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Report - Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Supporting Women’s Land Rights: A Debate on the Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC)

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Reports & Research
Junio, 2016

From 25 January to 5 February 2016, the Land Portal hosted a discussion on the Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC), a flexible framework comprised of 6 criteria and 22 evaluation questions with possible indicators that can be adapted to a wide range of different situations that were developed as a flagship tool of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) and its partners, and have been piloted and diss

Optimizing the Role of Community Forestry to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through the ASEAN Cooperation on Food, Agriculture and Forestry

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Mayo, 2016
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Malaysia
Nepal
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia

Community Forestry (CF) can play a fundamental role in achieving nearly all the SDGs through its focus on improving livelihoods, strengthening local governanceand, halting deforestation and improving forest quality.Various experiences of CF in the region have demonstrated that the allocation of forest management rights and responsibilities to local people is an effective strategy for sustainabl

Timor-Leste - Oecusse Economic and Trade Potential

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Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
Mayo, 2016
Timor-Leste

This report responds to a request from the Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) and Dr. Mari Alkatiri. The request was for World Bank assistance to collaborate on a range of studies relating to opportunities in the special economic zone, including community development, trade and competitiveness, and regional integration.

Land tenure insecurity and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonia

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Reports & Research
Mayo, 2016
Norway

This paper examines the effects of land tenure insecurity originating from land reforms on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonia. A non cooperative game model is developed where natural forests are considered as an open access resource and the strategic interactions between landowners and squatters lead to an over deforestation.

Transforming the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for greater gender equality and women’s empowerment

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Abril, 2016
Global

Gender issues are relegated to the periphery in current debates and approaches concerning the sustainable governance of oil palm in Indonesia. However, ongoing research by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) points to the critical roles that women play as workers, smallholders and members of affected local communities.

WOMEN’S RIGHT TO LAND IN BANGLADESH

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Reports & Research
Abril, 2016
Bangladesh

It has been frequently argued that women’s access to and control over land can potentially lead to greater gender equitability alongside addressing material deprivation. Gender equality today is considered one of the crucial premises for economic and social development as well as women’s empowerment as recognized in the MDGs and SDGs.