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Democratising forest business: a compendium of successful locally controlled forest business organisations
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The main purpose of this book is to present 19 case studies from 14 developing countries that show how local people have been democratising forest business. By this is meant the process of asserting collective local control through ownership and management arrangements so that the integrated needs of families, communities and indigenous peoples remain central to the business operation.
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['Brazil', 'Non-Cash Benefits', 'Community Forest Management', 'Latin America and the Caribbean', 'Nepal', 'Governance', 'Ethiopia', 'CE Community Resources', 'Market Demand', 'Laos', 'Bolivia', 'Burkina Faso', 'Resources', 'Technical Capacity', 'Stakeholder Alignment', 'Forest Communities', 'Forest Based Industries and Products', 'Guatemala', 'Community Involvement in Forest Management', 'Ownership', 'Profit Potential', 'Thailand', 'Biodiversity', 'Business Alliances', 'Gambia', 'Philippines', 'Indonesia', 'RMP', 'Policies for Enterprises', 'Communities', 'Vietnam', 'Asia', 'Increased Income for Participants', 'Forest Enterprises', 'Cambodia', 'Financial Management Capacity', 'Diversification', 'Mexico', 'Africa', 'Agroforestry', 'Library', 'Access to Credit Capital', 'Community Enterprises', 'FRAME', 'CE Community']
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Hariyo Ban II Fact Sheet
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Building on the accomplishments and learnings of Phase I, the Hariyo Ban II program works to address and minimize biodiversity threats and climate vulnerabilities in Nepal, by improving conservation management and increasing ecological and community resilience in key biodiverse landscapes.
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['Biodiversity', 'Hariyo Ban', 'Fact Sheet', 'Forestry', 'Nepal', 'Asia']
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Jul 28, 2023 03:10 PM
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Operationalizing the Environment Health Nexus in Asia and the Pacific: A Policy Guide on Opportunities for Enhancing Health, Biodiversity, Food System and Climate Action
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This policy guide aims to support policymakers and stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region to address environment-health risks and safeguard human health and well-being while protecting ecosystems. Specifically, it provides an overview of concrete opportunities to mainstream the environment-health nexus in public policies in Asia and the Pacific.
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['Biodiversity', 'One Health', 'Guidelines', 'Asia', 'Oceania', '2022', 'Governance/Management', 'Human Well-Being', 'Ecosystem Health']
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Jul 12, 2023 07:25 PM
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The Role of Social Vulnerability in Improving Interventions for Neglected Zoonotic Diseases: The Example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India
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Forest-based communities manage many risks to health and socio-economic welfare including the increasing threat of emerging zoonoses. Drawing on a survey of 229 households and a interviews in the Western Ghats, this research examines the factors affecting vulnerability of smallholder and tribal households to Kyasanur Forest Disease, an often-fatal tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in south India.
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['Biodiversity', 'One Health', '2023', 'Infectious Disease', 'Human Well-Being', 'Research', 'Asia']
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Jun 30, 2023 09:19 PM
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Wet Market Biosecurity Reform: Three Social Narratives Influence Stakeholder Responses in Vietnam, Kenya, and the Philippines
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In 2020, Covid-19 led to global policy statements promoting bans and reforms to wet markets in Asia and Africa to prevent future pandemics. This report describes a comparative, exploratory qualitative study in 2021 in three countries (Kenya, Vietnam and the Philippines) to understand the social and political dimensions to biosecurity reform at wet markets. This included 60 key informant interviews and rapid ethnographic research in 15 markets, as well as a review of policy documents and online media articles.
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['Biodiversity', 'One Health', 'Research', 'Africa', 'Asia', '2023', 'One Health Highlighted Resources', 'Infectious Disease', 'Governance/Management']
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Dec 01, 2023 08:14 PM
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