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  • Circular No. 04/2004/TT-BCA Guiding Implementation of the Government's Decree No. 35/2003/ND-CP, Detailing the Implementation of a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting

    en vi Viet Nam 04/2004/TT-BCA Circular March 31, 2014 Fires, Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Logging and timber, Overview of policy and legal framework
    On April 04, 2003, the Government issued Decree No. 35/2003 / ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting. For uniform ...

  • Environmental Impact Assessments in Developing Countries: An Opportunity for Greater Environmental Security?

    en Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam EIA/SEIA Jennifer C. Li, Foundation For Environmental Security and Sustainability 2008 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Environmental impact assessments, Forest policy and administration
    The first half of this Working Paper will give a background of the origins and development of environmental impact assessments. The second half of the paper will focus on enviro...

  • From the Tiger to the Crocodile: Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand

    en Thailand Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch 2010 Development and assistance for human rights, Forest policy and administration, Human rights associations, Human trafficking, Informal migration for labor, Logging and timber, Migration
    The thousands of migrant workers from Burma, Cambodia, and Laos who cross the border into Thailand each year trade near-certain poverty at home for the possibility of relative p...

  • Illegal Logging and Related Trade – Indicators of the Assessment Findings: Thailand

    en Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Chatham House 2013 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Forest policy and administration, Forest trade and finance, Forests and forestry, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber, Plantation timber
    This summarizes Thailand 2013 Assessment Findings. More than half of Thailand’s wood demand is met by imports, and of these 20% is estimated to have been illegally sourced. Howe...

  • Efficacy of Removing Natural Forests from Timber Production as a Strategy for Conserving Forests

    en Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations 2000 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Forest trade and finance, Logging and timber, Plantation timber
    Several countries of the Asia-Pacific region have imposed total or partial logging bans (or similar restrictions on timber harvesting) in response to the rapid decline of natura...

  • International Protection for Siam Rosewood Begins

    en zh Thailand Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Environmental Investigation Society 2013 Forest industry, Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Forest trade and finance, Logging and timber
    As international UN trade restrictions on endangered Siam rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) came into effect (June 12, 2013), the London-based Environmental Investigation Age...

  • Plants Act, B.E. 2518 (1975)

    en th Thailand Plants Act, B.E. 2518 (1975) Act February 19, 1975 Forest policy and administration, Laws and regulations, Legal framework, Logging and timber, Plants

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  • Good Day for Rosewoods as Species Get More Protection

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Environmental Investigation Agency 2016 Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Forest trade and finance, International laws and treaties , Laws and regulations, Logging and timber
    September 29 has proved to be a major day for forests as 183 countries at the CITES 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) agreed to boost protection for dalbergia rosewoods. Th...

  • Red Alert: How Fraudulent Siamese Rosewood Exports from Laos and Cambodia are undermining CITES Protection

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Environmental Investigation Agency UK Ltd (EIA) 2016 Forest policy and administration, Forest trade and finance, Laws and regulations, Legal framework, Logging and timber
    The 2013 listing of Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis spp) on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has failed to protect ...

  • Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II

    en Thailand Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild... 2016 Forest policy and administration, Forest trade and finance, Logging and timber
    Siamese rosewood had been listed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature since 1998. At its 16th meeting (CoP16, Bangkok 2013), the Conference of t...

  • Genealogies of the Political Forest and Customary Rights in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand

    en Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Nancy Lee Peluso and Peter Vandergeest 2001 Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Forests and forestry, Logging and timber
    How have national and state governments the world over come to “own” huge expanses of territory under the rubric of “national forest,” “national parks,” or “wastelands”? The two...

  • Impacts and Effectiveness of Logging Bans in Natural Forests: Thailand

    en Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Sureeratna Lakanavichian 2001 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Forest policy and administration, Forest protection support, Logging and timber, Sustainable use forest
    At the seventeenth session the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC), member countries requested FAO to implement a study of the efficacy of removing natural forests from timb...

  • Myanmar Forest Information and Data (2011 Update)

    en Myanmar Profiles - Geographical areas and sites www.mongabay.com 2011 Deforestation drivers, Forest policy and administration, Forest trade and finance, Forests and forestry, Logging and timber
    According to the U.N. FAO, 48.3% or about 31,773,000 ha of Myanmar is forested, according to FAO. Of this 10.0% ( 3,192,000 ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodivers...

  • Navigating the Border: An Analysis of the China-Myanmar Timber Trade

    en China, Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Fredrich Kahrl, Horst Weyerhaeuser, Su Yufang 2004 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Forest industry, Forest policy and administration, Forest trade and finance, Logging and timber, Sustainable use forest
    In addition to socio-economic pressures, the combination of insufficient regulation in China and political instability in northern Myanmar has exacted a high ecological price. T...

  • Forest Cover Change in Southeast Asia - The Regional Pattern

    en Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) H-J. Stibig, F. Stolle, R. Dennis, C. Feldkötter 2007 Forest cover reporting, Forest industry, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    This document provides an overview of the present pattern of forest change in Southeast Asia at a regional scale. Areas of forest change were identified and approximately deline...

  • Worldwide Governance Indicators - Myanmar 1996-2016

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) World Bank 2017 Forest policy and administration, Industries, Investment policy and regulations, Logging and timber, National government, Public and administrative legal services
    The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert ...

  • Timber Trade and Wood Flow–Study – Myanmar

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Mr. Tuukka Castrén (Indufor Oy), Mr. Myint Kyu Pe (Myanmar Timber... 1999 Community forest, Forest industry, Forest policy and administration, Forest products, Forest trade and finance, Logging and timber
    The current study on wood demand and supply, and forest industries in the Union of Myanmar is a part of the Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote Greater Meko...

  • National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan – Myanmar

    en Myanmar Issue and policy briefs U Win Tun, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry , ... 2011 Biodiversity, Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Forest policy and administration, National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
    NBSAP Myanmar is a commitment of the Government and its people to the sustainable use of biological resources and to the fulfillment of Myanmar’s obligations, as a member countr...

  • Biodiversity and Protected Areas – Myanmar

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) J E Clarke, PhD 2010 Biodiversity, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    Myanmar lies on the western side of Indochina between latitudes 10000' and 28030' N, and longitudes 92010' and 101010' E, the northernmost areas lying outside the tropics. Its a...

  • Community forestry adaptation roadmap to 2020 for Lao PDR

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) im Stephenson, Kyle Lemle and Summer Montacut, RECOFTC Lao PDR 2014 Adaptation, Climate change, Community forest, Forest policy and administration
    Community-based forest management in Lao PDR lacks strong legal standing. However, the legal revision process currently underway promises increased rights for communities over...

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