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Enhancing the livelihoods of marginalized indigenous women through customary forests in Bali, IndonesiaThis study examines how, why, and under what conditions marginalized women of customary communities can contribute and gain access to the benefits of the social forestry programme...
Women Forests and forestry CultureWorking Paper
Ethnic disparity in altruism towards reforestation: A social preference experiment in Mindoro, PhilippinesThis paper presents a framed field experiment on ecological altruism in Mindoro, Philippines. Behavioural differences between ethnic groups in Mindoro—the Tagalogs and the Mangyans—were investigated...
Field experiment Forests and forestry AltruismWorking Paper
The governance of global value chains, the state, and small businesses: The case of timber in MyanmarWe use the case of the timber industry in Myanmar to analyse how national regulatory frameworks and international ecological discourses affect forest management and small businesses...
Timber Wood Forests and forestryBook Chapter
The Evolution, Paradigm Shift and Guidelines for Foreign Aid in ForestryFrom the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
Foreign aid Forests and forestry REDD+Book Chapter
Opportunities and Conditions for Successful Foreign Aid to the Forestry SectorFrom the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
Sustainable development Foreign aid Climate changeWorking Paper
Implementing EU renewable energy policy at the subnational level: Navigating between conflicting interestsThe European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020...
Forests and forestry Renewable energy State governmentsVideo
Sustainable ForestsConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 6.3
Forests and forestry Climate changeVideo
Role of Foreign AidConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 4.1
Climate change Economic growth Foreign aidBlog
From the Editor’s Desk (October 2013)
31 October 2013 Tony Addison October finds Angle in New York, for our event on ‘Fragility and Aid–What Works?’ at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN...
Agriculture Budget ChildrenResearch Brief
Maximizing the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in the Forestry SectorForest degradation remains a leading environmental problem, given the scale of forest loss and the crucial role of forests to both climate change mitigation and adaptation...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid Forests and forestryWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and Sustainable ForestryForeign aid can contribute to sustainable forestry in many ways. The goal is to secure forest benefits of the future, without compromising the needs of the present generations. This paper elaborates on forestry aid as it has evolved in the past...
Agriculture Conservation of natural resources Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
Leveraging Global Climate Finance for Sustainable Forests: Opportunities and Conditions for Successful Foreign Aid to the Forestry SectorForest loss and degradation remains a leading environmental problem. The long history of sustainable forest management has often failed to meet expectations—constrained by funding, governance, capacity and competing interests...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid Forests and forestryWorking Paper
Reputation, Policy Risk, and Land Use: A Study of China’s ‘Grain for Green’ ProgrammeSince 1999, China has spent RMB 50 billion (about US$7 billion) to implement the ‘Grain for Green’ programme, the largest land retirement programme in the developing world...
Conservation of natural resources Farm produce Forests and forestryWorking Paper
Forest Management, Gender, and Food Security of the Rural Poor in AfricaThis paper addresses the economic impact of forest management on gender and food security of rural poor in Africa...
Food security Forests and forestry Poor