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The aim of this interim country report is to disseminate the results of the activities from the second fiscal year of the second phase, on the Russian Far East, and to provide the basis for discussions on developing guidelines and recommendations for participatory forest management. Under the former USSR, local people were separated from forest...

Indigenous people who live in Gunung Halimun National Park (GHNP) rely their on their traditional life natural resources around them. The ethnobotanical research had been conducted in three villages surrounding GHNP. This research including indigenous knowledge in using plants for their daily life such as for food, medicine, fuel, ritual need etc...

Laos is a country in transition to a market economy, and specific features concerning the forestry sector there include (1) the development of mechanisms to implement a new legal system governing forestry, and (2) recent actions and trends in efforts to transfer the responsibility of forest management to the local people. The promotion of...

This paper introduces the theoretical arguments for and against trade liberalization of forest products considering forest sustainability, and reports on the recent circumstances of three countries in Southeast Asia?the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Trade liberalization raises concerns about the negative effects on forest sustainability...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) monitors and collects information on environmental issues and policies in the Asia-Pacific region to report on the region's progress in these areas and on the development of a sustainable society. Since 1998, IGES has published an annual summary of major environmental news for the Asia...

Issue paper and the presentation material for the discussion session of the Manila Policy Dialogue on Environment and Transport in the Asian Region (16-17 January, 2004, Manila, Philippines: Session5). Public transport is an essential component of environmental sustainability, because by reducing the use of automobiles it contributes to reducing...