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The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organisations engaged in conservation, research and development. - Document
Climate change policies in the Asia-Pacific: re-uniting climate change and sustainable development
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008Based on strategic research carried out at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), this paper is a summary of current climate change policies in Asia-Pacific. It explains why it is necessary to integrate climate change and sustainable development in Asia and how this might be best achieved.DocumentCorruption and forest revenues in Papua
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008This paper notes that under a sustainable, well-managed, logging regime, Papua – the most densely forested part of Indonesia – can potentially contribute substantial forest revenues for socio-economic development. Yet, it remains the poorest region in the country, in part due to widespread corruption involving public and private actors.DocumentSeeing people through the trees: scaling up efforts to advance rights and address poverty, conflict and climate change
The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2008The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that few development interventions in forest areas have worked in favour of either the forest dwellers or the forests and that a new approach and urgent action is needed.DocumentHow to include terrestrial carbon in developing nations in the overall climate change solution
The Terrestrial Carbon Group, 2008This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial carbon and provides guiding principles for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change, which would support:DocumentTowards a global forest partnership: consultation, assessment and recommendations
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008This report presents the findings of an independent consultation carried out by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on the World Bank’s preliminary idea of a new global forest partnership.DocumentThe Great Green Wall initiative for the Sahara and the Sahel
Sahara and Sahel Observatory, 2008Desertification has had an acute impact in Africa, particularly in the Community of the Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), which is characterised by climate ranging from hyper-arid to dry sub-humid. The local communities and their livelihoods are heavily dependent on the increasingly fragile natural resources.DocumentThe Key Steps in establishing Participatory Forest Management: a field manual to guide practitioners in Ethiopia
Farm Africa, 2007Participatory Forest Management (PFM) describes systems in which communities (forest users and managers) and government services (forest departments) work together to define rights of forest resource use, identify and develop forest management responsibilities, and agree on how forest benefits will be shared.DocumentBiodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines.
Ecology and Society, 2008This paper assesses the tools and guidelines that have been developed to promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and the progress that has been made in Southeast Asia toward better logging practices. It specifically focuses on practices relevant to biodiversity issues.DocumentAccounting for the ecological dimension in participatory research and development: lessons learned from Indonesia and Madagascar
Ecology and Society, 2008At the interface of environmental and social issues, not enough is known about the links between policies, regionally important biophysical factors, local natural resource management sustainability,Pages