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Tacaná watersheds, Guatemala and Mexico : transboundary water governance and implementation of IWRM through local community action

2012 Welling, Rebecca | Cartin, Megan | Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío | Rivera, Ottoniel | Rosal, Carlos | Arrevillaga, Felipe |

Beginning with a grassroots approach to water management, increased knowledge and information and the improvement of environmental health and livelihoods, the region around the Tacaná volcano on the border of Guatemala and Mexico has shown the way forward in scaling up local level approaches to national level initiatives.

Volta River Basin, Ghana and Burkina Faso : transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects

2012 Welling, Rebecca | Cartin, Megan | Baykono, Désiré | Diallo, Ousmane |

In the Volta basin, WANI and partners have worked with riparian states to improve water governance and water management practices. This has resulted in multi-scale participatory governance frameworks for joint management of water resources and improvement of livelihoods through riverbank protection schemes. This has complemented and helped to facilitate large scale government and donor initiatives that have supported the establishment the Volta Basin Authority.

Gouvernance communale des ressources forestières au Burkina Faso : guide juridique

2011

Le Guide juridique expose les principales règles qui régissent la gestion des forêts au Burkina Faso avec pour ambition de vulgariser ces textes auprès des conseils municipaux pour leur permettre de mieux s’en approprier, de connaître leurs droits mais aussi leurs devoirs en matière de gestion des forêts.

Visualizing sustainable landscapes : understanding and negotiating conservation and development trade-offs using visual techniques

2012 Boedhihartono, Agni |

The aim of this manual is to strengthen the community of practitioners who are using an innovative range of visual techniques in dealing with conservation and development situations. Visualization techniques are used to compare visions of stakeholders and to negotiate trade-offs through comparing these visions. Different visualization techniques are already widely used and several of these are discussed in this manual.

Valorisation des produits forestiers non ligneux du chantier d'aménagement forestier de Bougnounou-Nébiélianayou au Burkina Faso : acquis et perspectives

2011 Savadogo, Moumini | Endamana, Dominique | Sompougdou, Alexis | Honadia, Clarisse |

Baseline report : Xe Champhone Wetland, Champhone and Xonbuly Districts, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

2011

This report provides an overview of existing data about the wetlands, including its ecology, biodiversity, socio-economic values, management and threats.

Explorer l'évaluation des écosystèmes comme un outil d'avancement vers un impact positif net sur la biodiversité dans le secteur minier

2011 Anstee, Stuart | Bishop, Joshua | Olsen, Nathalie |

Cette étude examine les coûts de conservation et la valeur des avantages liés à la biodiversité pour la zone couverte par le projet QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) et ses alentours, mettant particulièrement l'accent sur le complexe forestier de Tsitongambarika (TGK).

Explorando la valoración de los ecosistemas para avanzar hacia un impacto neto positivo sobre la biodiversidad en el sector minero

2011 Anstee, Stuart | Bishop, Joshua | Olsen, Nathalie |

Este estudio analiza los costos de la conservación y el valor de los beneficios asociados con la biodiversidad en y alrededor del área del proyecto QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), con especial atención al bosque Tsitongambarika (TGK). El objetivo es cuantificar y valorar los cambios en los servicios ambientales resultantes de las intervenciones que se apartan de lo acostumbrado en TGK, es decir, la deforestación y degradación ambiental, a favor de alguna forma de conservación forestal.
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