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Produção de carvão vegetal em Moçambique: impacto e opções políticas para à utilização sustentável das florestas

Reports & Research
Novembro, 2011
Moçambique

A produção e comercialização do carvão, contribui para as receitas rurais, impostos para o governo, bem como oportunidade de emprego para famílias rurais, transportadores e comerciantes. Através da produção e comercialização do carvão, os produtores e comerciantes obtêm benefícios monetários imediatos.

Forest Conflict in Asia and the Role of Collective Action in its Management

Reports & Research
Novembro, 2011
China
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia

Forest conflict in Asia is on the rise as various stakeholders have different views about and interests in the management of increasingly scarce resources. Unfortunately, in many instances, local communities and indigenous peoples suffer the most when such conflicts play out. Focusing on how rights (or a lack thereof) instigate conflict and how collective action plays a role in conflict management, this paper examines eight cases from six countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam.

Mapping For Rights Initiative

Websites
Novembro, 2011
Global

MappingForRights, an initiative of the Rainforest Foundation UK and local partners, enables forest communities themselves to demonstrate their presence in the forest; decision-makers and the private sector to take account of and recognise this presence; and to assist the international community in ensuring that programmes concerned with the Congo Basin’s forests provide equitable benefits for local communities.

Malaysia Economic Monitor, November 2011

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
Novembro, 2011
Malásia
Ásia Oriental
Oceânia

The Malaysian economy decelerated as solid domestic demand was not sufficient to offset a weakening external environment. Private consumption growth continued at a healthy pace. Favorable rubber and palm oil prices drove up incomes of smallholders while continued employment and wage growth supported urban incomes. In contrast, fixed investment was more volatile, with private investment showing signs of picking up while public investments lagged.

South Africa Economic Update, November 2011

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
Novembro, 2011
África do Sul
África austral
África

The global financial roller coaster, with the Euro zone as its lead car, has hit economic prospects across the globe. The South African economy, with its close links to the world economy, has suffered, too, resulting in weakened growth prospects, lower fiscal revenues, lower and more volatile valuation of the rand, and dampened external financing. This further compounds the policy challenges facing the authorities, on top of their preoccupation with unyielding unemployment, which requires higher and more inclusive economic growth.

Investing in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
Novembro, 2011

Reforestation measures for degraded lands, strategies for the sustainable management of forest resources, and agroforestry practices that incorporate trees into farming systems are increasingly demonstrating their promise for producing commercialized tree products. Although the level of investment so far has remained modest, the challenge is to find ways to scale up promising investments in a way that will have a clear impact at the landscape level.

Advocating for Sustainable Development in Burma (Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ)

Reports & Research
Novembro, 2011
Myanmar

ဤနိုးဆော်မှုများသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသော ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကဏ္ဍများတွင်ပါ၀င်မည့် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၊ တသီးပုဂ္ဂလများအတွက် အချက်အလက်ရင်းမြစ်များပင် ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤအချက်အလက် ရင်းမြစ်များသည် ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသောဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးအယူအဆ၊ မြန်မာ အစိုးရ၏ တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများနှင့် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန်ရှိသည့်အချက်အလက်များကိုဖော်ပြသည်။

Advocating for Sustainable Development in Burma (Shan)

Reports & Research
Novembro, 2011
Myanmar

... This is a resource for organisations and individuals advocating about sustainable development issues in Burma. This resource provides information about the concept of sustainable development and about the government of Burma’s commitments and responsibilities when it comes to sustainable development. Sustainable development is development that does not damage the environment or the country’s natural resources, and that meets people’s needs, including the needs of the most vulnerable communities. Sustainable development relates to many aspects of the natural world and of people’s lives.