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Gender equality and food security

Women's empowerment as a tool agains hunger

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Asia, China, Cambodia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
hunger
climate change
local communities
women
Fonte: FAO
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Challenges and opportunities of recognizing and protecting customary tenure systems in Myanmar

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2019
Myanmar, Thailand
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
indigenous peoples' lands
customary land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
customary tenure
Indigenous Peoples
This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to recognizing and protecting customary tenure in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
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Challenges and opportunities of recognizing and protecting customary tenure systems in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Reports & Research
April, 2019
Laos
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
VGGT
land governance
land rights
community land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
land tenure systems
customary tenure
indigenous people's tenure
Indigenous Peoples
This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and opportunities related to the recognition of customary tenure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Customary tenure is understood to be the local rules, institutions and practices governing land, fisheries and forests that have, over time and use, gained social legitimacy and become embedded in the fabric of a society.
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Moving from information dissemination to community participation in forest landscapes

How development organizations in Asia and the Pacific are using participatory development communication approaches

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2017
Asia
Forest Tenure
development
rural development
community forestry
forest land
forest management plans
natural resources management
local communities
Traditionally, in the context of environment and natural resources management, many communication efforts have focused on the dissemination of technical information to end-users who were expected to adopt them. Development practitioners were trying to ‘push’ their products on communities in order to receive community commitment to their development initiatives.
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Agriculture land availability in Bangladesh

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Bangladesh
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
The research aim is to detect land cover changes of Bangladesh using satellite remote sensing technology. More specifically the research objectives are to a) quantify how the availability of agricultural land has evolved since independence; b) quantify how the availability and allocation of land to various uses has evolved at national and sub-national levels since independence; and c) quantify land lost and gained due to various factors.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2001
France, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Asia
natural resources management
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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People's Republic of China Forestry Outlook Study

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Equatorial Guinea, Brazil, United States of America, Chile, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Italy, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Russia, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
land improvement
Developments in China will have substantial impacts on forestry in the rest of the region. This wide-ranging country outlook study discusses a host of topics including prospects for China's afforestation/reforestation efforts, supply and demand for forest products and ecological services, key drivers of change, impacts of globalization, policy developments, and social objectives of forestry.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2005
Bangladesh, Switzerland, Belgium, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Seychelles, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Maldives, Norway, Kenya, Asia
natural resources management
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Nepal, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Japan, Turkey, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brazil, Netherlands, India, Finland, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Asia
natural resources management
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tigerpaper/Forest News

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Nepal, Fiji, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Japan, Mali, Germany, China, Indonesia, Brazil, Netherlands, India, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Asia
natural resources management
nature reserves
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and natural resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.