The spatial distribution of vegetation trends identified by time series analysis of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for the Mongolian grasslands was cross-referenced with the recently obtained land use/cover data and socioeconomic information in the geographic domain. Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) dataset with an 8-km resolution provided by the Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) of the United States were used to compute the vegetation trends.

คู่มือ "การสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าและคาร์บอนอย่างง่าย" เล่มนี้ จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อเป็นสื่อกลางในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจให้กับชุมชนหรือผู้รับการฝึกอบรมเกี่ยวกับการสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าหรือการสำรวจทรัพยากรชีวภาพและการประเมินคาร์บอนอย่างง่ายในพื้นที่ป่าบก ท่ามกลางการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ มาตรการในการแก้ไขบรรเทาผลกระทบที่เกิดขึ้น โดยชุมชนมีบทบาทสำคัญในการอนุรักษ์ป่าไม้ภายใต้รูปแบบของ "ป่าชุมชน" ซึ่งจะเป็นเครื่องมือที่พิสูจน์ให้เห็นว่า "ป่าชุมชน" สามารถลดการปลดปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจกและเพิ่มศักยภาพการเก็บกักคาร์บอนในต้นไม้ในพื้นที่ป่าได้

Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The resulting booklets “Forests and Climate Change after Copenhagen,” “after Cancun” and “after Durban” were distributed widely and very well received.

Future forest cover changes were simulated under the business-as-usual (BAU), pessimistic and optimistic scenarios using the Markov-cellular automata (MCA) model in Pakxeng district, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The Markov chain analysis was used to compute transition probabilities from satellite-derived forest cover maps (1993, 1996, 2000 and 2004), while the “weights of evidence” procedure was used to generate transition potential (suitability) maps.

Includes agriculture, pro-poor growth and rural livelihoods: debates, scales and guidelines; land, farm size and food security; supermarkets and contract farming; gender and agricultural growth; promoting agriculture in post-conflict states. A number of Topic Guides are being produced for DFID’s Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods Advisers.

Focuses on the reported social and environmental impacts of large-scale land transactions (LSLAs) in Africa, with a focus on West and Central Africa (WCA). Provides an analysis of 18 case studies that are among the best-documented LSLAs in terms of their impacts covering Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Impacts were classified into five groups: tenure, land governance process, economic and livelihood, human and sociocultural, environmental.

This research attempts to elucidate the beneficial role of the REDD+ mechanism in the mitigation of climate change, as well as justice-related issues to its implementation. It examines equity issues involved in climate change and carbon trading through the REDD+ mechanism. Addressing its shortcomings without entering into deeper debates about the legitimacy of the market system in which most of us operate.

This summary describes the work of the LADA (Land Degradation and Assessment in Dry Areas) project that identifies and describes geographical areas suffering from land degradation in the governorates of Tunisia. Through a comparative study of these areas, it identifies the failures and successes in national efforts to combat land degradation and, therefore, build local community capacity to resist climate change. It is intended for policymakers, donors and other partners and supporters.

This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in December 2012 by a community member describing events occurring in Hpa-an District, between November and December 2012. The report details the concerns of villagers in T'Nay Hsah Township, who have faced significant declines in their paddy harvest due to bug infestation. The community member also raises villagers' concerns regarding the cutting down of teak-like trees by developers, for the establishment of rubber plantations.

Esta tesis tiene como objetivo general estudiar el efecto de la transformación del paisaje, a través de los procesos poblacionales, productivos y la deforestación asociada a ellos, sobre los patrones estructurales del paisaje y proponer herramientas para la incorporación del enfoque ecológico en la planificación territorial. La deforestación es uno de los principales problemas ecológicos que enfrenta la humanidad, que causa la transformación de los territorios boscosos como producto del accionar del hombre.

This Order, made under section 5 of the Town and Country Planning Act, provides for a wide variety of matters regarding the administration and development of the Manchester Parish Development Area.

This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.