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    Collective management of improved forage in Zhongdian County, Deqin, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest Yunnan, P.R. China

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2001
    This article discusses a logging ban in Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the opportunity this provides for animal husbandry.The article finds that:at present there are problems in improving animal husbandryOne of the most serious problems is the lack of forage to support increasing herd numbers and the subsequent degradation of grasslands due to over-grazing, expecially winte
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    Paper tiger, hidden dragons 2: APRIL fools - The forest destruction, social conflict and financial crisis of Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL), and the role of financial institutions and paper merchants

    Friends of the Earth, 2002
    Latest report from Friends of the Earth's Coporates Campaign looking at linkages between financial institutions, pulp and paper manufaturers and paper merchants in forest destruction. The report focuses on the activities of Asia Pacific Resources International Holding Ltd (APRIL) - one of the worlds largest pulp and paper companies - and their subsidiary operations in Sumatra.
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    State of the forest: Indonesia

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
    Joint report from Forest Watch Indonesia, World Resources Institute and Global Forest Watch. It provides a detailed analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia’s forests.
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    Decentralisation and Indonesian forestry sector

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
    With Indonesia's ongoing processes of decentralisation and regional autonomy significant degrees of authority over forest administration have now, for the first time, been transferred to the provincial and district governments.
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    Managing forests as common property

    Forestry Department, FAO, 1998
    This comprehensive study brings together available information about the role of common property as a system of governance and its current relevance to forest management and use.A review of indigenous common property systems that have disappeared or survived, together with an examination of the experiences of selected contemporary collective management programmes in different countries, reveals
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    Inclusive circles lost in exclusive cycles

    ActionAid International, 2002
    Based on experiences of staff and partner organisations in Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, Uganda and Vietnam, Action Aid has found that: the national, regional and district level PRS consultations have enabled a variety of voices and perspectives to be heard allowing for frank exchangethere is also frustration with three critical barriers in the comprehensive policy cycle that
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    Efficacy of removing natural forests from timber production as a strategy for conserving forests

    Forestry Department, FAO, 2000
    In light of several Asia Pacific nations imposing bans on logging of natural forests this study examines their experiences, assesses the impacts and outlines conditions necessary for the success of logging bans.The study found that bans had often been imposed suddenly as a response to disasters or crises resulting from past logging practices (eg. flooding or biodiversity loss).
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    Comparative study of the impacts of donor-initiated programmes on research capacity in the south

    Demanding Innovation: articulating policies for demand-led research and research capacity building in the South [seminar], 2001
    This paper examines Multi-annual, Multidisciplinary Research Programmes (MMRPs) instigated by the Netherlands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The MMRPs were developed in response to a perceived need for a shift in the key responsibilities in donor funded research (eg in agenda and priority setting,the conduct of the research and financial accounting) from the North to the South.
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    Combating trafficking [of women] in South-East Asia: a review of policy and programme responses

    International Organization for Migration, 2001
    At least 200-225,000 women and children from South-East Asia are trafficked annually, a figure representing nearly one-third of the global trafficking trade. Of the estimated 45-50,000 women and children estimated to be trafficked into the US each year, 30,000 are believed to come from South-East Asia.
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    Micro-finance strategy for pastoral risk management

    Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2001
    This study forms a preliminary study into the potential role of pastoral micro-finance within a pastoral risk management strategy in a Mongolian context.

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