing and trade.
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Voluntary Partnership Agreement Between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance And Trade
Viet Nam
n/a
Agreements
October 19, 2018
VPA is a legally binding trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Vietnamese government. Under the VPA, Vietnam develops Timber Legality Assurance Systems (TLAS) to v...
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Commercial agriculture expansion in Myanmar: Links to deforestation, conversion timber, and land conflicts
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kevin Woods
2015
This report collates quantitative and qualitative data on the expansion of agribusiness in Myanmar’s forests and analyzes the role that laws and policies, and revenues generated...
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Chain Saws Act, B.E. 2545 (2002)
Thailand
Act
September 22, 2002
The reason for the proclamation of this Act at the present time is for the conservation of, and to maintain, the current Forest resources, especially through the prevention and ...
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Stronger forest and farm producers’ groups can help deepen Myanmar democracy
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
IIED
2013
The briefing is about the role of stronger forest and farm producers’ groups in promoting the democratization in Myanmar. This could be successfully implemented through two stag...
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Forest policies in Asia – a regional synthesis
Cambodia, Thailand
Books and book chapters
FAO
2003
Historically, the main objective of forest management was timber production. Although forest policies and forest management objectives diversified and expanded long before the U...
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National Forest Policy Review: Thailand
Thailand
Books and book chapters
Anan Nalampoon
2003
Forestry policies do not last long and lack continuity. Some problems are solved temporarily but emerge again in the future. If policies are not incorporated into the national s...
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Forest Law 2018
Myanmar
1380 M.E.
Law
September 20, 2018
Forest Law 2018 as amended, repeals the 1992 Forest Law.
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Informational Basis of Policy Judgments: The Case of the Royal Forest Department of Thailand
Thailand
Books and book chapters
Jin Sento
2003
This report presents a preliminary analysis of policy formation in the area of forest management in Thailand. Despite its remarkable record of industrialization and economic gro...
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The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Thailand Readiness Plan Idea Note (R-PIN) Template
Thailand
Advocacy and promotional materials
Dr. Saksit Tridech, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment...
2008
The purpose of this document is to: a) request an overview of your country’s interest in the FCPF program, and b) provide an overview of land use patterns, causes of deforestati...
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Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act B.E. 2535 (1992)
Thailand
Act
January 19, 1992
To amend the law on wildlife conservation and protection.
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Decree On Sustainable Management Of Production Forest Areas No. 59/2002 [Lao PDR]
Lao People's Democratic Republic
No 59/2002
Decree
May 22, 2002
This Decree covers the identification, establishment, management and use of Production Forest Areas (PFA) and the key principles for monitoring the implementation of sustainable...
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Ministerial Regulation Concerning Labour Protection in Agricultural Work B.E. 2557 (2014)
Thailand
Ministerial Regulation Concerning Labour Protection in Agricultural Work B.E. 2557 (2014)
Ministerial Regulations
December 12, 2014
This dataset has no description
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Recommendations from Thailand’s Civil Society Organizations for the Revision of the REDD+ Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) for Thailand
Thailand
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
RECOFTC, Grassroots Equity and Enhanced Networks in the Mekong...
2013
The recommendations given in this document were developed during the consultation workshop entitled. “Promotion of Equity in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Deg...
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Comments on Draft report on Myanmars National REDD+ Strategy
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Forest Trends
2018
In March, 2018, the Myanmar REDD+ program released its National REDD+ strategy draft report. Forest Trends has provided the following comments to the report authors in hopes tha...
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Forest degradation in Cambodia: An assessment of monitoring options in the central cardamom protected forest
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Halperin, James J, United States Forest Service International...
2013
To assess monitoring options in the CCPF, a conceptual framework was developed, which includes three steps: 1) define biomass reference for monitoring in each forest strata of i...