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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. It also gives information on the access to different elements of nutrition required for basic needs.

The present publication registers a brief delineation of actions fielded for wetland’s resource management with the local communities under the SEMP components till June 2005. In some case the reporting time vary which is duly mentioned. The principal approach of the projects and the project sites descriptions are followed by descriptions of different project interventions along with brief comments on the impacts they have created on the environment and on the local communities or beyond.

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 Project implementation Plan (PIP) was developed using the Logical framework Analyses (LFA) which sets out the benchmarks and indicators against which the outputs can be measured.

IUCN worked together with IUED on this new publication which aims at providing a better understanding of the links between conservation of natural resources and poverty reduction.

This publication is the first in the series Lessons from the Field: Conservation Awareness that was designed to address the challenges of communication and education as conservation tools. This introductory volume focuses specifically on strategic planning—the first and perhaps most critical component to establishing successful conservation awareness initiatives.