Publications

The Regulatory Imperative

Policy Lessons from the Lao Rubber Sector for Supporting Smallholder Livelihoods and Land Tenure

This Information Brief is based on one of the first research efforts on the fall in rubber prices of the last five years and its implications for the Lao rubber boom beginning in the 2000s. Findings from this study are now being used as part of Forest Trends’ ongoing research and policy dialogue on the […]

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ຄວາມຈຳເປັນດ້ານລະບຽບການ

ບົດຮຽນທີ່ຖອດຖອນໄດ້ຈາກການປູກຢາງພາລາເພື່ອສະໜັບສະໜູນການພັດທະນາຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ ແລະ ການຖືຄອງທີ່ດິນຂອງປະຊາຊົນ.

By Mike Dwyer, Naomi Basik Treanor - Mekong Region Land Governance Project, Forest Trends

State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2017

Unlocking Potential

As of 2016, offsets equivalent to 1.1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (BtCO2e) have been transacted voluntarily – through sales to governments, companies, and individuals as well as intermediary brokers – according to the latest annual State of Voluntary Carbon Markets report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace. Entitled “Unlocking Potential,” the new report and […]

UNFCCC Submission Regarding Views on APA Item 6

Views Regarding the Role of the Land Sector and its Potential for Enhanced Action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the […]

Indigenous Economic Enterprises (2) – Emprendimientos Económicos Indígenas (2)

The community should be the starting point of indigenous economic endeavors, which should seek to strengthen organizational structures and territorial governance. To achieve these goals, the community must evaluate the lessons learned in these endeavors and think of new ways of building knowledge. La comunidad debe ser el punto de partida de los emprendimientos económicos […]

Territorial Governance and Indigenous Economy

Gobernanza Territorial Economía Indígena

Territorial governance is the first step in promoting an indigenous economy and in ensuring that the relationship between the market and the communities does not affect traditional cultures. Territorial governance consists of three components all based on the communities’ life plans: cultural, economic and political governance. La gobernanza territorial es el primer paso para proteger […]

Indigenous Economic Enterprises (1) – Emprendimientos Económicos Indígenas (1)

What are indigenous economic enterprises? These are the initiatives that communities use to enter into the market and that are based on their life plans. These enterprises are aimed at reaching the communities’ vision of wellbeing, and they could also contribute to territorial governance. ¿Que son emprendimientos económicos indígenas? Son iniciativas por las cuales los […]

Impacts of the Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Bans

Decisive actions taken by the government of Laos, in the form of a Notice (no. 1360 in August 2015) and a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15 in May 2016) prohibiting the export of logs and lightly processed “sawnwood,” appear to be paying off, according to a new analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based organization Forest Trends. The […]

Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation-free Supply Chains, 2017

Supply Change draws from already available data to track companies, their commitments, and their progress towards these commitments over time to support stakeholders’ decision-making and, ultimately, to drive transformational change. In addition to providing an update on the state of corporate commitments as companies continue to establish and pursue their pledges to deforestation-free supply chains, this report […]

The Production-Protection Compact in the Peruvian Context

In this paper we take a critical look at the interpretation and application of the Production-Protection-Compact concept in the Peruvian context and the adaptations needed in order to increase the chances for its success. We examine the characteristics of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and the coffee, cocoa, and oil palm value chains implicated in deforestation. This is followed by a short description of the application of the PPC strategy in Brazil in order to identify key elements and their potential application in the Peruvian Amazon, as well as the identification of major questions and areas of uncertainty. Finally, we attempt to outline the way forward for implementing the PPC in the Peruvian Amazon.

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El Enfoque Producción-Protección en el contexto peruano

Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Ban

Impacts on the Vietnam-Laos Timber Trade

In May 2016, the Government of Lao PDR enacted a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15) to ban the export of logs and sawnwood, with the express aim to help control the country’s high deforestation rates and boost Laos’ domestic wood production industry. As a result of PM15, the Vietnamese timber industry has seen an almost immediate the decline in their ability to import logs and sawnwood from Laos. This report identifies in detaild impact of the Lao government’s log and sawnwood export ban on Vietnam’s timber industry by analyzing 2010-2016 Vietnam’s Custom Statistics for the imports of logs and sawn wood into Vietnam from Laos.