The report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.
The report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.
The report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.
At the heart of co-management of natural resources is a process of collective understanding and action by local communities and other social actors. The process brings about negotiated agreements on management roles, rights, and responsibilities, making explicit the conditions and institutions of sound decentralised governance. De facto, co-management is about sharing power.
The workshop was organised to improve the understanding of the dialectic between water-related infrastructures and institutional frameworks in West Africa.
IUCN has been working to raise awareness regarding the values of wetland ecosystems, the threats to wetlands, wetland dependent peoples and species, and to build capacity for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Nepal. This report is the result of a significant project development effort undertaken by IUCN Nepal over the last two years, which was to design a national project for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in the country.
