A single word can describe the history of forest management in the region: conflict. Too often this happens because local people are excluded from decision-making and the benefits of forest management. REDD+ is a proposed mechanism to make forests more valuable standing than destroyed. This media brief looks at the reasons for forest conflict and how REDD+ could impact this contested terrain.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2010Asia du sud-est
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2010Asia du sud-est
Forests in Asia-Pacific are under threat. That's not a new story, though it becomes more important with every lost hectare and every family denied their means of survival. The big new question that journalists should be asking themselves, and their sources, is what climate change means for the forests of the region and the people who depend on them. This media brief provides an overview of REDD+ and things to watch as efforts to protect forests in the name of carbon gather momentum.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresaoût, 2010Mexique
Incentive-based programs to reduce deforestation are expected to play an increasinglyimportant role in global efforts to protect ecosystems and sequester carbon but theirenvironmental effectiveness is not clear. We investigate program effectiveness and slippage in the context of Mexico's national payments for hydrological services program, which pays private and communal landowners to maintain forest cover on enrolled lands. To measure program impacts, we use matched controls drawn from the program applicant pool to establish counterfactual deforestation rates in the absence of payments.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2010Global
This information brief describes the importance of dryland agricultural biodiversity, outlines the threats facing it, and points to the key role that local people play in conserving it.
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Livestock and Wildlife in the Southern Gobi Region, with Special Attention to Wild Ass
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementDocuments de politique et mémoiresaoût, 2010Mongolie, Asie orientale, OcéanieThe purpose of this report is to examine development trends in the Southern Gobi Region (SGR) as they affect livestock and wildlife. It provides an overview of the environment and natural resources of the region, discusses existing relationships and interactions among humans, livestock, large herbivore wildlife, and the natural resources on which they are dependent. It then explores the impact that economic development of the region is likely to have if that development does not consider the needs of the current users.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresaoût, 2010
In the decade leading to the recent commodity boom, which peaked in 2007-08, several resource-rich, low-income countries displayed high rates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth while social indicators did not improve significantly. It is well known that, in itself, the widely tracked GDP may not be the most relevant summary of aggregate economic performance in all places at all times.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresaoût, 2010Tunisie
Problems of unsustainable watershed use in the Mediterranean areas (overgrazing, forest degradation and clearing, soil erosion, fires, etc.) often result from the reduced profitability of traditional land use systems, lack of clearly defined property rights, insufficient enforcement of existing rules, and lack of adequate economic instruments.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresaoût, 2010
Analyses the economics of alternative land-use allocations for a forested area that ensure a targeted viable population of a forest-dependent species, such as the orangutan.
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A study guide series on peace and conflict for independent learners and classroom instructors
Documents de politique et mémoiresRessources et Outils d'entraînementseptembre, 2010GlobalThe international system has witnessed dramatic changes in the recent past. Questions relating to how and when ordinary citizens can stand against oppression, injustice, and abuse without resorting to violence challenge all of us to rethink our understanding of international peace and conflict. As academicians, educators, practitioners, private citizens, and students, what is our role in this increasingly complex global picture? What can we do to nurture and preserve international security and world peace?
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2010Amérique latine et Caraïbes
* Xavier Albó
Xavier Albó lleva más de cuarenta años trabajando en desarrollo rural y derechos indígenas en Bolivia. En esta entrevista el antropólogo indaga, precisa y reflexiona sobre los principales conceptos vinculados a la agricultura familiar.
Pregunta (P): ¿Cómo abordar conceptos complejos y relacionados respecto a campesino, indígena - originario y pequeño productor?
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