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THE AMAZON'S VICIOUS CYCLES: DROUGHT AND FIRE IN THE GREENHOUSE
(WWF, December 2007)
Written by Daniel Nepstad, this report points to a vicious cycle of
climate change and deforestation that could wipe out or severely damage
nearly 60% of the Amazon forest by 2030. Nepstad states that ongoing
deforestation caused by agriculture and livestock expansion, fire,
drought and logging releases carbon into the atmosphere and destabilizes
the global climate, which in turn could cause rainfall in the region to
decline and result in further forest damage due to drought. The
report.
ILLEGAL
LOGGING AND RELATED TRADE: MEASURING THE GLOBAL RESPONSE
(Chatham House, December 2007)
Written by Sam Lawson, this report explores a methodology for measuring
the extent of activity to combat illegal logging, using indicators for
awareness, government and private sector policy development and
implementation, and actual levels of illegal logging and trade. The
report.
REDUCED
EMISSIONS FROM AVOIDED DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION (REDD) AND FOREST
GOVERNANCE
(Chatham House and ProForest, December 2007)
Written by Jade Saunders and Ruth Nussbaum, this briefing paper outlines
governance challenges facing the inclusion of REDD in a post-Kyoto
mechanism, suggesting lessons from Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
and Related Trade processes. The
paper.
TOWARDS WELLBEING IN FOREST COMMUNITIES – A SOURCEBOOK FOR LOCAL
GOVERNANCE
(Center for International Forestry Research, 2007)
This sourcebook defines concepts of wellbeing and poverty and provides
four tools (interactive mapping, a local wellbeing monitoring system,
evaluating local government programs through community focus groups, and
scenario-based planning) that will help local governments identify and
collect relevant data, address challenges, and implement policies that
will have positive impacts on poverty and wellbeing. The
sourcebook.
STATE OF
EUROPE'S FORESTS – 2007
(Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, UN
Food and Agriculture Organization and UN Economic Commission for Europe,
2007)
This report on the status of sustainable forest management (SFM) in
Europe concludes, inter alia, that Europe is moving towards SFM,
and that indicators of SFM are working, though a few countries have not
given sufficient policy priority to monitoring forests and some possess
weak forest sector institutions. The
report.
ARBORVITAE –
THE IUCN/WWF FOREST CONSERVATION NEWSLETTER
(WWF/IUCN, October 2007)
The latest issue of this newsletter focuses on forests and climate
change, including: the role of protected areas; the Forest Carbon
Partnership Facility; expectations from the UNFCCC meeting in Bali and
beyond; and climate change and forest livelihoods. The
newsletter (Issue 34).
FOREST
RESOURCES AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL REGIONS OF NAMIBIA
(IIED, 2007)
This paper, authored by James MacGregor, Charles Palmer and Jonathan
Barnes, reports on results from a household survey of forest resources
use in the north-central regions of Namibia, focusing on the four
relatively densely settled rural areas, which also include several small
rapidly developing urban nodes. It addresses the policy concern that
both poverty and economic development are driving over-utilisation of
forest resources. The
paper.
IUFRO NEWS
(IUFRO, October 2007)
The latest newsletter of the International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO) reports on measures for the inclusion of social
and cultural values in forest management, needed conservation actions
for the Norway spruce, and multi-scale influences on forest insects. The
Newsletter (Vol. 36, Issue 10).
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT NEGOTIATOR'S HANDBOOK
(University of Joensuu, 2007)
Environment Canada, the UN Environment Programme and Joensuu University
(Finland) produced the second edition of this Handbook. Is contains key
technical information and common sense advice for negotiators. The
Handbook.
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION
AND DEVELOPMENT
(UN,
October 2007)
The summary report of the First
Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, held in July
2007 and sponsored by the Government of Belgium, is now available.
According to the report, the Forum has established a new approach to
migration by bringing the debate closer to development issues; paved the
way to a long-term vision recognizing the benefits to origin and
destination countries and their shared responsibilities; provided a
platform for the exchange of experiences, innovations and good
practices; and consolidated a system of focal points across countries to
strengthen coherence and better communication. The
report (A/C.2/62/2).
GLOBAL SURVEY OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
(UN,
September 2007)
The
Global Survey of Early Warning Systems, issued by the
Secretary-General's Office, recommends the development of a globally
comprehensive early warning system, rooted in existing early warning
systems and capacities. The report (A/62/340).
