Natural resources

Análisis de las razones del por qué quienes se dedican al desarrollo, no pueden ignorar que muchas poblaciones pobres dependen de los recursos naturales. La publicación presta particular atención al potencial de la conservación para contribuir activamente con el desarrollo sustentable a largo plazo y con la reducción de la pobreza.

Este documento ofrece una recopilación de las experiencias e historias de dos hombres que albergan una memoria histórica de algunos eventos sobresalientes en la Barra de Santiago, El Salvador y algunos de los conocimientos tradicionales sobre la distribución de diversas especies de flora y fauna.

Este documento contiene los resultados del análisis geográfico sobre la calidad del agua de pozos de personas que utilizan biofiltros de arena (tecnologías purificadoras de agua) en el Sur de Ahuachapán; específicamente el la zona media y baja de la Cuenca Hidrográfica Cara Sucia – San Pedro Belén; las características de las comunidades beneficiarias con biofiltros radica en que son consideradas a nivel nacional como comunidades pobres, a esto se le añade los problemas de inundación como cons

This document has been published as part of “Programme Support for Northern Pakistan” project implemented from 2004-07.The project was a continuation of implementation of initiatives that began with the development of the National Conservation Strategy, as well as provincial and district level strategies.

Access to justice in environmental law is a worldwide movement dedicated to assisting members of rural communities to achieve redress for environmental harms.This publication contains a review of the rural environmental justice movement in India and Nepal, illustrated with case studies.

This 8-minute video film promotes new prospects for innovative funding of water projects that can be of benefit to the water critical crisis in the region. According to the video, the Middle East and North Africa region is the most arid in the world and water resources are consequently very sparse. Of the total area of 14 million km², more than 87 % is desert.

On the 13th and 15th of July 2006, Israel bombed the Jiyyeh power plant. The war on natural resources and people's livelihoods began... The Documentary covers the complicated process that the different national and international parties faced while dealing with the environmental catastrophe. It also exposes the suffering of fishermen who are already struggling to make a living in a complex political and economic environment.

The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practised for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsula. It is the most widespread and longstanding indigenous/traditional conservation institution in the Middle East, and perhaps on Earth! The Arabic word “hima” literally means “a protected area”. In pre-Islamic times, access to this place was declared forbidden by the individual or group who owned it.

The Lao People's Democratic Republic lies at the heart the Mekong River basin. It has an abundance of natural resources including water, wetlands, forests and biodiversity. Managing these rich resources in a sustainable manner is essential to the efforts to meet its development objectives of reducing poverty while promoting economic growth.