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The value of traditional water schemes : small tanks in the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
    Emerton, L. (Lucy) | Vidanage, Shamen P. | Perera, Sudarshana | Kallesoe, M. F.

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. These traditional tank systems thus form a vital component of both the natural and manmade landscape in Sri Lanka. This study of the Kala Oya Basin, carried out collaboratively by the IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, quantifies the benefits associated with tank goods and services, and underlines their high economic and livelihood value to local communities. It also looks at the economic returns to different options for restoring and maintaining the traditional tank system. The study concludes by making recommendations about economic and financial instruments to strengthen tank management.
Balancing the returns to catchment management : the economic value of conserving natural forests in Sekong, Lao PDR
    Emerton, L. (Lucy) | Rosales, Rina Maria P. | Kallesoe, M. F. | Gerrard, Pauline | Muangchanh, Phokhin | Phomtavong, Sombounmy | Khamsomphou, Somphao

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. In a country where poverty alleviation is of prime importance, estimating the contribution of NTFP harvesting for sustaining livelihoods would demonstrate the importance of NFR schemes in achieving its poverty alleviation goals. This study on the economic returns of conserving Sekong forests has the main objective of determining the benefits from naturally regenerated forests. The report consists of five parts. The first provides a brief background of the study of Sekong province, including forest resources. The second part discusses the objectives of the study. The third presents the economic framework and methodologies used for estimating the various economic values being measured for Sekong forests. The fourth details the results of the study and provides estimates of the various economic value components. Finally, the fifth draws broad conclusions and recommendations from the study results.
Financial incentives for ecosystem conservation : a review of the development of markets for environmental services in Sri Lanka
    Emerton, L. (Lucy) | Kallesoe, M. F. | De Alwis, Diana

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. This study provides a situation analysis of previous and ongoing projects and initiatives related to PES and environmental service markets, and identifies challenges, constraints and opportunities for future PES projects in Sri Lanka. The study focused primarily on markets associated with the provision of the following environmental services: watershed protection and erosion control; biodiversity conservation (including those associated with eco-tourism and medicinal plants); carbon sequestration; and green agriculture and production.
Valuing the role of aquatic resources in livelihoods : economic aspects of community wetland management in Stoeng Treng Ramsar site, Cambodia
    Emerton, L. (Lucy) | Chong, Joanne

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. This document reports on a study whose aim was to provide guidance on the use of environmental economic assessment methodologies to support wetlands management for poverty alleviation. Village-level economic valuation techniques were employed to conduct livelihoods assessments in Veun Sean, one village within the Stoeng Treng Ramsar site, in order to draw more general conclusions about wetland resource use and management. The study extended beyond quantitative assessment to explore the context in which resource-use decisions are made – and the linkages between poverty and the importance of wetland resources.
Dams in Nepal : ensuring compliance. Dialogue on dams and development in Nepal
    Chintan, Gopal Siwakoti | Shrestha, Neeru

The report "Dams in Nepal: Ensuring Compliance" summarises findings of a study on ensuring compliance conducted by WAFED-Nepal. The study has reviewed the existing domestic and international policy and legal provisions, institutional mechanisms and available remedies applicable related to hydropower development in Nepal, including those of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Relevant international human rights instruments ratified by Nepal and access to remedies in case of non-compliance and violations have been analyzed. In addition, some past and present experiences based on the ground reality have also been cross-checked. In the end, the report has come up with conclusions and recommendations for future course of actions relating to the construction of large dams in Nepal.
A biodiversity status profile of Anawilundawa sanctuary - a Ramsar wetland in the Western dry zone of Sri Lanka
    Perera, M. S. J. | Perera, W. P. N. | Rodrigo, R. K. | Ekanayake, S. P. | Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. | Samarawickrama, V. A. P. | Wickramasinghe, L. J. Mendis

This paper presents the findings of a series of biodiversity assessments conducted in the Anawilundawa wetland sanctuary from September 2003-January 2004. Based on these finding, recommendations have been made on how to manage the water in the wetland, establish a biodiversity monitoring programme, implement awareness raising activities and to promote regulated ecotourism in the area, in close collaboration with the local communities.
පර්යටනික විශේෂ සංරක්ෂණය පිළිබඳ ප්‍රඥප්තිය සඳහා සරල අත්වැලක්.
   

