Land degradation has been a major political issue in Java for decades. Its causes have generally been framed by narratives focussing on farmers’ unsustainable cultivation practices. This paper causally links land degradation with struggles over natural resources in Central Java. It presents a case study that was part of a research project combining remote sensing and political ecology to explore land use/cover change and its drivers in the catchment of the Segara Anakan lagoon.

The stories in this report illustrate the invaluable contributions being made by community members, pioneering government personnel and others who are actively participating in forest management – leading to improved livelihoods, and more equity and a fairer share of benefits. The stories highlight the challenges faced and opportunities created by people in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam who are promoting community forestry.

The high incidence of forest conflict in Southeast Asia underscores the need for conflict-transformation tools to maximize the positive impacts and reduce potential damage. Mediation is considered one of the most effective approaches in transforming conflict over natural resources. Mediation is often chosen when negotiation between conflict parties fails due to the complexity and intensity of the conflict and because of unequal negotiating power. It is also chosen when the judicial process is considered too complex and requires higher transaction costs.

เอกสารที่รวบรวมข้อมูลพื้นฐานของชุมชนตำบลแม่ทาไว้อย่างครบถ้วน เหมาะสำหรับผู้ที่สนใจทั่วไป

Multinational companies are increasingly promoted as peacebuilders. Major arguments in support of such a position emphasise both interest-based and norm/socialisation-based factors. This article uses research on large mining MNCs in eastern DRC – those that, arguably, should be most likely to build peace according to the above positions – to engage critically with the business for peace agenda. First it demonstrates the limited peacemaking, as well as active peacebuilding, activities in broader society that companies undertake.

Sudan experiences one of the most severe fissures between society and territory in Africa. Not only were its international borders redrawn when South Sudan separated in 2011, but conflicts continue to erupt over access to land: territorial claims are challenged by local and international actors; borders are contested; contracts governing the privatization of resources are contentious; and the legal entitlements to agricultural land are disputed.

Since 2004, the World Bank has provided continuous “investment climate advisory services” to Sierra Leone. Business reforms and Bank-piloted programs such as Sierra Leone Business Forum and the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency led to the World Bank classifying Sierra Leone among “the top 15 economies that improved their business regulatory environment the most” since 2005 and rank the country third in the regional “Protection of Investors” category.

เอกสารที่รวบรวมข้อมูลพื้นฐานของชุมชนบ้านท้ายเขาไว้อย่างครบถ้วน เหมาะสำหรับผู้ที่สนใจทั่วไป

เอกสารที่รวบรวมข้อมูลพื้นฐานของชุมชนบ้านทุ่งยาวไว้อย่างครบถ้วน เหมาะสำหรับผู้ที่สนใจทั่วไป

เอกสารที่รวบรวมข้อมูลพื้นฐานของชุมชนบ้านห้วยหินดำไว้อย่างครบถ้วน เหมาะสำหรับผู้ที่สนใจทั่วไป

เอกสารที่รวบรวมข้อมูลพื้นฐานของชุมชนตำบลป่าแดดไว้อย่างครบถ้วน เหมาะสำหรับผู้ที่สนใจทั่วไป