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    Tenure security and forest tenure reform in China

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
    This study assesses the determinants of forestland allocation to households in the forest tenure reforms in China in the period 1980-2005. It also examines the current level of tenure security on forestland and how this tenure security is affected by past and more recent policy changes.
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    Vital forest graphics: stopping the downswing?

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    This atlas focuses on a number of selected issues that are topical and important in terms of forests. The atlas examines changes in forest cover in various parts of the world over the last century. It also provides an analysis of the most salient features of the largest forest ecosystems, as well as the boreal forests.
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    ForestryNepal

    This website aims to facilitate online networking among Nepalese foresters, to provide a platform to share news and information on forestry sector of Nepal and to promote forest science among general
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    Whose forest tenure reform is it? Lessons from case studies in Vietnam

    Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    In Vietnam, forest area under the management of local people has expanded from almost nothing in the early 1990s to nearly 3.5 million hectares (27% of the national forest area) in 2006. This study looks at the extent to which such tenure reform has worked in practice and how it has affected local people’s livelihoods and well being. The study finds that:
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    Agroforestry options for Tanzania

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2009
    This policy brief analyses agroforestry as a tool for improving livelihood in Tanzania and tackling emerging local and global challenges. The paper argues that agroforestry creates a web of resilient land use practices that mitigate and adapt to climate change, halt land degradation and conserve on-farm biodiversity.
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    Challenges for a business case for high-biodiversity REDD projects and schemes

    EcoSecurities, 2009
    This report explores whether there is a business case for high-biodiversity REDD projects and schemes and how such a business case could be created or promoted. It was commissioned by the Secretariat of the CBD as part of its efforts to support Parties efforts to address reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries.
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    From exclusion to ownership? challenges and opportunities in advancing forest tenure reform

    The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2008
    In 2002, Forest Trends reported that in recent decades governments had begun to reduce their legal ownership and control of the world’s forests. This document evaluates whether this forest tenure transition continued in the 2002–2008 period, and assesses the implications of statutory forest tenure change for forest people, governments, and the global community.
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    Improving staple crop boosts women’s influence in northern Nigeria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Cowpea is a popular and widely used crop in West Africa. It is a staple food crop, a source of cash, used for feeding animals and also contributes to soil fertility. Agricultural programmes that aim to increase the low productivity levels of cowpea are bringing wider benefits.
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    REDD strategies for high carbon rural development

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2008
    Large areas of the humid tropics are like mosaics, combining features of forests and agriculture and housing hundreds of millions of people. Land uses that store high quantities of carbon, such as agroforestry and other tree-based systems, make up a large part of those mosaic areas.
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    Illegal logging: current issues and opportunities for SIDA/SENSA engagement in Southeast Asia

    Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This report provides an overview of the issues, root causes, and driving forces behind the crimes related to

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