This Responsive Forest Governance Initiative Handbook defines basic democratic concepts and explains how democratic governance works. It then lays out responsive forest governance principles to be used when working with local government, parallelorganizations, and citizens.
Author(s):
Ribot, Jesse C.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Jusrut, Poonam
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Mandondo, A. (Alois)
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
In recent years, Cameroon has been approached by growing numbers of local and international investors wanting to acquire arable land for large-scale agro-industrial operations. In order to make a realistic assessment of the situation, this study takes a closer look at large-scale land acquisition
Author(s):
Nguiffo, Samuel
Sonkoue Watio, Michelle
Organization(s):
Centre pour l'environnement et le développement (CED)
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
Organization(s):
IUCN
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
Organization(s):
IUCN
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
Esta guía tiene como objetivo definir el marco legal e institucional para apoyar la fase de planeación e implementación de mecanismos de distribución de beneficios para la Reducción de Emisiones derivadas de la Deforestación y Degradación de los Bosques (REDD+) en la Península de Yucatán.
Author(s):
Ludlow Paz, Luciana
Ramos Campos, Quetzalli
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
El presente documento propone un protocolo para la elaboración de Planes de Gestión Territorial, en donde se incluyen las actividades REDD+ y/o de restauración del paisaje en México.
Author(s):
García Contreras, Gerardo
González Ceballos, Josefina
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
This document presents methodological approaches for estimating atmospheric carbon removals from forest landscape restoration initiatives at two scales: programs and projects.
Este documento plantea una serie de lineamientos básicos que pueden ser revisados y adecuados al contexto cultural de cada territorio indígena, ejido o comunidad en donde se busque realizar un proceso de consulta pública orientada a lograr el consentimiento libre, previo e informado. Este trabajo
Author(s):
Carrillo Fuentes, Juan Carlos
Organization(s):
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
En el presente documento se identifican los aspectos legales por generarse o reformarse para la implementación de diferentes opciones de mecanismos de distribución de beneficios REDD+ y se resaltan las oportunidades que ofrecen el marco legal e institucional mexicano para los mecanismos de distri
Author(s):
Carrillo Fuentes, Juan Carlos
Organization(s):
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Agyei, Frank K.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Ruta, Doreen
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Galuak, Deng-Athoi
Oyono, Phil René
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Kijazi, Martin H.
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Mbeche, Robert
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Adjei, Prince Osei-Wusu
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The production and publication of this book is intended to capture the successes and lessons learnt from the CBA-ECA project and to document the impacts of the Ecologically Critical Areas (ECA) management initiatives, key lessons and impacts, challenges faced and future direction for wise-use man
Organization(s):
Bangladesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Department of Environment
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Côte, Muriel
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Kakelengwa Mbilizi, Billy
Monga Ngonga, Alphonse Maindo
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Jusrut, Poonam
Mandondo, A. (Alois)
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Ece, Melis
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Baruah, Manali
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Matata Makalamba, Patrick
Oyono, Phil René
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Karambiri, Mawa
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
Eteme, David
Organization(s):
IUCN
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
El Marco Estratégico para el Desarrollo de Capacidades (MEDC) es el resultado de un amplio programa de actividades y consultas llevadas a cabo durante 2013 y 2015, incluyendo el Congreso Mundial de Parques de Sídney celebrado en Australia noviembre de 2014.
Vultures, the largest and highest flying raptors, play an important role in ecology and culture. The vulture populations in Bangladesh are facing the same fate as the Gyps vultures of South Asia, which have suffered a catastrophic decline.
The IUCN Bangladesh Country Office has published this manual for conducting bird census, bird ringing and sample collection and analysis in hopes that it will provide a guidelines for correctly performing these tasks.
This study reviews range state policy and management responses to expanding or abundant species of seals -- the Cape fur, northern fur, hooded, harp, ringed, grey, harbour and crabeater seals.
Author(s):
Cumming, David H. M.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN, Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group (SULi)
This paper summarizes the business case for private sector applications of net positive impact (NPI). It outlines the opportunities available for businesses that implement best practice biodiversity management by applying NPI in their operations.
This briefing paper summarizes the main arguments, from a conservation perspective, for operationalizing the concept of net positive impace on biodiversity.
