scholarly journals Peat forest Rehabilitation in Central Kalimantan and REDD+: Conflicting Roles of Government Agencies

2011 ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Farwiza Farhan ◽  
Medrilzam Medrilzam ◽  
Sebastian Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Deforestation Rate ◽  
Tropical Peatlands ◽  
Regulatory Decisions ◽  
Forest Rehabilitation

Peat forests are considered to be one of the largest reserves of terrestrial carbon in the world, and play an important role in storing atmospheric carbon. Indonesia is home to nearly half of the world’s tropical peatlands, and as the country with the world’s second-highest deforestation rate (after Brazil), these peatlands are being severely degraded. This paper uses the former Mega Rice Project area of Central Kalimantan to explore the role of government agencies in the development and implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) schemes in Indonesia. The Indonesian Government is committed to reducing emissions from deforestation, as well as rehabilitating degraded forest areas. As Indonesia’s legislative system is still maturing, policy and regulatory decisions are often made without thorough planning, and frequently conflict with one another. The research presented here identifies contradictory regulations and overlaps in the responsibilities of government agencies directly involved in elements of REDD+ policy, principally in regard to forest governance and land tenure in project areas.

scholarly journals Sources of Support for Studies That Inform Recommendations of the Community Preventive Services Task Force

2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
pp. 813-822
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Neilson ◽  
Jennifer Villani ◽  
Shawna L. Mercer ◽  
David L. Tilley ◽  
Isaah Vincent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Preventive Services ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Sources Of Support

Objectives The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) makes evidence-based recommendations about preventive services, programs, and policies in community settings to improve public health. CPSTF recommendations are based on systematic evidence reviews. This study examined the sponsors (ie, sources of financial, material, or intellectual support) for publications included in systematic reviews used by the CPSTF to make recommendations during a 9-year period. Methods We examined systematic evidence reviews (effectiveness reviews and economic reviews) for CPSTF findings issued from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2018. We assessed study publications used in these reviews for sources of support; we classified sources as government, nonprofit, industry, or no identified support. We also identified country of origin for each sponsor and the most frequently mentioned sponsors. Results The CPSTF issued findings based on 144 systematic reviews (106 effectiveness reviews and 38 economic reviews). These reviews included 3846 publications: 3363 publications in effectiveness reviews and 483 publications in economic reviews. Government agencies supported 57.1% (n = 1919) of publications in effectiveness reviews and 59.2% (n = 286) in economic reviews. More than 1500 study sponsors from 36 countries provided support. The National Institutes of Health was the leading sponsor for effectiveness reviews (21.3%; 718 of 3363) and economic reviews (16.2%; 78 of 480), followed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (7.0%; 234 of 3363 effectiveness reviews and 14.8%; 71 of 480 economic reviews). Conclusions The evidence base used by the CPSTF was supported by an array of sponsors, with government agencies providing the most support. Study findings highlight the need for sponsorship transparency and the role of government as a leading supporter of studies that underpin CPSTF recommendations for improving public health.

scholarly journals Perlindungan Kebajikan Warga Emas Gelandangan dan Daif Menurut Akta Orang-Orang Papa 1977: Suatu Tinjauan Perundangan

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Noor 'Aza Ahmad ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Senior Citizen ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Welfare Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Government

Malaysia is reported to be an “elderly’”country by 2030. Senior citizens are “jewels in experience”, wherefore their welfare rights should be protected under the law or by the public in general. Therefore, this paper discusses the rights of senior citizens to be protected by examining the provisions of the Destitute Persons Act 1977. The study was carried out through library research. Apart from analysing the provisions of the Destitute Persons 1977 Act, reported cases of underprivileged and ill senior citizens in Malaysia were also taken into view. In addition, this article also discusses the role of government agencies in helping senior citizens in need of protection and care, in the form of physical or financial assistance. Finally, this article discusses the actions and recommendations of the government which seeks to draw up an Act specifically aimed at protecting senior citizen welfare rights as a whole.

Amadubi Rural Tourism Project in Jharkhand: Development of Project Risk Management (A)

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Goutam Dutta ◽  
Sumitro Santra
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Project Risk Management ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Management Issues

Rural Tourism is an important feature in development of emerging states in India. This case study, an UNDP funded project with ministry of Tourism, GOI, focuses the problem faced by a NGO in developing a rural tourism in Jharkhand in India for a decade. The management issues are feasibility and financial viability, lack of project and infrastructure planning, role of government agencies. The case stresses need of project risk management in this type of private partner partnership

Successfully Playing Games of Tax Compliance

2016 ◽  
pp. 216-245
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Electronic Property ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Ecology Of Games

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the role of government in encouraging fiscal compliance from the theoretical perspective of the ‘Ecology of Games'. Conceptual representations of human behaviour in formal complex institutions, located within Behavioural Economics Political Game Theory, presuppose it is possible for government agencies to strategically influence the behavioural preferences and consumption patterns of individual actors and groups in society. This study presents an empirical case concerned with the implementation and use of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India developed between 1998 and 2008.

The role of government agencies in assessing HACCP

Food Control ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lahsen Ababouch
Keyword(s):  
Government Agencies ◽  
Role Of Government
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