This report has been developed through a collation and analysis of reliable, up-to-date data, using an interdisciplinary approach and also recognizing that wetland ecosystems should be conserved and developed in a sustainable manner.
Organization(s):
IUCN Vietnam
Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme
With increasing demands on the water of the Pangani River Basin, coupled with a decreasing catchment runoff due to climate change, water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and leading to conflicts among users.
Sri Lanka has one of the oldest traditions of irrigation in the world. The economy and human settlements of early Sri Lankan society were organized around the ancient water tank (water storage reservoir) irrigation systems.
The socio-economic development plan for Sekong mentions increasing forest cover as one of its major objectives. This study focuses on natural regeneration (NFR) forests and what it would cost the country if NFR schemes were not undertaken.
Sri Lanka holds great potential for developing payment for environmental services (PES) and environmental service markets. However, this is a relatively new concept, and improving awareness and building institutional capacity remain a top priority and challenge.
Wetlands are vital to the livelihoods of hundred of millions of people residing in the Lower Mekong region, and particularly to the food security of many of the rural poor.
At the occasion of the 9th Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (8-15 November 2005), Uganda took great pride in sharing its experiences in wetland management with the world. These experiences are based on a partnership between the Government of Uganda, the World Conservatio
The main objective of this report is to provide hydrological inputs that include inflow and outflow routes of water, identification of various rivers, beels and khals functioning within the Hakaluki haor region, current hydrological and hydraulic characteristics, soil characteristics of the area
IUCN Bangladesh has undertaken this initiative in association with Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) under the Sustainable Environment Management Programme (SEMP) in the Madhumati Floodplain. Under this project one of the interventions is to promote alternative livelihood options.
The overall objective of the project was to improve environmental quality of the degraded canals/beels/rivers to allow for proper functioning of migratory routes for fish and other organisms, to increase the crop production by facilitating irrigation and thereby effect socio-economic uplift of th
This aim of this report was to show how restoration activities in some degraded and silted wetlands, identified by the community people enhanced fish populations and aquatic habitats, increased agricultural production by ensuring adequate irrigation facilities, facilitated fish migration, and inc
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
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)
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)
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.
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.
There is an urgent need for concrete steps to foster the mutual supportiveness of the objectives embodied in the Convention on Biological Diversity and multilateral trade rules under the World Trade Organization. Intellectual property is one area of debate where such efforts could be undertaken.
Author(s):
Chouchena-Rojas, Martha
Ruiz Muller, Manuel
Vivas Eugui, David
Winkler, Sebastian
Organization(s):
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), CH
Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), FR
This volume is a companion to The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development. Here the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law assembles for the first time a volume of legal instruments which can be recognized as constituting the core of the law of energy for sustainable development.
