In a nation of 50 million people there are estimates that up to 1 million are Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). Despite the relatively recent use of the phrase internally displaced people in the context of Burma, there is evidence that the practices that lead to this displacement have been in place for a long period of time.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2003Myanmar
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2003Myanmar
A Briefing Document by Global Witness. October 2003...
Table of Contents... Recommendations...
Introduction...
Summary:
Natural Resources and Conflict in Burma;
SLORC/SPDC-controlled logging;
China-Burma relations and logging in Kachin State;
Thailand-Burma relations and logging in Karen State... -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Asia, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003Bangladesh, Philippines, Laos, China
By determining the capacity of relevant international, national and regional legislation to support sustainable use of water and land, planners, legislative drafters and policymakers have a basis for recommending legal and institutional reform. This report, based on an investigation into existing water- and land- management laws and issues in three countries in the region, offers a methodology that can be used for such evaluations.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMarch, 2003Turkey
The aim of this study was to develop an effective procedure for detecting land use/land cover (LU/LC) changes resulting from agricultural encroachment on eastern Mediterranean coastal dunes by using remote-sensing techniques. Historic LU/LC information was extracted from aerial photos taken in 1976 and IKONOS imagery was acquired in 2002 to determine the current LU/LC pattern. The remotely sensed aerial and satellite data were classified by integrating spectral information with measures of texture, in the form of statistics derived from the variance, co-occurrence matrix and variogram.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003South Africa, Australia, Japan, New Zealand
Il y a neuf mois à peine, la FAO, le GIEC, l’IUFRO et le CIFOR ont convenu de la première Rencontre d’experts sur l’harmonisation des définitions sur les forêts à l’usage des différentes parties prenantes. Pour commencer, son objectif était d’harmoniser les définitions sur les forêts en ne prenant pas seulement en considération les questions de changement climatique et d’évaluation des ressources forestières, mais aussi celles de conservation de la biodiversité et d’aménagement des forêts.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2004Egypt, Western Asia, Northern Africa
This paper highlights that fact that Egypt is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2004Bhutan, Southern Asia
Bhutan is a mountainous landlocked country with a varying climate and rich biodiversity. Despite significant economic progress being made over recent years Bhutan remains a least developed nation with constraints and vulnerabilities adversely affecting its capacity to cope with climate change.The authors recognise that Bhutan’s vulnerability is heightened by low economic strength, inadequate infrastructure, lack of institutional capacity and an agro-based rural economy. Impacts of climate change will have significant implications for the overall development of Bhutan.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2004Afghanistan
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