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Environmental Impact Assessment in the Mekong Region
The work of the Mekong Partnership for the Environment, and the work of PACT, has been devoted to the role of EIA in achieving sustainable development. Through the work of PAC...
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A Training of Trainers manual for REDD+ for national and sub-national level facilitators
The capacity enhancement of a nation, civil society, local community and private sector to fulfill obligations set by international laws is one of the fundamental requisites...
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Camps, children, chemicals, contractors & credit: field observations of labour practices in plantations & other social developments in Savannakhet and Champasak
Report discusses the labour practices observed and changes in the target communities. It provides detailed summary descriptions of work practices and conditions that are contras...
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Great expectations: Chinese tree plantation concessions in the Lao PDR
A presentation of research findings regarding Chinese tree plantation concessions in the Lao PDR
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Addressing disputes and conflicts over the tenure of natural resources
Understanding the normative environment is required to understand the nature of disputes and conflict in a given context. The process of analysing disputes and conflicts require...
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Integrated spatial planning for sustainable development
The Guideline is prepared to support training of government officials in the development and use of spatial planning as an instrument towards sustainable development and better ...
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Myanmar Country Profile and Context: Working draft 2022
This document provides a general overview of Myanmar including the geographic profile, administrative set up, population, socio-economic situation, climatic condition, and biodi...
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Legally and Illegally Logged Out: The Status of Myanmar's Timber Sector and Options for Reform
Myanmar has been endowed with extensive areas of some of the most valuable timber bearing forests in the world. But in Myanmar’s recent history they have been more of a curse ...
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Guide to free prior and informed consent
This guide is an introduction to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). It provides basic information about the right to FPIC and how this right can help people to have a say ...
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Why rights to livelihoods of indigenous ethnic communities in the Mekong region matter
Working on claiming rights to livelihoods, especially land rights and forest rights, of indigenous ethnic communities is never an easy job, particularly in the contexts of the M...
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Nutrient management in rainfed lowland rice in the Lao PDR
This book reviews this research and is a resource for those working with lowland rice farmers in research, extension, and development. The book focuses on the rainfed lowland ri...
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Forest resources and forestry in Vietnam
Forest and forestland are important sources of livelihood for the population living in or near forests and in mountainous areas of Vietnam. The objective of this paper is to ana...
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Variegated borderlands governance in Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture along the China-Myanmar border
International borders and associated borderlands—especially as viewed at the national and international scales, and via regional and global-scale maps—are generally thought of a...
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Advocacy in Cambodia: Increasing Democratic Space 2002
This report aims to identify lessons learned from the advocacy experience in Cambodia that can be shared with advocates working in various sectors. Analysis is based on review o...
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Case study: A glimpse into women's customary forest tenure practices in Lao PDR: Access, use, and management rights of women in customary tenure systems in Mai District, Phongsali province.
This case study will first examine village level perceptions of customary land tenure in two villages in the Mai district of Phongsali province. It will then unpack customary l...
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Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Introduction to Singapore and its Legal System
Singapore has a common law legal system as a result of its colonial past as part of the British empire. The influence of the English common law on the development of Singapore l...
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Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Introduction to Cambodia & its Legal System
The Cambodian legal system is based largely on the French civil system, and is statute based. The Constitution is the Supreme Law. The legal system has evolved from unwritten cu...
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Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Introduction to Indonesia & its Legal system
Indonesia has a civil law system based on the Roman-Dutch model. The Dutch colonial occupation of Indonesia for 350 years left a legacy of Dutch colonial law, which is reflected...
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Myanmar Citizen's Budget (2017-2018)
This citizen's budget was published in order to increase financial transparency that would lead to effective public finance management. This report is based on Amendment Law for...
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Current trends in employment, and industrial relations and labour laws in Asia
A presentation about trends in employment, industrial relations and labour laws in Asia. The presenter discusses the population of Asia that constitute the ‘working poor’. They ...