Publications and contents by thematic area

People, forests & climate change

Grassroots facilitators as agents of change for promoting sustainable forest management: Lessons learned from REDD+ capacity development in Asia

November 2016
This journal article discusses the importance of empowering grassroots community to facilitate the sharing of climate change and REDD+ related information,...
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Grassroots concerns and issues regarding REDD+ in Nepal

October 2016
REDD+ scheme is primarily aimed at national governments and local forest managers to reduce emissions by conserving forests; at the same time, increasing...
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Forest Tenure in Asia: Status and Trends

September 2017
This assessment builds on existing data and analysis from two prior publications: From Exclusion to Ownership, which was published by the Rights and Resources...
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Case study: Overcoming the implementation gap of tenure rights to commons through a multi-tiered and holistic capacity development approach for community-based forest management

February 2017
This case study by RECOFTC appears in a new FAO publication 'Governing Tenure Rights to Commons: A guide to support the implementation of the Voluntary...
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Transforming forest landscape conflicts: the promises and perils of global forest management initiatives such as REDD+

April 2018
Implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is designed to relieve pressure on tropical forests, however, many are...
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Conflict in REDD+: An analysis of sources of conflict based on case studies from South and Southeast Asia

May 2016
Based on empirical case studies in four countries in South (Nepal) and Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam), this issue paper examines how REDD+ can...
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Stabilizing and Rebuilding Myanmar’s Working Forests: Multiple Stakeholders and Multiple Choices- Summary Document

May 2018
Myanmar is one of the most biologically diverse and ecologically productive nations on Earth. Its forests support the livelihoods of more than 36 million...
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Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: agricultural tractors

December 2015
Agricultural tractors with attached winches, grapple tongues and log trailers with cranes are the key machines for small-scale forestry work in developed...
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