The introduction of new high-yielding
varieties of cereals in the 1960s, known as the green
revolution. Changed dramatically the food supply I Asia, as
well as in other countries. The authors examine over an
extended period…
คู่มือ "การสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าและคาร์บอนอย่างง่าย" เล่มนี้ จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อเป็นสื่อกลางในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจให้กับชุมชนหรือผู้รับการฝึกอบรมเกี่ยวกับการสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าหรือการสำรวจทรัพยากรชีวภาพและการประเมินคาร์บอนอย่างง่ายในพื้นที่ป่าบก ท่ามกลางการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ…
This briefing paper is prepared as part of the advocacy of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) for the respect, protection and recognition of the human rights of indigenous women. In this paper, we focus on access to justice for indigenous women in Southeast Asia facing development-induced …
It has been proven time and again that integrating gender issues into forestry policies and practices by addressing women’s roles and needs is central to the sustainable management, conservation and governance of forests. In the Asia-Pacific region alone, there are about 450 million people who…
This provides an overview of the second Mekong Hydropower Forum held in Hanoi, November 13-15, 2013.
The series of studies discussed in this overview pull together updated information about large-scale land acquisitions in the region, with the aim of identifying trends, common threats, divergences and possible solutions. As well as summarising trends in investment, trade, crop development and…
An overview of the Asian Development Bank's Economic Cooperation program for the Greater Mekong Subregion, published in 2012.
Paper prepared by Roel R. Ravanera for the Asian
NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development (ANGOC) and Land Watch Asia
(LWA) examines progress in land reform in 8 countries n Asia.
This review, prepared for the Special Rapporteur to Brazil, Raquel Rolnik, seeks to present a summary of the issues involved in addressing tenure security and insecurity. The report discuses adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-…
The author argues that the democratic reform in Myanmar is rooted in profound internal and external factors. Since the beginning of the reform, the changes in Myanmar have taken tolls in a series of China’s existing interests inside the country. Economically, Chinese investments have come under…