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ခေါင်းစဥ်များ: Forest policy and administration

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  • Who is really bearing the cost of REDD+? The answer may surprise you

    Estimates of REDD+ costs have long been criticized for excluding transaction and implementation costs and undervaluing informal market activities such as subsistence farming....

  • From REDD+ projects to ‘jurisdictional REDD+’: more bad news for the climate and communities

    For many people, REDD+ is about projects that save forests. In reality, however, REDD+ has never been about protecting forests and also no longer really is about projects but...

  • What can Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women expect from Global Climate and Forests Funds in terms of their rights? An introduction and comparison of Safeguards and Participation Mechanisms

    As a result of the regime on ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks’ (REDD+) adopted by the UN Framework...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Notification of forestry department No. 0806 / Km, dated 19/10/2010 on inspection of animal transport through third countries.

    Moving wildlife through Laos must requires the Provincial and capital Forest Inspectorate to strictly comply with the Law on Aquatic Animals and Wildlife

  • RECOFTC 2012 – 2013 STAKEHOLDER SURVEY REPORT

    Summary of survey and interview data evaluating the performance and reputation of RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests.

  • No success like failure: Policy versus reality in the Lao forestry sector

    Benjamin Hodgdon chronicles the experience of an NGO-supported project recently discontinued by the Lao government to highlight the ongoing serious problems plaguing Laos’...

  • Forest and land use zoning

    The purpose of this technical booklet is to explain the procedures, methods and practices for participatory forest and land use zoning as tested and practiced in target areas of...

  • International knowledge sharing and learning workshop on forest and land tenure

    Proceedings from a National Assembly of Laos workshop centered on forest and land tenure rights, with goals to: -learn from the experience of other countries how they have...

  • Impacts of land and forest policies on the livelihoods of ethnic minorities

    This study intends to contribute to a better understanding of how institutional arrangements governing ethnic minorities’ rights to access and control over land and...

  • Forestry sector development report for 2006/07 (draft)

    The 2006/07 forestry sector development report is prepared for the 1st Stakeholder Consultation on Implementation of the Forestry Strategy 2020 in November 2007. It aims to...

  • Research on the customary law of ethnic minorities and fores policy in Vietnam (Final Draft)

    “Research on the customary law of ethnic minorities and forest policy in Vietnam” is an empirical study and policy review that contributes to the implementation of the “Action...

  • Corruption, bloodshed and death – the curse of rosewood

    Blogpost on the status of rosewood in the protected areas of Thailand.

  • Occupational health and safety for agricultural workers in Thailand: gaps and recommendations, with a focus on pesticide use

    Over 16.7 million workers in Thailand (42 percent of the working population) are engaged in agriculture, disproportionately from the lower socioeconomic strata of Thai society....

  • Thailand's fishing industry 'puts children at risk', report says

    Children in Thailand's seafood processing industry are more exposed to workplace hazards and twice as likely to sustain injuries, a report has said. More children in the seafood...

  • Harvesting operations in eucalyptus plantations in Thailand

    The eucalyptus has recently become an important timber species in Thailand, particularly in relation to timber supply within the pulp industry. Demand for raw material is...

  • Decree on determination of 14 production forests in 5 Provinces, Number 207 / ND, 30/12/2008

    Decree on determination of 14 production forests in 5 Provinces, Number 207 / ND, 30/12/2008

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