Governance to promote better land use and livelihoods
Kissinger, G., 2024. Seeing the forest but missing the problem: National policy responses to drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. PhD thesis. Wageningen University.
Federalism and the recognition of indigenous rights to land and natural resources in Myanmar:
Case studies from Canada, Ethiopia and Brazil
Gabrielle Kissinger
Forest Trends, 2020
Myanmar is in a process of defining its federal system, after 70 years of military rule. Therefore, exploring lessons learned in other jurisdictions that have a similar set of issues can be useful to all parties that are seeking a democratic and federal system of government in Myanmar, which respects its ethnic people. This report explores what indigenous and customary rights have been allowed and recognized in three countries that have federal systems of government and also have extensive indigenous communities and groups—Canada, Ethiopia and Brazil.
The Sustainable Development Goals and REDD+:
assessing institutional interactions and the pursuit of synergies
Bastos-Lima, M., G Kissinger, I Visseren-Hamakers, J Braña-Varela, A Gupta
International Environmental Agreements, 2017
This paper analyzes potential synergies between two recent sustainable development initiatives, namely the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), a climate mitigation mechanism negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The research draws on literature review and document analysis, direct observations of global policy processes relating to REDD+ and SDGs, as well as extensive engagement (of one author) at national level in Indonesia and Myanmar. Analysis reveals that there are currently significant opportunities to pursue synergies in the implementation of these international initiatives at the national level, although pro-active interaction management is necessary, especially to achieve complementary synergies.
Pokorny, B., P Pacheco, P Cerutti, T Boekhout van Solinge, G Kissinger, L Tacconi, 2016. Drivers of Illegal and Destructive Forest Use. Chapter in Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade – Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses. A Global Scientific Rapid Response Assessment Report, editted by D Kleinschmit, S Mansourian, C Wildburger, A Purret. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Series Volume 35. Vienna. 148 p.
Kissinger, G, T. Namgyel, 2013. NAPAs and NAPs in Least Developed Countries. ecbi Publications and Policy Analysis Unit for the LDC Group. Link to report and CDKN policy brief.
Kissinger G, Lee D, Orindi VA, Narasimhan P, King’uyu SM, Sova C. 2013. Planning climate adaptation in agriculture. Meta-synthesis of national adaptation plans in West and East Africa and South Asia. CCAFS Report No. 10. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Link to report and slideshare.