The research assessed the potential social and economic impacts of REDD+ on local and indigenous forest communities. It analyzed the unintended effects of policy-driven land use change under the name of forest conservation, focusing on areas where land rights are uncertain or state-owned. Lessons from forest conservation policies studied by the UNU project on Sustainable Land Management in mountainous region of mainland Southeast Asia (SLM-MMSEA) were also drawn.
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Critical analysis of effectiveness of REDD+ for forest communities and shifting cultivation based on lessons learnt from conservation efforts in Lao PDR and Thailand
Project Final Report: EBLU2012-02NMY(R)-Takeuchi
Growth and carbon stocks of multipurpose tree species plantations in degraded lands in Central Himalaya, India
Assessing potential co-benefits of REDD+ in shifting cultivation landscape
Earthworm populations in a traditional village landscape in Central Himalaya, India
Forest carbon stocks in shifting cultivation of Thailand and Lao PDR
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