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  1. Library Resource
    The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis

    Changing patterns, perceptions and politics of an Afghan community

    Reports & Research
    April, 2013
    Afghanistan

    ABSTRACED FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

    Kuchis, as nomads are now usually referred to in Afghanistan, occupy a peculiar place among Afghan communities. They constitute, like many nomadic communities in other countries, a particularly disadvantaged group with respect to many social indicators such as access to education, health or livelihood standards. Although many Kuchis are settling down, a growing and unregulated phenomenon taking place at the outskirts of the major Afghan cities, these indicators are still not improving.

  2. Library Resource
    GENDER TOOLKIT
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2013
    Global

    This toolkit aims to give civil society organizations the tools they need to address gender justice issues in their work. The toolkit contains sections on:


    1. Gender Concepts (terms, frameworks and key debates);
    2. Gender Action Links (topical briefings and action resources);
    3. Gender Tools (checklists, indicators and methodologies for gender analysis in specific sectors); and
    4. Gender Data (links to sex-disaggregated databases).
  3. Library Resource
    CEDAW Handbook COVER
    Manuals & Guidelines
    April, 2013
    Global

    This handbook is an introduction to the human rights of indigenous women. It provides some detail on the CEDAW as the only instrument specifically for women. It also provides a brief overview of the other available human rights mechanisms.

  4. Library Resource
    Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
    Reports & Research
    May, 2013
    Afghanistan

    This report looks at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2013
    Global, South-Eastern Asia

    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 Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The resulting booklets “Forests and Climate Change after Copenhagen,” “after Cancun” and “after Durban” were distributed widely and very well received.

  6. Library Resource
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2013
    Thailand

    คู่มือ "การสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าและคาร์บอนอย่างง่าย" เล่มนี้ จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อเป็นสื่อกลางในการสื่อสารเพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจให้กับชุมชนหรือผู้รับการฝึกอบรมเกี่ยวกับการสำรวจประเมินสภาพป่าหรือการสำรวจทรัพยากรชีวภาพและการประเมินคาร์บอนอย่างง่ายในพื้นที่ป่าบก ท่ามกลางการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ มาตรการในการแก้ไขบรรเทาผลกระทบที่เกิดขึ้น โดยชุมชนมีบทบาทสำคัญในการอนุรักษ์ป่าไม้ภายใต้รูปแบบของ "ป่าชุมชน" ซึ่งจะเป็นเครื่องมือที่พิสูจน์ให้เห็นว่า "ป่าชุมชน" สามารถลดการปลดปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจกและเพิ่มศักยภาพการเก็บกักคาร์บอนในต้นไม้ในพื้นที่ป่าได้

  7. Library Resource
    Property and Sovereignty: Legal and Cultural Perspectives
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2013
    Timor-Leste

    Discusses sovereignty from a range of perspectives, exploring both political and owner sovereignty. Covers a wide range of topics related to property rights, which will be of interest to those studying legal philosophy, property theory, international and comparative law, and political sociology.

  8. Library Resource
    REPORT OF THE NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO THE LAND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
    Reports & Research
    May, 2013
    Malaysia

    ABSTRACTED FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Since its establishment in 1999, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) has been dealing with allegations of violations to indigenous customary rights to land, many of which have not been resolved. SUHAKAM in 2010 therefore decided to conduct a National Inquiry into the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Inquiry) in Malaysia as it is of the view that the issue could not be resolved using piecemeal approaches or addressed on a case by case basis.

  9. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2013
    Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen, Northern Africa, Western Asia

    The goal of WLI is to improve the livelihoods of rural
    households and communities in areas where water
    scarcity, land degradation, water quality deterioration,
    food security and health problems are prevalent in eight
    participating countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
    Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. The main
    objective is to develop and pilot test integrated water and
    land management strategies.

  10. Library Resource
    CEPF Western Ghats Special Series : Amphibian communities in three different coffee plantation regimes in the Western Ghats, India cover image
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2013
    India

    In the highly populated and diverse tropics, conservation in relatively pristine habitats is important but clearly inadequate for sustaining the earth biological diversity. Agro-forestry systems such as shade-coffee plantations that incorporate arboreal vegetation are known to be more resilient for biodiversity conservation than other more drastic land transformations.

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