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Forest investment program, Laos investment plan
This report highlights Laos investment in forest management and opportunities for REDD+. The report discusses the forest sector in Laos and summarises the Laos REDD+ programme. ...
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Policy Briefings Phase 3: (2013-2018)
This policy booklet provides policy recommendations on key sustainable development issues in the Mekong Region that were explored by the collaborative research projects of SUMER...
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Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong Region
This book brings together multi-country empirical case studies that explore complexities of resource management and governance in the Mekong region, including 10 collaborative s...
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Global Climate Risk Index
The Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). Updated an...
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Viet Nam: Hydro-Economic Framework for Assessing Water Sector Challenges
Vietnam is experiencing increasing variability in water availability across regions and seasons. Mitigating against the impacts of such changes requires a thorough assessment of...
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REDD+ Readiness: An Introduction
A series of slides from the UN-REDD program describing the REDD+ Readiness process
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Who will bear the cost of REDD+? Evidence from subnational REDD+ initiatives
While REDD+ has increasingly been accepted in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and regional and voluntary markets for carbon offsets, ...
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The most cost-inefficient tree-saving scheme ever: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
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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Overview of UN-REDD
This is a powerpoint presentation outlining the REDD+ Readiness activities organised by the UN-REDD program.
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The struggle over Lao PDR’s forests: New opportunities for improved forest governance?
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+?
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...
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Linking FLEGT and REDD+ to Improve Forest Governance
For the past decade or so, developing countries have engaged in a variety of new international initiatives aiming at improving forest management and governance. The prevailing...
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A landscape approach to co-designing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies with farming communities
Climate change adaptation; Landscape approach; Laos
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Mitigation of GHG: Rubber based agro-forestry system for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Pakkading, Bolikhamsay Province, Lao PDR
A project outline for a rubber plantation in Bolikhamxay province, including overview of social and environmental issues in the project area, government policies and involvement...
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How Land Concessions Affect Places Elsewhere: Telecoupling, Political Ecology, and Large-Scale Plantations in Southern Laos and Northeastern Cambodia
Over the last decade considerable research has been conducted on the development and the impacts of large-scale economic land concession s for plantations in Laos and Cambodia.
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Sustainable Development for Thailand in the Global Context
Dr. Bantoon Setsirote, Director of the Good Governance for Social Development and the Environment Institute (GSEI), gave the following address at a training session to develop l...
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People's responsibility REDD plus
People's responsibility REDD plus
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The potential of REDD + in Lao PDR
The potential of REDD + in Lao PDR
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Roles and Duties of Forests in Controlling Climate Change
Roles and Duties of Forests in Controlling Climate Change
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the atmosphere