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The Overview
of Forest Conflict and USAID’s Work on the Issue PowerPoint
presentation will be presented at the Forest Leadership Forum 2006 in
Portland Oregon by Erik Streed of the USAID EGAT Forests Team on behalf
of the MCAFC project. The Forum is attended by forest industry companies
interested in managing global wood product supply chains in a sustainable
manner.
Listed below are documents produced or distributed under the Conflict
Timber and Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities projects. New
documents will be listed periodically; if you would like to be added to
our list-serve to be notified of upcoming documents, please contact Tracy
Simmons.
Documents Available
- Conflict Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa
(June 2003). This three-volume report is the result of the Conflict
Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa project undertaken
by ARD for USAID/ANE/TS and OTI. Volume II (Asia) and Volume III (Africa)
contain the regional reports that highlight regional findings and trends,
and also include the Country Profiles and the in-depth Country Case
Studies for Indonesia and DRC. Volume I, the Synthesis Report, highlights
overall findings and provides recommendations for USAID to consider
in combating conflict timber.
- Workshop
Report on Community-Level Impacts of Forest and Land Conflicts in Mondulkiri
(May 2004). This report synthesizes a Managing Conflict
in Asian Forest Communities workshop in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia.
Due to the dramatic increase in the level of natural resource-related
conflict in Mondulkiri coupled with the relatively low level of awareness
among the province’s indigenous people of their land and forest
use rights, Mondulkiri was identified as the best site for a workshop
where community members, local government officials, and nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) could interact to improve their understanding of
the nature of forest and land conflicts and to identify actions to reduce
future conflicts.
- Cambodia:
The Human Impact of Forest Conflict (February 2006). This
13-page paper synthesizes the context, legal framework and causes of
forest conflict in Cambodia. Key statements by stakeholders affected
by conflict are highlighted as well as the estimates and methodology
for determining the number of Cambodians affected. An addendum, Cambodian
Villages Directly Affected by Land Conflict and Located in Conflict
Affected Areas presents the data used when compiling the above report.
- Forest
Conflict in Asia: How Big is the Problem? (February 2006).
The primary purpose of this report is to provide a sense of the scale
of forest conflict in Asia to allow governments of countries in the
region, donor organizations, NGOs to gauge the relative importance of
this issue from the viewpoints of governance, human rights, economic
development, poverty reduction, and natural resource management.
- Cambodia:
An Assessment of Forest Conflict at the Community Level
(June 2004). This report, an assessment of community-level forest conflict
in Cambodia, was conducted within the context of the Managing Conflict
in Asian Forest Communities project. The assessment provides regionally
relevant information and identifies opportunities to address forest
conflict in Cambodia through additional activities within the project
or through the activities of USAID/Cambodia’s implementing partners.
- Growing
Conflict and Unrest in Indonesian Forests: A Summary Paper (October
2004). This summary paper is a synthesis of the Indonesia Case Study
from the Conflict Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa
project.
- Indonesia:
Meningkatnya Konflik dan Keresahan di Kawasan Hutan Indonesia-Ringkasan
Makalah (Oktober 2004). This is the Bahasa translation
of the summary paper synthesizing the Indonesia Case Study from the
Conflict Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa project.
- Conflict
over Natural Resources at the Community Level in Nepal: Including its
Relationship to Armed Conflict (May 2006). This report
provides an overview of community-level natural resource conflict in
Nepal in the context of the armed insurgency being waged by the Nepal
Communist Party (Maoist) against His Majesty’s Government of Nepal
(HMGN).
- USAID/Philippines
Success Story on the Environmental Governance (EcoGov) Project’s
work with the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government
to adopt a Regional Sustainable Forest Management Act (RSFMA).
- Managing
Conflict in Watersheds of Sri Lanka (January 2005). This
report examines the effect of the 20-year civil war and increasing demands
of a growing population on forest and water resources.
- Forest
Conflict in Asia: Undermining Development, Security and Human Rights
(February 2006). This two-page brochure discusses forest conflict, its
effect on local development and security, and ways it can be reduced
or managed.
- Forest
Conflict in Asia: A Decentralization Challenge (January
2005). This four-page brochure discusses forest conflict, its effect
on decentralization, and USAID programming challenges and assistance.
- Cambodia: Voice of the Poor - Dual language newsletter
published monthly by ABiC, a local contractor to USAID/ARD under the
Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities project. This newsletter
covers forest conflict issues in Cambodia.
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