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    Realizing Forest Rights in Vietnam: Addressing Issues in Community Forest Management

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2011
    This document presents analysis of key issues relating to Community Forest Management (CFM) in Vietnam. CFM has emerged as an important mechanism for realizing multiple development goals.
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    Indigenous knowledge and climate change adaptation in the Peruvian Andes

    Latin American Platform on Climate, 2012
    Indigenous peoples have extensive knowledge of their local environment and this knowledge can be a valuable tool for climate change adaptation. Unfortunately, indigenous knowledge is rapidly being lost as a result of globalisation, migration and the continued marginalisation and impoverishment of indigenous peoples.
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    REDD+ Safeguards for Vietnam: Key Issues and the Way Forward

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
    This brief discusses Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) safeguards in the context of Vietnam and makes recommendations for future action. It begins by outlining the Vietnamese context and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defined REDD+ safeguards.
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    Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia

    2012
    This policy brief examines the role of forests for climate change adaptation in the region of Asia. It is organized into several sections. Firstly, anticipated changes to precipitation and temperature in Asia under a low and a high emissions scenario, between 2010 and 2039, are outlined.
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    Energy-smart food at FAO: an overview

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    This study on energy smart food production by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) stresses that agriculture's dependence on fossil fuels is undermining efforts to build a more sustainable world economy. It notes that world food production consumes 30 per cent of all available energy, most of which occurs after the food leaves the farm.
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    Development of a Gender Concept for the Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME) in Indonesia

    2011
    The Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME) is a collaborative initiative implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector and improve the livelihoods of Indonesia’s poor rural communities.
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    Support for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)

    2011
    The Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME) is a collaborative project implemented by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector and improve the livelihoods of Indonesia’s poor rural communities.
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    REDD Readiness Progress Fact Sheet

    Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2012
    This document details Vietnam’s progress in relation to Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Readiness; it was submitted to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), a World Bank programme that aims to assist developing countries with REDD+, during March 2012.
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    Trade and Climate Change Implications for Food Security in Mainland Southeast Asia

    2010
    This policy brief discusses the issue of food security in relation to trade and the anticipated impacts of climate change within Southeast Asia. It begins by contextualizing the debate before examining the manner in which trade, climate change and food security are interlinked within the Mekong region.
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    UN-REDD Viet Nam Programme: Piloting Participatory Carbon Monitoring

    2011
    This policy brief outlines participatory carbon monitoring (PCM) pilots in Viet Nam. Developing countries undertaking REDD+ activities will need to provide evidence of “results-based action” in order to receive payments for the reduction of carbon emissions or the enhancement of terrestrial carbon stocks.

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