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Drivers of Deforestation?Facts to be considered regarding the impact of shifting cultivation in Asia
An estimated 260 million indigenous peoples live in Asia1. Most of them inhabit forested uplands where a large number of them practice shifting cultivation, which is also called...
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Learning lessons and skills in Indigenous Media Advocacy
A report on the skills sharing exchange program of indigenous voices in Asia.
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REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples: A Briefing Paper for Policy Makers
This report describes the process of REDD+, its implications for indigenous peoples, and its applications for policy makers and governments.
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REDD+ implementation in Asia and the concerns of indigenous peoples
This report provides an overview on indigenous peoples in five REDD+ countries in Asia, namely, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand and the status of REDD+ implementat...
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REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples: A briefing paper for policy makers
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Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in REDD+ for Indigenous Peoples - Training Manual
This manual aims to build the capacities of the indigenous peoples, networks and organizations to advocate and work for the effective implementation of FPIC for indigenous peopl...
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Overview of the State of Indigenous Peoples in Asia
The fact remains, however, that the individual and collective rights of peoples who self-identify as indigenous peoples are being violated on a daily basis.
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Indigenous women in Southeast Asia: Challenges in their access to justice
This briefing paper is prepared as part of the advocacy of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) for the respect, protection and recognition of the human rights of indigenous ...
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Research on the Roles and Contributions of Indigenous Women in Sustainable Forest Management in Mekong Countries
Indigenous women depend daily on the forests to supply the needs of their families for food, water, livelihood, firewood, shelter and health care.
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Shifting cultivation, livelihood and food security: New and old challenges for indigenous peoples in Asia
Case studies on indigenous and ethnic peoples across Asia, their history with shifting cultivation, and the livelihood and food security impacts of their traditional agricultura...
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South-east Asia: Drought - 2015-2017
This archived webpage gives a description of the Southeast Asia drought crisis in 2015-2017.
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Southeast Asia: Drought - 2019-2020
This archived webpage describes an ongoing drought crisis in Southeast Asia that began in 2019 (as at March 2020)
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Northern Thailand was once a paradise. Now forest fires have made the air worse than Beijing’s.
This is an archived webpage of an article on the fires in Thailand in 2019.
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Thailand: Floods and Landslides - Aug 2019
This is an archived webpage of a description of the 2019 floods and landslides in Thailand.
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State of Knowledge: Women and Rivers in the Mekong Region
This State of Knowledge: Women and Rivers in the Mekong Region highlights women’s contributions - both actual and potential - to better governance, social, and environmental out...
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South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004
This is an archived webpage of a description of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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The Parallel Evolution of REDD+ and FLEGT for Improving Forest Governance
This presentation is from an expert exchange on the implementation of FLEGT and REDD+ in October 2018. It is an introductory presentation to create a common understanding of FLE...
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Synergies Among Social Safeguards in FLEGT and REDD+ in Cameroon
This paper presents (i) a comparison of the social safeguards of the FLEGT-VPA and REDD+ processes and an explanation of their commonalities and differences, and (ii) an explora...
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Thai flood 2011 : rapid assessment for resilient recovery and reconstruction planning : Overview (English)
This report outlines these findings, including damage and loss estimates and social and economic impacts, and proposes strategies for resilient recovery and reconstruction plann...
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Monitoring the Quantity of Water Flowing Through the Upper Mekong Basin Under Natural (Unimpeded) Conditions
This study developed a reliable and simple model that predicts the natural flow of the Upper Mekong, then used this prediction to determine how the cascade of dams built on the ...