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Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup
The nationally privatized Myanmar Forest Products and Timber Merchants Association (MFPTMA) released a statement claiming its timber trade is fully in compliance with legal and ...
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A study on the Customary Use Right of Ethnic Communities to Forest and Forest Land in Vietnam
This report presents an overview of ethnic communities in Vietnam, including their history and development, community structure, living space, population and distribution, and t...
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Growing up together with the forest: the unique relationship between the forest and indigenous Karen people of Kamoethway
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Forestry magazine No 62 on the achievement for the first half of 2020 of forestry administration
This magazine showcases the achievement of the Forestry Administration in the first semester of 2020. The content in this magazine consists of the update...
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National Forest Programme 2010-2029
The goal of the National Forest Programme is to establish a policy framework and strategy for sustainable management of the country’s valuable forest resources. This document, w...
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Research on the Roles and Contributions of Indigenous Women in Sustainable Forest Management in Mekong Countries
Indigenous women depend daily on the forests to supply the needs of their families for food, water, livelihood, firewood, shelter and health care.
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Country Progress Report: Myanmar at 6th Sub-regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance
This presentation is from the 6th Sub-Regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance. It considers forestry in Myanmar and the chain of custody for forest products, including an...
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Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade Annex: Myanmar
This presentation provides a framework for assessing the legality of forestry operations, including a set of principles with criterion and different indicators. The timber legal...
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Timber Trade Country Profile - Myanmar
According to the FAO (2015) Myanmar has around 29.0 million hectares of forested land, which constitutes to 44.2% of the total land area. Around 28.1 million hectares are primar...
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The status of Prey Lang: 8th Monitoring Report
In the latest monitoring report presents the latest information about the granted Eenergy Global National Award for Cambodia award of Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN), defores...
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Addressing Forest Governance Challenges in the Greater Mekong Region
RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests, working with civil society partners as part of the European Union funded Voices for the Mekong Forests (V4MF) project, is seeking to...
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Myanmar: Wild Places: Southern Forests
Website describing the Southern Forest Complex of Myanmar.
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Commercial agriculture expansion in Myanmar: Links to deforestation, conversion timber, and land conflicts
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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National Forest Policy Review: Thailand
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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Informational Basis of Policy Judgments: The Case of the Royal Forest Department of Thailand
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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Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) for Thailand (Revised)
The need for a multi-sectoral approach to REDD+ is recognized by Thailand’s Government. The government has put in place an institutional arrangement/management structure that re...
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Revisiting forest transition explanations: The role of “push” factors and adaptation strategies in forest expansion in northern Phetchabun, Thailand
Researchers and policy makers are increasingly looking at the drivers of forest recovery (or forest transition) for inspiration in their search for win-win solutions to deforest...
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Floristic characteristics and affinities in Lao PDR, with a reference to the biogeography of the Indochina peninsula
The flora of Laos is composed of 5,005 species in 1,373 genera and 188 families of seed plants. Floristic and geographical attributes of the flora were analyzed. Tropical floris...
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Carbon stock assessment using remote sensing and forest inventory data in Savannakhet, Lao PDR
Savannakhet Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR), is a small area that is connected to Thailand, other areas of Lao PDR, and Vietnam via road No. 9. This province has...