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Myanmar's changing mangroves Implications for nature, people and climate
Myanmar is home to globally significant mangrove forests, which support numerous endangered species, and are vital to local economies and society. However, these forests are...
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The 4th state of environment report
The purpose of the 4th state of environment report is to summarize the current situation and environmental trends in the Kingdom of Cambodia, to further support the development...
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ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ သစ်တောအရင်းအမြစ်များကို အကဲဖြတ်ခြင်း (၂၀၁၅) - ကမ္ဘာ့သစ်တောများသည် မည်ကဲ့သို့ပြောင်းလဲနေသနည်း။ [၂၀၁၆]
စဉ်ဆက်မပြတ် စီမံခန့်ခွဲထားသော သစ်တောများသည် မရှိမဖြစ်လိုအပ်သော ကုန်စည်များနှင့် ဝန်ဆောင်မှုများကို ပေးစွမ်းနိုင်ပြီး ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသော ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်မှုတွင် အရေးကြီးသော ...
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Forest Cover Change in Southeast Asia - The Regional Pattern
This document provides an overview of the present pattern of forest change in Southeast Asia at a regional scale. Areas of forest change were identified and approximately...
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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,...
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Forest Cover Changes in Lao Tropical Forests: Physical and Socio-Economic Factors are the Most Important Drivers
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has been experiencing significant forest depletion since the 1980s, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the major causes and...
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Forest strategy until 2020 of Lao PDR.
Forest strategy until 2020 of Lao PDR.
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Forest monitoring designed for action
Discover the world’s forests through data Explore over 100 global and local data sets to learn about conservation, land use, forest communities, and much more. This page...
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Use Hansen high-res forest cover maps wisely, experts say
At a glance: New paper by Hansen et al., can visualize changes in forest cover at 30m resolution Can help country experts or researchers to better assess forest cover and...
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Keeping an Eye on SDG 15: Working with countries to measure indicators for forests and mountains
The brochure presents the three indicators under SDG 15, for which FAO is the custodian agency: 15.1.1-Forest area as a proportion of total land area, 15.2.1-Progress towards...
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Drivers Affecting Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): An Overview
The study had two main thrusts: 1. To assess the positive and negative drivers affecting forests in the GMS 2. To propose a regional action plan to tackle the negative drivers...
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FRA 2015: Terms and Definitions
FAO has been coordinating global forest resources assessments every five to ten years since 1946. The assessments have to a great extent contributed to the improvement of...
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Tropicl forest report
Most forests (84%) and other wooded lands (90%) worldwide are officially under public ownership. In the developing countries in Africa and Asia, forests are almost entirely...
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Lao Development Report 2014
Although recent media reports of a perceived “skills problem” in Lao PDR have spurred an in-tense focus on the role of the education sector in creating the right skills, this...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
In the 12 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous changes in nearly every aspect. These...
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Pattern of land cover change in the Lower Mekong Basin, the role of mesoscale approaches
A summary of 2006 PhD thesis about the role of mesoscale approaches in the pattern of land cover change in the Lower Mekong Basin. The author of the thesis seeks to generate a...