Este estudio reconstruye, a partir de la historia oral, el proceso de transformación de las costumbres relacionadas con los diferentes usos que se le dan al agua. Para ellos se han entrevistado a personas de la zona, quienes han brindado amablemente datos, recuerdos e historias. De ahí su valor histórico natural.
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.
Land of the Indus depicts the variety of Sindh's natural environment and highlights its environmental problems such as desertification, water scarcity, degradation of forests, fisheries, cultural heritage and urban environment. The documentary is a useful resource for raising awareness on environmental issues of Sindh.
The documentary portrays linkages between environmental degradation and poverty in the Indus Delta. It attempts to document as to how environmental degradation caused by sea intrusion in the coastal and deltaic tracts of southern parts of Pakistan has been instrumental in impacting and destroying the livelihoods of the local population, thereby exacerbating their poverty.
This interactive CD was developed in conjunction with a Country Environmental Profile for Somalia by the Eastern Africa Regional Office of IUCN, for the EC Somalia Operations Office.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process to establish them poses great challenges.
It is today widely acknowledged both by the development and conservation communities that a vital relationship exists between the sound management of ecosystems, the determinants of poverty and the effectiveness of poverty alleviation efforts. Although levels of vulnerability remain high in urban areas, the relationship is closer still in rural settings where the majority of poor remain largely dependent upon the productivity and sustainability of natural ecosystems.
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows are regulated. Pioneering efforts in South Africa, Australia and the United States have shown that the process to establish them poses great challenges.
