Problem Census (PCs) and Planning Workshops (PWs) are used to examine the diverse contrasting perspectives of beneficiary groups in regard to their socio-economic and political conditions.
The purpose of the reports is to; a) improve the existing, and develop new income generating opportunities with local communities; b) improve existing, and develop ways to manage (use, protect, enhance) natural resources; c) facilitate, train and strengthen existing institutions; d) promote and u
The loss of plants from floodplain ecosystems have resulted in further degradation of other ecological functions. To stop and reverse this trend, massive plantation programmes were carried out at three floodplain sites: Padma-Jamuna, Brahmaputra-Shitalakshya and Madhumati Floodplain.
Wetlands in Bangladesh are going through a difficult phase caused by exponential degradation and destruction of these ecosystems and dwindling of their valuable resources. Plant resources are more vulnerable due to over-harvesting and unwise exploitation.
This book primarily based on observation made during field trips to different haors and floodplains in the SEMP project areas by plant experts, IUCNB staff and partner NGOs. Experience and ideas of the local communities of these wetlands were also considered while preparing the manuscript.
The participatory land-use survey report is a major baseline activity of the Community Base Haor Resource Management Project. The survey was done in Pagnar and Sanuar-Dakuar haors.
The present report compiles the awareness raising initiatives take under the Community Based Floodplain Resource Management Project, a component of the SEMP.
This report aims to provide proper guidelines and mechanisms for communities, to enable them to manage and sustain the current positive trends into the future.
This approach for project piloting also considered sustainability issues for each and every individual activity through participation of Community Based Organizations formed under the project.
The present report compiles the awareness raising initiatives taken under the Community Based Haor Resource Management project, a component of the SEMP.
In this report, focus has been given to a range of related themes. It examines the household situation with regard to accessing different types of food, and sheds light on inequality pervading the households, perceived in terms of their control over resources such as land or food.
The present publication registers a brief delineation of actions fielded for wetlands resource management with the local communities under the SEMP components till June 2005. In some case the reporting time vary which is duly mentioned.
Overall objectives of the report as outlined in the Program Support Document (PSD) are to improve environmental quality of the country coupled with sustainable development, poverty alleviation and capacity building for better environmental management.
This film is based on Managing the world by Maria Clara van der Hammen. It looks at indigenous peoples of the Amazon forest in Colombia, and how their lives are affected by their changing myths. Produced in collaboration with The Netherlands Committee of IUCN
El presente libro recoge las ponencias presentadas en el Primer Simposio "Mujeres Indígenas en los Escenarios de la Biodiversidad", algunas como transcripciones del Simposio y otras como artículos escritos por las ponentes.
Author(s):
Escobar, Elsa Matilda
Escobar, Pía
Pazmiño, Aracely
Ulloa, Astrid
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Fundación Natura de Colombia, CO
Colombia, Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia
Resume las principales características y experiencias de la participación de la sociedad en la gestión de las áreas protegidas en Nicaragua, así como su marco legal e institucional.
Author(s):
Hernández, Gabriela
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Nicaragua, Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Resume las principales características y experiencias de participación de la sociedad civil en la gestión de las áreas naturales protegidas; incluye además, el marco insitucional y legal en El Salvador.
Author(s):
Hernández, Gabriela
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
El Salvador, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
This report Gaining public acceptance is one of the four products of the dialogue on dams and development Phase II facilitated by IUCN Nepal since 2002 and participated in by government institutions, national and international non-governmental organizations, academicians, private compani
Author(s):
Shrestha, Sugam
Singh, Anju
Singh, D. B.
Organization(s):
Development Based Services Consultancy
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Propuesta para iniciar un diálogo entre usuarios del agua, interesados en la determinación preliminar del caudal de agua del Río Tempisque, de manera que sea el apropiado para mantener las poblaciones bióticas viables y a un nivel tal que mantengan procesos ecológicos que aseguren el nivel de bi
Lake Naivasha is a rare example of a designated Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) where the mandate to manage the site resides with the local community. Community members led the effort to seek designation for the site and develop a management plan.
The Comprehensive Options Assessment for Electricity Sector in Nepal analyzes the demand and supply scenario of electricity, water resources policies, environmental concerns of funding agencies, and the comprehensive options assessment in relation to different guidelines.
Author(s):
Pokharel, J. C.
Organization(s):
IUCN Nepal
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, US
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Reflexiones sobre el estado de la política forestal a nivel regional y nacional. Contiene además una serie de propuestas y acciones prácticas para trabajar en el gran desafío de asegurar la sostenibilidad ambiental en los países centroamericanos.
Author(s):
Rodríguez Quirós, Jorge Eduardo
Hernández, Gabriela
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
PROARCA
Comisión Centroaméricana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD)
Constituye una recopilación preliminar de información sobre los recursos hídricos de la zona Sur de Ahuachapán: registros históricos y recientes sobre las características de las cuencas y drenajes, calidad de agua, usuarios de agua para riego y consumo humano.
Ofrece información detallada sobre los usos del agua, sus principales interesados y cómo inciden en la calidad y cantidad de este recurso. Señala además, las razones de conflictos por el uso de este recurso y quiénes pueden incidir para orientar un uso eficiente y sostenible del agua.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated.
Water ecosystems have long been perceived by decision makers as having little value simply because their economic value is poorly understood and rarely articulated.
Among the various innovative instruments linked to the Kyoto Protocol is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which offers developed countries a chance to offset some of their greenhouse gas emissions by funding development projects in areas such as renewable energy and forestry.
Author(s):
Manguiat, Maria Socorro Z.
Verheyen, Roda
Mackensen, Jens
Scholz, Gerald
Organization(s):
IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
The Lunama and Kalametiya lagoons are located on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. Part of the Dry Zone of the country, their importance led to their being designated in 1984 as a Sanctuary under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance.
Great uncertainty typically surrounds decisions and management actions in the conservation of biodiversity and natural resource management, and yet there are risks of serious and irreversible harm for both biodiversity and the humans that rely on it.
The Vth IUCN World Parks Congress held in 2003 in Durban, South Africa was host to a stream of workshops dedicated to the broad topic of building support for protected areas.
The first in a series of guides to the natural environments of St. Eustatius (Statia), Saba and St. Maarten, this book describes the reptiles and amphibians of these islands.
