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Shifting Cultivation in Laos: Transitions in Policy and Perspective
This report addresses the complex issue of shifting cultivation, which was brought up at the 2011 Round Table Implementation Meeting between the Lao government and international...
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Forest cover and land-use changes in Lao PDR according to the National Forest Reconnaissance Survey
It is planned to assess forest cover and land use from 2002 to 2012, which will reveal the current change of land use throughout the country. But it can be assumed that the area...
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Protecting and Restoring Forests: A Story of Large Commitments yet Limited Progress
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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An Assessment in Monitoring Options and Capacity Building Needs in Houaphanh Province
This report discusses options for identifying and developing forest monitoring methodologies that can estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from forest degradation. This is...
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Partnerships and Opportunities for a New Green Forest Economy in Lao PDR : Sustaining Forest Landscapes and Livelihoods
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has a comparative advantage in natural capital, which has fueled economic growth averaging around 8 percent per annum since 2000. The...
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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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Land and Forest Governance in the Naga Village Republic
This report is based on a research project on the Naga customary land tenure system, conducted by Resource Rights for The Indigenous Peoples (RRtIP) in collaboration with Land...
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Land Use and Land Cover Changes during the Second Indochina War and Their Long-Term Impact on a Hilly Area in Laos
Armed conflicts create drastic socioeconomic shocks that lead to land use and land cover changes in ways that are not yet well understood. Several studies have used satellite...
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Forestry in Thailand
In 1985, the National Forest Policy was established in order to manage and develop the forest resources for sustainability and in conformity with the development of other...
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The Laos-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement: Laos civil society takes stock
This briefing outlines Civil Societys involvement in the EU-Laos Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). It explains how...
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Implementation Completion Report (ICR) Review, VN - Forest Sector Development Project (P066051)
Review the results of the Forest Sector Development Project (P066051) in Vietnam, including: Project data; Project dbjectives and components: component 1 - institutional...
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Where Are the Poor and Where Are the Trees? Targeting of poverty reduction and forest conservation in Vietnam
This paper highlights the spatial linkages of forest quality with poverty incidence and poverty density in Vietnam. Most of the Vietnamese poor live in densely populated river...
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Payments for Forest environmental services (PFES) in Vietnam: Findings from three years of implementation
The sustainable management and protection of Vietnam’s forests and landscapes is vital for the health and well-being of its rural communities. Forests play a crucial role in...
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Vietnam Forestry Outlook Study
Vietnam Forestry outlook study is a part of The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS), which is a wide-ranging initiative to gather information on, and examine,...
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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...
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Re-inventing forestry agencies: institutional restructuring of forestry agencies in Vietnam since 1994, Excerpt from "Re-inventing forestry agencies - Experiences of institutional restructuring in Asia and the Pacific"
This study aims to provide an understanding of the changing roles of the state forestry agencies in Viet Nam since 1994 and the process of re-aligning their organizational...
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Looking back on forestry 2011-2015, orientation for sustainable development until 2020
In recent years, despite the difficulties in the domestic and international economic situation and unpredictable changes of the weather, the forestry sector continues to develop...
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Tree cover lost in Vietnam
From 2001 to 2017, Vietnam lost 2.42Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 15% decrease since 2000, and 256Mt of CO₂ of emissions. The article provides data and visualizations for...
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Livelihood improvement linked to forest protection and development: Practices and policy recommendations
This document contains several policy recommendations for improving livelihoods linked to sustainable forest protection and development. The primary policy beneficiaries are...
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Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam (2005-2017)
Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam includes: Foreword; Administrative Unit and Climate; Population and Employment; National Account and State budget; Investment; Enterprise;...