This publication, which was prepared in Sinhala, provides a general introduction to an intergovernmental treaty, known as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), which aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian species.
From conversion to conservation : fifteen years of managing wetlands for people and the environment in Uganda
   

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 Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Royal Netherlands Embassy, who collaborated for more than ten years to develop policies, build institutions and financing mechanisms, implement management approaches and empower communities. This book tells the story of how Uganda came to be a recognized world leader in wetland management.
Les animaux dans les situations d'accueil de réfugiés : un manuel pratique pour une meilleure gestion des activités d'élevage
Gestion forestière en contexte d'accueil de réfugiés : un manuel de pratiques rationnelles
Propuesta hacia una estrategia para el manejo de especies introducidas en la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
   

Resumen del Plan para la erradicación de seis especies de mamíferos introducidos en la Isla del Coco. Contiene además, lineamientos generales de una estrategia permanente para el manejo de especies introducidas.
A guide to medicinal plants in North Africa
Lista roja de los reptiles del Ecuador
Hydro-meteorological characteristics of Hakaluki haor
    Choudhury, Giasuddin Ahmed | Nishat, Ainun

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 and land use pattern as governed by hydraulic regimes, information on natural resources like flora and fauna and suggestions on development of a Community-based Haor Resources Management Project.
Socio-economic baseline survey of Pagnar and Sanua-Dakuar haors
Baira : the floating gardens for sustainable livelihood
    Irfanullah, Haseed Md. | Ahmed, Rashiduzzaman | Nishat, Ainun

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. Baira farming was one of the options suggested by the people of that area. Moreover, variations could be identified in this traditional cultivation system in different parts of the country, indicating baira cultivation to be in an evolutionary phase here. But the information on baira is not sufficiently documented in Bangladesh. The purpose of the present account is to illustrate the baira extension initiative taken under SEMP. This publication documents field observations, local knowledge and participatory planning and interventions to promote baira farming as an alternative livelihood option.
Physical infrastructures and socio-economic aspects of Arua and Gopinathur Beels of Manikganj
Reexcavation : a major step in wetland restoration in the floodplains
    Hussain, Md. Belayet | Faisal, Arif Mohammad | Khan, M. Monirul H.

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 the local communities, especially for the women and the disadvantaged. This report shows how this was accomplished.
Reexcavation : a major step in wetland restoration in the haors
    Hassan, Mahabubul | Faisal, Arif Mohammad | Islam, M. Anisul

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 increased the water holding capacity of the wetlands area.
Fish and wildlife of the Chanda Beel area
Fish and wildlife of Arua and Gopinathpur Beel areas
Snails in the Chanda Beel area
    Khan, M. Saiful Islam | Hussain, Md. Belayet | Chakraborty, Tapas Ranjan

Through this study undertaken in the in the Modhumoti floodplain area, an attempt has been made to learn about the volume of snail harvesting, trends, marketing channels and the overall snail trade cycle. Since the demand for snails is now high, more and more people are becoming involved in its harvesting and it has become difficult to regenerate the resource base, which is already in a critical state. The total snail harvest, though not very large has registered gradual decline. If the current unregulated harvesting continues the commercial snail species pila globosa will become endangered within its own territory in the very near future.
Participatory problem census in Pagnar and Sanuar-Dakuar haors
    Islam, M. Anisul | Haque, Md Rakibul | Tareq, Sarwar Jahan | Chowdhury, Naymul Kabir

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. On the basis of information generated from these activities, stakeholders become aware of non-uniform impacts of resource use patterns, livelihood strategies and economic activities on the local environment, sustainable resources management schemes and environmental conservation options available to them. Priorities are determined and intervention programmes are designed accordingly. These programmes must be beneficial to all stakeholders and facilitate community participation in development projects which focus on resource management and environmental conservation. In the long-run this contributes to sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
Utilisation of environment fund in the community based haor and floodplain resource management projects
    Hoque, Md Rakibul | Islam, M. Anisul | Rahman, M. Mokhlesur | Mannan, Md Abdul | Reza, Olena

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 undertake new institutional structures that improve sustainable utilization, management and conservation of natural resources.
Community based plantation in floodplain areas
    Faisal, Arif Mohammad | Khan, M. Monirul H. | Hussain, Md. Belayet | Kar, Shiba Prasad

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. The overall objective being to increase native tree coverage and enhance productivity by establishing plantations through people’s participation. The report shows how this was accomplished.
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