This annual report highlights RECOFTC's key achievements for the 2011 and 2012 year.
Research was conducted in Alutilla Valley in eastern Bangladesh to identify the nature of existing agroforestry systems and to identify potential agroforestry models that could ameliorate currently degrading forest resources Data were collected through farmer participatory research and a…
This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases. The cases cover policy and strategy development (including where climate-smart objectives were not the initial…
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks and promoting sustainable management of forests in developing countries (REDD+) has been proposed as an effective mechanism to mitigate the impacts of climate change.…
An environmental health risk assessment was performed to describe the arsenic contamination in tube-well water and assess the health risks of people in Chuyen Ngoai commune, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province. A total of 150 households were included in the study and results showed that most of…
Ấn phẩm này biên được soạn làm tài liệu tham khảo cho các thúc đẩy viên các cấp, từ cấp trung ương tới cấp cộng đồng. Tài liệu giải thích một cách đơn giản nhất những thuật ngữ liên quan tới biến đổi khí hậu và Giảm phát thải do mất rừng và suy thoái rừng (REDD+) trong khuôn khổ dự án Tăng cường…
Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework…
This briefing paper is prepared as part of the advocacy of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) for the respect, protection and recognition of the human rights of indigenous women. In this paper, we focus on access to justice for indigenous women in Southeast Asia facing development-induced …
In many Asian countries, communities and smallholders are faced with barriers to exercising their tenure rights and to making a living from selling timber and other forest products. This study puts forward an effort to respond to the issue of restrictions, in the form of regulatory barriers, in…
It has been proven time and again that integrating gender issues into forestry policies and practices by addressing women’s roles and needs is central to the sustainable management, conservation and governance of forests. In the Asia-Pacific region alone, there are about 450 million people who…
The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities
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