DISTINGUISHING COMMUNITY FOREST PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET
(International Institute of Environment and Development, October
2007)
This report of an international workshop (1 October 2007, Edinburgh, UK)
on distinguishing community forest products in the market discusses
possible system options for a mechanism involving the Forest Stewardship
Council and the Fair Trade Labeling Organizations. The
report.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP ON GROUNDWATER
MODELLING IN ARID AND SEMI ARID AREAS
(UNESCO, 2007)
This publication comprises course materials from the G-WADI Training
Workshop on Groundwater Modelling, held from 11-15 June 2007, in Lanzhou,
China. The
Conclusions.
MOTHER EARTH: WOMEN
AND SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
(UNDP, August 2007)
This publication, based on a review of the portfolio of UNDP-GEF
projects, provides guidance on mainstreaming gender considerations into
sustainable land management and provides examples of women's
participation in new sustainable agricultural practices. The
book.
FOREST GOVERNANCE LEARNING GROUP UPDATE
(FGLG, September 2007)
This update describes the priorities and impacts of the forest
governance learning group (FGLG) over the past year, including
developing an influential small forestry enterprise strategy in South
Africa, re-orienting debate about charcoal production in Malawi, and
advocacy work in Uganda to fight the alienation of forest reserves. The
Update.
2006 SURVEY ON MONITORING
THE PARIS DECLARATION
(OECD, 2007)
This report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) assesses the effectiveness of aid at helping developing countries
eradicate poverty. The report presents the results of a survey conducted
in 34 developing countries and in 55 donor countries. It points to major
areas that must be addressed if countries and donors are to accelerate
progress on achieving the Paris Declaration. The
overview survey
and
country chapters.
AGROFUELS IN AFRICA - THE IMPACTS ON LAND, FOOD
AND FORESTS
(African Biodiversity Network, 2007)
This report looks at case studies in Benin, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia,
as well as trends elsewhere in Africa. The report indicates that big
companies are seeking to convert large areas of Africa's best land over
to biofuel production, even if this means privatising customary land,
evicting farmers, raising food prices, competing for water resources,
and cutting down forests and conservation areas. The
report.
SAVING AFRICA'S SOILS: SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED SOIL MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA
(World Agroforestry Centre, 2007)
This report, edited by MJ Swift and KD Shepherd, was commissioned by the
NEPAD Office of Science and Technology to
to identify specific scientific and technological ways to improve soil
fertility and soil management in Africa. It examines the scientific and
technological requirements for redressing these failures and for
scaling up the widespread adoption of the use of soil management
practices to conquer both the yield gap and environmental damage, and
addresses the necessary scientific and technical capacity required to
achieve this. The
report.
SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FOR IMPROVING SOIL FERTILITY AND
MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA: A REPORT FOR THE NEPAD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FORUM
(World Agroforestry Centre, 2007)
This report presents the current state of soil science research in
Africa and identifies a way forward. The
report.
HEARING A
DIFFERENT DRUMMER: A PARADIGM FOR THE "KEEPERS OF THE FOREST"
(IIED, July 2007)
Based on research in the Kham region of south-western China,
this book explores the crisis of extinction facing indigenous knowledge
systems, biodiversity and cultural diversity worldwide. It introduces
ERA (the endogenous realization of aspirations), to enhance well-being
and biocultural diversity by building on local or endogenous ambitions
and dreams. The author offers practical methods and policy
recommendations for incorporating this approach more widely into
development practice within local forest concepts and values. The
book.
UNFF
NEWSLETTER
(UNFF, April-July 2007)
The latest newsletter from the Secretariat of the UN Forum on Forests
(UNFF) addresses, inter alia, the Secretariat's preparation for
the eighth UNFF session, to be held in 2009, the outcomes of the seventh
session, which convened earlier this year, and other forest-related
meetings that have recently taken place. The
Newsletter.
FOREST
EUROPE – THE MCPFE NEWSLETTER OF THE LIAISON UNIT WARSAW
(MCPFE, August 2007)
The latest Newsletter of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of
Forests in Europe (MCPFE) addresses the MCPFE's latest contributions to
the upcoming Pan-European Forest Week 2008, continuing work on
guidelines for afforestation and reforestation in the context of the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the EU ad hoc working
group on valuation and compensation methods for non-wood forest goods
and services, which met in Brussels on 28 June 2007. The
Newsletter (July/August 2007).
TROPICAL FOREST UPDATE
(ITTO, August 2007)
The latest edition of this quarterly newsletter from the International
Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) includes articles on tropical wood
markets in the US, model forest experiences in Cameroon, forest
rehabilitation in Brazil, and the next ITTO Executive Director Emmanuel
Ze Meka's vision for the organization. The
Newseltter (2007 No.2).
COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST ENTERPRISES IN TROPICAL FOREST COUNTRIES: STATUS
AND POTENTIAL
(Rights and Resources Initiative, 2007)
Written by Augusta Molnar, Megan Liddle, Carina Bracer, Arvind Khare,
Andy White and Justin Bull, this study identifies shared trends for the
emergence and development of community forest enterprises in a range of
different tropical countries. The
study.
ILLEGAL
LOGGING
(Chatham House, July 2007)
Written by Duncan Brack, this report reviews the impact and scale of
illegal logging and examines the measures taken by consumer countries.
The
report.
CONTROLLING ILLEGAL LOGGING: LESSONS FROM THE US LACEY ACT
(Chatham House, July 2007)
Written by Duncan Brack, this paper discusses the relevance of lessons
learned from the US Lacey Act (an act which makes it illegal to import,
sell or possess, fish or wildlife produced illegally in foreign
countries) to the current debate in the EU around controlling imports of
illegal timber. The
paper.
FOREST LAW
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES THROUGH
LEGAL REFORM
(World Bank, 2007)
Written by Patrice Talla Takoukam, Jonathan M. Lindsay, Charles Di Leva
and Lawrence Christy, this study is intended to be a systematic and
practical guide to the basic features of modern forestry legislation.
The
book.
BASELINES AND LEAKAGE IN CARBON MITIGATION FORESTRY PROJECTS
(IES, 2007)
This series of case studies from International Energy Studies (IES)
experiment with a range of approaches for setting baselines and
estimating leakage in projects in Asia and Latin America. The
case studies.
LAND REGISTRATION IN MALI: NO LAND OWNERSHIP FOR
FARMERS?
(IIED, 2007)
Dryland Issue Paper 146 addresses registration of land
rights in Mali, which is a recurring theme in the debate on land policy
in Africa. Several legal mechanisms have been put in place with the aim
of making the procedure of registration and land titling more
transparent. However, on the ground the process has produced many
transformations which raises the question of the efficiency of these
procedures. This paper examines the procedures for accessing land
ownership through titling and shows its limits. The
issue paper (available in French and English).
TREES ARE OUR BACKBONE: INTEGRATING
ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TIGRAY REGION OF ETHIOPIA
(IIED, 2007)
Dryland Issue Paper 147 examines the
policies and practices of the Ethiopian and Tigray Governments in
response to environmental issues in the framework of development, and
compares them with endogenous efforts to address these same issues. The
paper takes a closer look at some good local practices in environmental
management, and extracts lessons that could guide environmental policy
and its application in Tigray Region. The
issue paper
(available in French and English).
EMERGING OR ILLUSORY?
COMMUNITY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN TANZANIA
(IIED, 2007)
Dryland Issue Paper 148, authored by Fred Nelson,
examines how the highly contested terrain of community wildlife
management (CWM) needs to be approached as part of a broader social
process of building local rights and access to resources through
institutional reforms, rather than as a project-based or technical
assistance strategy with short time horizons. It also provides
suggestions for how practitioners in Tanzania and elsewhere might foster
more effective and adaptive CWM approaches in light of these outcomes
and experiences. The
issue paper (available in French and English).
HARAMATA: BULLETIN OF THE
DRYLANDS
(IIED, 2007)
The 51st issue of Haramata looks at the debate on
desertification, with four targets for better results. It also considers
how East Africa urgently needs a framework for customary law, and
reports on how "good governance" can be a bad idea, with an example from
Namibia.
Haramata 51 (available in French and English).
RUSSIAN LOGS IN CHINA: THE SOFTWOOD
COMMODITY CHAIN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA
(Forest Trends, Rights and Resources and Beijing Forestry University,
2007)
Written by Song Weiming, Cheng Baodong, Zhang Shengdong and Meng
Xianggang, this paper surveys the length of the Russian softwood log
commodity chain within China. The
paper.
THE ECONOMICS OF ARMENIA'S FOREST
INDUSTRY
(Economics and Values Research Center, June 2007)
Written by Manuk Hergnyan, Sevak Hovhannisyan, Sona Grgoryan and Hovik
Sayadyan, this study provides a perspective on illegal logging in
Armenia and describes how illegal logging is intertwined with the wood
processing industry and livelihoods. The
paper.
