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Myanmar ready for climate change?

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Myanmar

...According to the 2016 Climate Risk Index, Myanmar is the second-most-vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change. Joern Kristensen, director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID), has experienced firsthand how new weather patterns are putting farmers under stress. His organisation runs a climate adaptation project in the highland areas of Nyaungshwe and Kalaw in Shan State. “What we can see there is, while precipitation has been more or less the same for the past 20 years, the rainy season has become shorter.

Arrêté du 9 février 2017 modifiant l'arrêté du 10 novembre 2016 fixant les régions concernées par les dispositions d'autorisation préalable au retournement ou de reconversion de prairies permanentes suite à la dégradation de leur ratio annuel de prairi...

Regulations
November, 2016
France

Le présent arrêté définit les régions concernées par les dispositions d'autorisation préalable au retournement ou de reconversion de prairies permanentes suite à la dégradation de leur ratio annuel de prairies permanentes relatives au paiement pour les pratiques agricoles bénéfiques pour le climat et l'environnement dit « paiement vert » prévu par la politique agricole commune.

Toward a Global Baseline of Carbon Storage in Collective Lands

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Global

The study’s findings offer the most compelling quantitative evidence to date of the unparalleled role that forest peoples have to play in climate change mitigation, reinforcing the critical importance of collective tenure security for the sustainable use and protection of the world’s tropical forests and the carbon they sequester.

The FIG Christchurch Declaration - Responding to Climate Change and Tenure Insecurity in Small Island Developing States

Manuals & Guidelines
Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2016
Global

This publication is the result of the workshop on “Responding to Climate Change and Tenure Insecurity in Small Island Developing States – The Role of Land Professionals” held in Christchurch, New Zealand 30 April – 1 May 2016 in connection with the FIG Working Week 2016. It includes a report of the seminar and a FIG Christchurch Declaration as the main outcome of the workshop.

They Spoke Truth to Power and Were Murdered in Cold Blood

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Global

The present report highlights the situation of environmental human rights defenders (EHDRs). In this report, I want to raise alarm about the increasing and intensifying violence against them. I am extremely appalled by the number of killings and attacks and the lack of response from States in front of such situation. I want to make recommendations to various stakeholders in order to reverse this worrying trend and to empower and protect those defenders, for the sake of our common environment and sustainable development.

Soil salinization and sodification

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

The front of the postcard provides a short description on Soil salinization and sodification (definition, cause, key facts) while the back gives the worldwide conditions and trends by region. The data given here is derived from information published in the Status of the World's Soil Resources report, released in December 2015.

The Report and the Technical Summary are available at the links below:

La salinisation et la sodification du sol

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

Une série de 9 cartes s’intéressant aux menaces principales pesant sur les sols ont été préparées dans le cadre de la Journée mondiale sur les sols 2016. Elles offrent une brève description sur la salinisation et la sodification du sol (définition, causes, les principaux faits) et illustre les conditions dans le monde entier et les tendances par région. Les données utilisées pour leur préparation sont tirées des informations publiées dans l'État des ressources du sol le rapport du Monde, publié en Décembre à 2015.

Contaminación del suelo

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

La parte delantera de la postal ofrece una breve descripción sobre la Contaminación del suelo (definición, causa, hechos clave), mientras que la parte posterior muestra las condiciones y tendencias mundiales por región. Estos datos se derivan de la información publicada en el informe del Estado Mundial del Recurso Suelo, publicado en diciembre de 2015.

Desequilibrio de nutrientes

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016

La parte delantera de la postal ofrece una breve descripción sobre el desequilibrio de nutrientes del suelo (definición, causa, hechos clave), mientras que la parte posterior muestra las condiciones y tendencias mundiales por región. Estos datos se derivan de la información publicada en el informe del Estado Mundial del Recurso Suelo, publicado en diciembre de 2015.