First National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Year of publication
2000
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Drought, Erosion
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
South-eastern Asia
Region
South-eastern Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C
Changes in rainfall pattern may increase the rate of conversion of forest(s) to agricultural lands due to human migration from areas degraded by drought and erosion to more productive forestlands.
Ps. 58 and 59