Re-thinking policies to cope with desertification
(UNU, June 2007)
This report indicates
that desertification and degradation of land, caused in large part by
climate change, will provoke an environmental crisis of global
proportions, massive migration, and political instability in parts of
Africa and Central Asia. However, the report also suggests that dry
marginal lands can be partly restored and used as carbon traps, helping
to absorb emissions from the developed world and also creating a
livelihood for the poor. The
report.
SUDAN
POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
(UNEP, June 2007)
This assessment report produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
argues that environmental degradation is among the root causes of
decades of social strife and conflict in Sudan. Investment in
environmental management will be a vital part of the peace building
effort, says the report, noting that the most serious concerns are land
degradation, desertification and deforestation. The
assessment report.
DESERTIFICATION: ALL
ABOUT DESERTIFICATION AND POVERTY
(Willem van Cotthem, 2007)
This blog offers media stories and other resources on desertification.
It is assembled by Willem van Cotthem, a Belgian-national who has been
involved with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification process for
many years, and replaces his "People for Action" network, which provided
an email newsletter on desertification news. The
blog.
FSC NEWS AND NOTES
(FSC, June 2007)
Volume 5, Issue 4 of the Forest Stewardship Council's newsletter
highlights some of FSC's activities from around the globe, including
current FSC public consultations and the recent FSC forest management
certification for about 2,400 hectares of forestland that the city of
Prague owns and manages. The
newsletter.
ANNUAL REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF THE
WORLD TIMBER SITUATION 2006
(ITTO, 2007)
The International Tropical Timber Organization released their annual
report providing data and forecasts on production and trade of tropical
forest products and the state of tropical forests in ITTO member
countries. The
report.
DESERT VOICES
(Panos London, 2007)
This online collection of oral testimonies was
published for World Day to Combat
Desertification, 17 June. It highlights desertification's wide-ranging
consequences, from migration in search of employment and increased
conflict over resources, to changes in traditions and in women's roles.
The
website.
GUIDEBOOK TO MARKETS AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF FORESTRY CDM PROJECTS
(CATIE, 2007)
This guidebook, published by the Tropical Agricultural Research and
Higher Education Center (CATIE), aims to provide information to project
developers on markets and commercialization of Certified Emission
Reductions (CERs) from forestry projects, by means of outlining the
development stages of a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) forestry
project, the specific characteristics of forestry CERs and the demand
for this type of credits. The
guidebook.
SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES FOR MOUNTAIN FOREST HARVESTING
(IUFRO, 2007)
The latest in a series of scientific summaries from the International
Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) focuses on sustainable
harvesting of mountain forests, and meeting the demand for wood products
while maintaining the forests' scenic and productive values.
Scientific Summary No. 32.
FORESTRY, GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A
LOGGING BOOM IN SOUTHERN TANZANIA
(TRAFFIC International, 2007)
This report, which was authored by Simon Milledge, Ised Gelvas and Antje
Ahrends, states that millions of dollars worth of timber revenue is
being lost each year in Tanzania because of poor governance and rampant
corruption in the forestry sector.
The report.
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT THROUGH TRADE: EXAMINING THE
LINKAGES BETWEEN TRADE, LIVELIHOODS AND SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN
DEGRADED AREAS
(ICTSD and GM, 2007)
This paper is the result of desk research and discussions held during
the exploratory dialogue on building an enabling environment for
increasing investment in sustainable land management (SLM) through
market access and trade, held in Geneva in February 2007. The paper
identifies: direct and indirect linkages between trade policies and
rules, SLM and livelihoods in arid areas, focusing on agricultural
trade; the potential of alternative livelihoods to enhance sustainable
use of land and natural resources by looking at the case of natural
products; and relevant policy instruments, mechanisms and tools for
enhancing SLM through trade. The
paper.
GLOBAL DESERTIFICATION: BUILDING A SCIENCE FOR
DRYLAND DEVELOPMENT
(Science, May
2007)
This article,
authored by James F. Reynolds et al., reviews lessons about dryland
ecosystems and introduces a new synthetic framework, the Drylands
Development Paradigm (DDP), which seeks to address the complexity of
desertification and dryland development and identify and synthesize
factors that are important to the research, management and policy
communities. Access through
SciDev.Net's review of the article.
FOREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT, GOVERNANCE AND TRADE: GUIDELINES FOR INDEPENDENT MONITORING
(illegal-logging.info, 2007)
The seventh Briefing Note in the 2007 Series provides a background to
the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) process and
addresses guidelines for third party monitoring, and key elements of the
International Standard Organization. The
briefing note.
