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Gender, tenure and customary practices in forest landscapes

This report is based on 10 research projects carried out in 18 sites in seven countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam. The studies formed the basis of ten informational briefs from the research sites published together with the report (available here: https://www.recoftc.org/publications/0000432). Each study documented the legal frameworks and customary practices that affect indigenous women’s rights to access and manage forest resources and create restr…

January 3, 2023 · RECOFTC · RECOFTC and MRLG · Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Mekong Region, South-East Asia, Global · English · ISBN (e-book) 978-616-8089-70-5

Pathways for the recognition of customary forest tenure in the Mekong region

Globally, about 2 billion people claim ownership of their homes and lands through a customary tenure system. Customary tenure has long been insecure and is under growing pressure in many places. But it is also increasingly recognized through a variety of mechanisms, formal and informal. RECOFTC released a new report on the recognition of customary tenure of communities living in forested landscapes in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam. It also includes a case stu…

December 9, 2022 · RECOFTC · RECOFTC, MRLG · Mekong Region · English · RECOFTC - ISBN (ebook) 978-616-8089-67-5

Restoring Land Rights: Pathways for the recognition of customary tenure in Myanmar (Brief – Burmese version)

This brief is a summary of the original thematic study. It aims at providing guidance to civil society organisations and other reform actors in Myanmar about how to recognise and protect customary tenure in both policy and practice. Based on international experiences and concepts, the study outlines six options for recognising customary tenure with different levels of complexity. These options are not mutually exclusive, as each one may fit a specific context. International experience shows th…

December 9, 2022 · Christian Erni and Antoine Deligne · POINT, MRLG · Myanmar · Burmese · Creative Commons 4.0

Agricultural investment at the crossroads in Cambodia: Towards inclusion of smallholder farmers? (Brief – Khmer version)

This brief is a summary in Khmer language of the original Case Study available here: https://www.mrlg.org/publications/agricultural-investment-at-the-crossroads-in-cambodia/ The agricultural investment landscape of Cambodia is changing rapidly. The large-scale development model driven by agro-industrial concessions is out of steam and other forms of investment linking farmers with companies and markets are emerging. In order to examine the implications of these transformations for smallhold…

December 8, 2022 · Jean-Christophe Diepart, Sothath Ngo, Chanrith Ngin, Il Oeur · CPS, ADIC and MRLG · Cambodia · Khmer · Creative Commons 4.0

Regional Experiences and Lessons on Contract Farming and Other Inclusive Agribusiness Models (Khmer version)

This report by the Cambodia Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (CPSA) and Grow Asia provides a review of the literature regarding experiences of contract farming and other inclusive agribusiness models in five countries of Southeast Asia and for five major commodities. It also synthesises the key lessons from large programmes which have been promoting inclusive agribusiness approaches. These lessons are applied to the Cambodian context through a review of key policies related to contract fa…

November 24, 2022 · CPSA · CPSA, Grow Asia · Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Mekong Region, South-East Asia · Khmer · N/A

Regional Experiences and Lessons on Contract Farming and Other Inclusive Agribusiness Models

This report by the Cambodia Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (CPSA) and Grow Asia provides a review of the literature regarding experiences of contract farming and other inclusive agribusiness models in five countries of Southeast Asia and for five major commodities. It also synthesises the key lessons from large programmes which have been promoting inclusive agribusiness approaches. These lessons are applied to the Cambodian context through a review of key policies related to contract fa…

November 24, 2022 · CPSA · CPSA, Grow Asia · Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Mekong Region, South-East Asia · English · N/A

The Prospects for Sustainable Rubber in the Mekong Region: An Assessment of Emerging Initiatives

This study presents a detailed comparison of three emergent voluntary frameworks on sustainable natural rubber, which seek to influence investors and buyers in the Mekong countries and beyond towards better practices for a more sustainable industry. These varying sets of private standards, notably developed by industry representative organisations in China and Vietnam, aim to improve the social and environmental performance of outward investments by the two countries, particularly in Laos and Ca…

November 14, 2022 · Miles Kenney-Lazar · MRLG · Mekong Region · English · Creative Commons 4.0

Enhancing benefit-sharing and economic opportunities in Community Protected Areas in Cambodia (Khmer version)

This Policy Brief is the third of a series of three that have been compiled as one input into the revision of the Protected Areas Law (2008) based on a comprehensive review of documents and interviews with experts. It summarizes analyses and key recommendations for ways to increase economic benefits and opportunities for the communities through the Community Protected Area (CPA) system. It formulates proposals to promote more effectively community-based economic activities such as for the commer…

November 7, 2022 · Florian Rock · MRLG · Cambodia · Khmer · Creative Commons 4.0

Strengthening Land Tenure Rights and Law Enforcement in Community Protected Areas in Cambodia (Khmer version)

This Policy Brief is the second of a series of three that have been compiled as one input into the revision of the Protected Areas Law (2008) based on a comprehensive review of documents and interviews with experts. It summarizes analyses and key recommendations for ways to increase land tenure security of communities through the Community Protected Area (CPA) system, as well as to enhance the capacities of the CPA members to monitor and enforce forest protection. It formulates proposals regardi…

November 7, 2022 · Florian Rock · MRLG · Cambodia · Khmer · Creative Commons 4.0

Streamlining the Establishment of Community Protected Areas in Cambodia (Khmer version)

This Policy Brief is the first of a series of three that have been compiled as one input into the revision of the Protected Areas Law (2008) based on a comprehensive review of documents and interviews with experts. It summarizes analyses and key recommendations for ways to improve the Community Protected Area (CPA) system and formulates four proposals: (1) CPAs should be defined based on existing customary tenure practices and include areas of high value forest resources for the communities; (2)…

November 7, 2022 · Florian Rock · MRLG · Cambodia · Khmer · Creative Commons 4.0

Conflict Sensitive Research Methods – Training Manual (Burmese version)

This Training Manual is intended to be used to provide civil society researchers with the tools to approach their research projects in difficult contexts that avoid doing harm, to both researchers and respondents. It is intended that participants having engaged with this training will understand and be able to apply concepts of context sensitivity to their research projects in a systematic way. It sets out a training programme that will work best if it is delivered in a participatory manner with…

November 7, 2022 · Covenant Consult · Covenant Consult, MRLG · Myanmar · Burmese · Creative Commons 4.0

Conflict Sensitive Research Methods – Training Manual

This Training Manual is intended to be used to provide civil society researchers with the tools to approach their research projects in difficult contexts that avoid doing harm, to both researchers and respondents. It is intended that participants having engaged with this training will understand and be able to apply concepts of context sensitivity to their research projects in a systematic way. It sets out a training programme that will work best if it is delivered in a participatory manner with…

November 7, 2022 · Covenant Consult · Covenant Consult, MRLG · Myanmar · English · Creative Commons 4.0