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  1. Library Resource
    Critical Review of Selcted Forest-Related Regulatory Initiatives

    Applying a Rights Perspective

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2011
    Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, India

    This report brings together four studies that evaluate regulatory initiatives with implications for forest-dependent communities from a rights-based perspective. These are: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 – India; Regulatory initiatives and selected outcomes of judicial processes in Malaysia; The Community Forest Act (2007) – Thailand; and The Indigenous People’s Rights Act (1997) – Philippines. Each study covers law making, content and implementation.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2010
    Panama

    El cambio climático representa una seria amenaza para las sociedades centroamericanas por sus múltiples impactos previstos en la población y en los sectores productivos. En términos fiscales constituye un pasivo público contingente que afectará las finanzas públicas de los gobiernos por varias generaciones. Se estima que para 2030 Centroamérica aún producirá menos de 0,5% de las emisiones de los gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) del planeta1 , pero al mismo tiempo ya es una de las regiones más vulnerables ante los embates del cambio climático.

  3. Library Resource
    Le lac Tchad et N’Djaména une relation porteuse de développement ?
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2010
    Chad

    Les sécheresses des années 1970-1980 et le réchauffement climatique attirent l’attention médiatique sur les risques de disparition du lac Tchad. Alors que la plupart des avis scientifiques contestent cette vision pessimiste, nous proposons ici d’étudier la dynamique des relations entre N’Djaména, capitale sahélienne de plus d’un million

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2010
    Tajikistan

    This paper looks at how recent economic and legal changes have affected pasture management and property rights in Tajikistan. Firstly, current trends in livestock numbers and mobility are compared with those of the Soviet period. Secondly, the impact of current land legislation is investigated using 2007 field data from two sites in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of the country. We describe the extent to which pasture at these sites is under private, community or state control and discuss the implications for sustainable management of this resource.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Mali

    Does climate change drive conflict over land use in Mali?

    This study investigates the alleged relationship between climate change and conflicts, using the Inland Delta of the Niger River in Mali as a case study, where this region is an African hotspot area in terms of land use conflicts.

    The author emphasises that, despite the clear climate developments in the region throughout the last century, researchers are much less sure about future changes. Moreover, the paper finds that:

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    Bhutan

    Given its seemingly beneficial aspects to socioeconomic development and environmental well-being, the legislative reforms initiated under the Land Act of Bhutan, 2007 have raised so much consternation as well as hope in the minds of the Bhutanese people who either depend on livestock husbandry or leasing out such rights to others with livestock and compensated with payment in cash or kind in the form of livestock products.

  7. Library Resource
    papua new guinea strategic plan
    Reports & Research
    March, 2010
    Papua New Guinea

    Guided by the directives and goals of the National Constitution, the Papua New Guinea Development Strategic Plan (PNGDSP) elaborates how PNG can become a prosperous, middle income country by 2030. The directives and goals of the Constitution form the broad objectives of Papua New Guinea‟s Development Strategic Plan in the following ways.

  8. Library Resource
    Ministerial Policy Statement For Lands, Housing and Urban Development

    VOTE 012 & 156 FY 2010/11

    Legislation & Policies
    Regulations
    June, 2010
    Uganda

    The Ministerial Policy Statement is structured by Vote, as follows:

    • Vote Overview

    This section sets out past performance and future plans for Central and Local Government Votes in more detail. It is structured as follows for each Vote: A Vote Overview sets out key details of the vote, including past performance, future plans and key performance issues to be addressed including costing implications.

    • Vote Annexes

  9. Library Resource
    Eroding Rivers, Eroding Livelihoods in Bangladesh
    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh is the most densely populated country in the world. Its 144,000 square kilometres are home to an estimated 150 million people. About 45 percent (2004) of them live below the national poverty line and around 36 percent are living on US$ 1 per day. Agriculture contributes largely to the national economy, with 60 percent of employment provided by the agricultural sector (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) in 1995/6. Rural poverty is highest but urban poverty is growing.

  10. Library Resource
    The vegetation of Singapore

    an updated map

    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2011
    Singapore

    The primeval vegetation of Singapore was largely lowland dipterocarp forest, with mangrove forest lining much of the coast and freshwater swamp forest found further inland adjacent to the streams and rivers. After colonization by the British in 1819, almost all the primeval vegetation was cleared for agriculture and other land uses. The most comprehensive vegetation map of Singapore was made in the 1970s and has not been updated since. Here we present an updated vegetation map of Singapore using information from satellite images, published works, and extensive ground-truthing.

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