ARBORVITAE ISSUE 33
(IUCN and WWF, May 2007)
This IUCN - the World Conservation Union/ WWF Newsletter focuses on
Forests and Trade, looking at the current trends in international and
domestic forest trade in timber and non-timber forest products and at
the impacts of these trends on forest conservation worldwide. The
issue.
TREES, POVERTY AND TARGETS: FORESTS AND THE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(IIED, April
2007)
This brief,
written by James Mayers, focuses on the need to recognize the value of
sustainably managed forests in securing human well-being. It asks where
the forests and trees are in the MDGs, and suggests that the eight goals
and 18 targets have missed the issue. The author provides evidence on
how forest resources contribute to poverty reduction, serving as
subsistence safety nets or low income gap fillers. The
brief.
PEOPLE, FORESTS AND TREES IN WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA: OUTLOOK FOR 2020
(FAO, 2007)
Released by the Near East Regional Office of the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), this forestry outlook study highlights the low
forest cover and high state of degradation of vegetation in the West and
Central Asia region. The report points to the need for policy and
institutional changes, and regional cooperation to address common
issues. The
report.
BACKGROUND PAPER ON MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION
(PROFOR, April 2007)
This paper on means of implementation, written by a team of independent
experts (Hosny El-Lakany, Michael Jenkins, and Michael Richards)
commissioned by the World Bank's Program on Forests (PROFOR), serves as
background information for discussions at the seventh session of the UN
Forum on Forests (UNFF-7). The paper reviews current and emerging
financial instruments or "financial architecture" for forestry and
discusses the range of financial or incentive instruments that can
respond to UNFF objectives. It also discusses the possibility of
establishing a Forest Financing Mechanism. The
paper.
SMARTWOOD STANDARDS FOR
VERIFICATION OF LEGALITY AND ORIGIN
(SmartWood, April 2007)
The Rainforest Alliance Smartwood program has developed drafts of
standards to address verification of legal origin and of legal
compliance. The consultation drafts are available for review.
Verification of legal origin;
Verification of legal compliance.
CARVING UP THE CONGO
(Greenpeace, April 2007)
This report argues that international logging companies are causing
social chaos and wreaking environmental havoc in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo.
Executive Summary.
STATE OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS 2007
(FAO, 2007)
The FAO's biennial State of the World's Forests series offers a
global perspective on the forest sector, including its environmental,
economic and social dimensions. This edition examines progress towards
sustainable forest management. The
report.
NATURE-BASED TOURISM – FROM TIMBER PRODUCTION TO NEW PRODUCTS
(IUFRO, 2007)
The latest Scientific Summary from the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO) discusses the increasing importance of
social functions of forests, like recreation and tourism, and proposes
the establishment of an IUFRO Task Force to evaluate and discuss the
current relevance of ecotourism.
Scientific Summary No. 30.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL LOGGING
(UK Department for International Development (DFID), 2006)
This document outlines the UK's response to a web-based consultation
opened by the European Commission on the subject of illegally-produced
timber finding its way on to European markets. The document outlines a
preference for legislation that would make it an offense to place
illegally-produced timber on domestic markets. The
document.
NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMMES
(FAO, 2007)
Volume 57/3 of UNASYLVA, an FAO Forestry Department publication, focuses
on national forest programmes (NFPs), approaches to planning,
programming and implementing forest activities in a country based on a
common set of guiding principles. In this latest issue are articles on,
inter alia: why NFPs are so important and how FAO supports them;
an overview of NFP principles and processes; NFPs and poverty reduction
strategies; and examples of how some countries have approached their NFP
process. The
journal.
FORESTS IN POST-CONFLICT DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO: ANALYSIS OF A PRIORITY AGENDA
(CIFOR, 2007)
In a joint report by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
the World Bank and others, Debroux et al. analyze the Democratic
Republic of the Congo's Policy Reform Agenda, put in place by the
transitional government in anticipation of threats to the country's
forests after years of conflict and mismanagement. The
report.
SUSTAINING ECONOMIC GROWTH, RURAL LIVELIHOODS
AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR FOREST ASSISTANCE IN
INDONESIA
(World Bank, 2006)
This World Bank report is aimed at helping both the Indonesian private
and public sectors and civil society implement sustainable and equitable
forest governance and management programs. A major focus of the report
is its emphasis on assisting smallholder tree farmers. The
report.
