Foro Nacional Infraestructura Nacional: Folleto
Avances y retos para una gestión integrada y sostenible del agua
El Foro Nacional sobre Infraestructura Natural permitirá dar a conocer lo avanzado en Perú, resaltando la importancia de una gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos y enfatizando cómo la infraestructura natural juega un papel fundamental en su sostenibilidad.
Iguales por el Agua
Memoria del Foro Igualdad de Género y Seguridad Hídrica
La desigualdad de género y la inseguridad hídrica son incompatibles con una existencia digna. Las políticas nacionales de Igualdad de Género y de Recursos Hídricos del Perú reconocen estas prioridades entre las más altas del país; sin embargo, las brechas de género y los riesgos hídricos no se están reduciendo en el ritmo esperado. Es[…]
Natural Resource Governance Reform and the Peace Process in Myanmar
By Kevin WoodsThis report summarizes the role of natural resources in armed conflict and the current peace process in Myanmar. It serves as a baseline study for efforts to promote equitable and accountable management of natural resources for peacebuilding. The main findings overall indicate a lack of meaningful progress on moving towards natural resource good governance reform[…]
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Contribuciones potenciales de la infraestructura preincaica de infiltración de agua para la seguridad hídrica en los Andes
By Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, Juan D. Bardales, Javier Antiporta, Katya Pérez, Luis Acosta, Feng Mao, Zed Zulkafli, Junior Gil-Ríos, Oscar Angulo, Sam Grainger, Gena Gammie, Bert De Bièvre y Wouter BuytaertA nivel mundial, los recursos hídricos están sometidos a un fuerte estrés producto de la creciente variabilidad climática y las presiones ejercidas por el ser humano. En los Andes tropicales, las culturas preincaicas desarrollaron tecnologías de siembra y cosecha de agua basadas en la naturaleza para manejar los riesgos de sequías en climas naturales extremos. […]
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Resumen de investigación: Contribuciones potenciales de la infraestructura preincaica de infiltración de agua para la seguridad hídrica en los Andes
By Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, Juan D. Bardales, Javier Antiporta, Katya Pérez, Luis Acosta, Feng Mao, Zed Zulkafli, Junior Gil-Ríos, Oscar Angulo, Sam Grainger, Gena Gammie, Bert De Bièvre y Wouter Buytaert
Research Summary: Potential contributions of pre-Inca water infiltration infrastructure for water security in the Andes
By Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, Juan D. Bardales, Javier Antiporta, Katya Pérez, Luis Acosta, Feng Mao, Zed Zulkafli, Junior Gil-Ríos, Oscar Angulo, Sam Grainger, Gena Gammie, Bert De Bièvre, and Wouter Buytaert
How Has the EU Timber Regulation Enforced the European Trade of Timber in 2018?
By Marigold NormanWhat are the links between trade and enforcement activity? Forest Trends assessed the latest trade data for 2018.
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Vietnam’s Cross-border Timber Crackdown and the Quest for State Legitimacy
By Phuc Xuan To and Sango MahantyThe Government of Vietnam’s recent devolution of regulatory powers over the cross-border trade between Cambodia and Vietnam has enabled provincial authorities to increase illicit timber flows from Cambodia to finance local economic agendas. Timber imports have become a key revenue source for provincial budgets. Meanwhile, the central government has made a commitment to its international[…]
Forest Trends Comments on Myanmar Draft Forest Rules (2019) Regarding Land Rights
By Gabrielle KissingerIn May, 2019, the Myanmar Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) released its Forest Law Draft Rules which elaborate on how the Forest Law of 20181 will be implemented. The MONREC Forest Department (FD) is conducting state and regional publication consultations in Summer and Fall 2019 before proceeding to national-level public consultations by[…]
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Pre-Cop Briefing for CITES Management Authorities Regarding the Verification of Legal Acquisition
Regulating the illegal timber trade: Comparison of the verification of legal acquisition under CITES with other legislation to tackle the trade in illegally harvested timber.
By Catherine Rutherford and Jade SaundersThere has been a paradigm shift since CITES was created, and rule of law was assumed, to the current situation where illegalities in the extraction of natural resources have been widely investigated, documented, acknowledged and quantified in a number of policy sectors outside the CITES process. In order to facilitate consistency, this briefing paper outlines[…]
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Exposé Pré-Cop À L’intention Des Organes De Gestion De La Cites Concernant La Vérification De La Légalité De L’acquisition
Réglementation du commerce illégal de bois : Comparaison en matière de vérification de la légalité d’acquisition au titre de la Cites par rapport à d’autres mesures législatives pour lutter contre le commerce de bois illégalement récolté.
By Catherine Rutherford et Jade Saunders, avec expertise juridique de Melissa Blue Sky
Exposición Pre-Cop Para Las Autoridades Administrativas De La Cites Respecto De La Comprobación De Adquisición Legal
Reglamentación del comercio ilegal de madera: Comparando la comprobación de la adquisición legal en virtud de la Cites respecto de otras medidas legislativas para luchar contra el comercio de madera cosechada ilegalmente.
By Catherine Rutherford y Jade Saunders, con revisión experta juridica de Melissa Blue Sky
10 Things to Know about China’s Hongmu Imports Since 2017: A Briefing for the 18th CITES COP
By Naomi Basik TreanorIn October 2016, the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) listed over 300 species of rosewood (a subset of which are known as hongmu in Chinese) at the 17th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17, Johannesburg). Hongmu is identified by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime as the world’s[…]
Tackling Deforestation and the Trade In Forest Risk Commodities: Consumer-Country Measures and the WTO
By Duncan BrackA range of consumer-country measures have been deployed by governments as part of the global effort to combat illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber. These include regulations which affect imports, such as the EU Timber Regulation, which makes it an offence to place illegally sourced timber products on the EU market, whether from[…]