This preliminary report describes the highlights of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, which took place in September 2012 in Jeju, Korea.
This document is divided into three sections. The first examines learning on various aspects of natural resources governance. This is followed by a section focusing more specifically on project implementation, planning and management lessons. Finally, we conclude with some suggestions on possible future niches for IUCN in the natural resources (NR) governance arena.
Inappropriate water management practices in the Komadugu Yobe Basin, upstream of Lake Chad in northern Nigeria, changed the seasonal river flow and caused widespread environmental degradation. Coupled with this were fragmented regulation and conflicting responsibilities among institutions, a lack of coordination for hydro-agricultural developments, inequitable access to water resources and growing tensions and risk of conflicts among water users.
Describes the aims and achievements of the "Strengthening Voices for Better Choices" project in Brazil, particularly as it relates to work in Acre.
The SVBC discussion, which helped create this report, took place at the Chatham House Illegal Logging Update Meeting on 24 June 2009.