Decentralized Governance of
Natural Resources
(UNDP Drylands
Development Centre, 2006)
This
Manual and Guidelines for Practitioners aims to enhance the
integration and mainstreaming of decentralized governance of natural
resources into UNDP programmes, highlighting the links between
governance, poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The text
also shares experiences and lessons learned, including examples from
different countries in Africa, Asia, Arab States and Latin America that
have embarked on the decentralization process. The
Manual.
WHERE THE LAND IS GREENER: CASE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS
OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION INITIATIVES WORLDWIDE
(UNEP, 2007)
This publication describes a wide range of technologies and
approaches to soil and water conservation, based on 42 case studies from
more than 20 countries around the world. It also provides an overall
analysis of the study's results with policy points for decision makers
and donors. The
publication.
HIGH
CONSERVATION VALUE FORESTS: THE CONCEPT IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
(WWF, 2007)
This new WWF brochure explains the High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF)
concept, its strengths and limitations, its applications throughout the
world, and ideas for its future evolution. The
brochure.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDONESIAN TIMBER LEGALITY STANDARD
(Telepak Indonesia, 2007)
Disagreement concerning how to define illegal timber has been identified
as a root cause of the problem in Indonesia. This document charts
progress made in developing a Timber Legality Standard, from its
beginnings in 2002. The
document.
BLOCKING LOOPHOLES WITH LAW: WHY FLEGT VPAs
REQUIRE NEW EU LEGISLATION
(Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)/Telapak, 2007)
This briefing paper presents EIA and Telapak's perspective on the EU
Forest Law Enforcement and Governance and Associated Trade (FLEGT)
Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) scheme, outlining changes in EU
law that they believe are necessary to make this work. The
briefing paper.
Landless women,
hopeless women? Gender, land and decentralisation in Niger
(Drylands Programme, IIED, October 2006)
This study by Marthe Diarra and Marie Monimart focuses on gender and
land decentralization in rural areas of Niger and presents four
hypothesis: pressure on land is leading to de-feminization of
agriculture; decentralization of land commissions offer equity solutions
for women; competition among women increases due to changing modes of
production; and lack of non-agriculture economic options for women is
leading to the growing feminization of poverty. The authors emphasize
that political will of governments and donors is required to ensure that
agricultural development is both pro-poor and equitable for men and
women. The
study.
THE ECONOMICS OF ILLEGAL LOGGING
AND ASSOCIATED TRADE
(OECD, 2007)
Written by Arnoldo Contreras-Hermosilla, Richard Doornbosch and Michael
Lodge, this paper outlines the nature, magnitude and consequences of
illegal logging in forest-rich producer countries, and programmes on
both the supply and demand side being implemented to reduce this
problem. The
paper.
FORESTS AND HUMAN HEALTH
(FAO, 2006)
Volume 57/2 of UNASYLVA, an FAO Forestry Department publication, focuses
on the links between forests and human health, with articles on inter
alia: forests and emerging infectious diseases; the role of forests
in the response to HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa; identifying
forest-plant-based treatments for malaria; and forest biodiversity,
nutrition and population health in market-oriented food systems. The
journal.
THE WORLD
MIGRATION MAP DATA TOOL
(The Migration Information Source, 2006)
This web site allows the user to search for the origins and destinations
of migrants to and from various countries in the world. The
data tool.
SCIENTIFIC FACTS ON DESERTIFICATION
(GreenFacts, 2006)
This website offers a summary of the Desertification Synthesis Report
prepared by the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. It seeks to make
the information in this scientific report understandable to a
non-scientific audience. The
website.
FAIR TRADE
TIMBER: A REVIEW OF CURRENT PRACTICE, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND
POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD
(IIED, 2006)
This report, authored by Duncan Macqueen, Annie Dufey and Bindi Patel,
outlines some of the options for building on the momentum of fair trade
as an instrument for enhancing forest-dependent livelihoods and reducing
poverty by increasing local returns from responsible forestry.
The report.
POVERTY
REDUCTION THROUGH COMMERCIAL FORESTRY: WHAT EVIDENCE? WHAT PROSPECTS?
(The Forests Dialogue, 2006)
This paper, authored by James Mayers, reviews the evidence on commercial
forestry's ability to reduce poverty, and identifies factors that can
enhance this ability and challenges ahead for commercial forestry to be
more pro-poor.
The paper.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION ENGINE ON LAND DEGRADATION (FIELD)
(Global Mechanism, 2007)
The Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification has
released an updated and enhanced version of its Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation
(FIELD), a knowledge management system for searching, sharing and
harnessing information related to sustainable land management financing. The
portal.
If you
would like to submit details of
recently published documents and online resources,
send a message to
Diego Noguera, IISD
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