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Good Day for Rosewoods as Species Get More Protection
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...
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Red Alert: How Fraudulent Siamese Rosewood Exports from Laos and Cambodia are undermining CITES Protection
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 ...
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Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II
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...
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Genealogies of the Political Forest and Customary Rights in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
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...
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Impacts and Effectiveness of Logging Bans in Natural Forests: Thailand
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...
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Myanmar Forest Information and Data (2011 Update)
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...
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Navigating the Border: An Analysis of the China-Myanmar Timber Trade
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...
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Forest Cover Change in Southeast Asia - The Regional Pattern
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...
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Worldwide Governance Indicators - Myanmar 1996-2016
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 ...
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Timber Trade and Wood Flow–Study – Myanmar
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...
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National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan – Myanmar
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...
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Biodiversity and Protected Areas – Myanmar
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...
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Community forestry adaptation roadmap to 2020 for Lao PDR
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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The State of the World’s Forests 2018: Forests Pathways to Sustainable Development
The 2018 edition of The State of the World’s Forests aims to do just that, presenting new information to help recognize these interlinkages and enhance our understanding of how ...
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Forestry strategy to the year 2020 of Laos PDR
The overall objective of the Forestry Strategy 2020 is to contribute to achieve the indicative targets of the national socio-economic plans, to provide goods and ...
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Community Forestry in Myanmar: Some Field Realities
Myanmar’s Community Forestry programme began in with the Community Forestry Instruction of 1995. Since then over two hundred and fifty Forest User Groups have been formed across...
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Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010: Main Report
The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) is the most comprehensive assessment of forests and forestry to date - not only in terms of the number of countries and pe...
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: Country Report - Thailand
This is an FAO report. FAO, at the request of its member countries, regularly monitors the world´s forests and their management and uses through the Global Forest Resources Asse...
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Identifying Conservation Issues in Kachin State
Kachin State in northern Myanmar is home to many biological hotspots, including subtropical moist forests, hill forests, alpine meadows and broadleaf and conifer forests (Olson ...
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Traditional Customary Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Asia
For years, traditional laws – or customary laws – in Asia have been eroded. This report argues that remaining customary laws should be retained and discusses the extent to which...