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World Bank Report - LAC Regional Integrated Ecosystem Management in Indigenous Communities in Central America Project, Vol. 1 — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 16:13

The global objective of the Regional Integrated Ecosystem Management in Indigenous Communities in Central America Project is to achieve effective biodiversity conservation in Central America - Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama - by strengthening the capacity of indigenous communities to protect, and manage their natural and cultural resources, and, by recuperating and promoting their cultural values, and sustainable traditional land use practices, thereby preventing further land degradation that threatens environmental services, livelihoods, and economic well-being, and, conserving the region ' s high, though increasingly threatened, biodiversity resources. The components are : 1) Cultural and institutional strengthening, and capacity building of participating communities, which consists of a) generation and strengthening of the organizational, technical and administrative capacities of indigenous communities regarding the application of their cultural values to the management of their natural resources; b) standardization and criteria formation for traditional ecosystem management of indigenous communities, including a certification process for them to engage in effective ecosystem management, and; c) strengthening empowerment capacities of community organizations for traditional ecosystem management. 2) Promotion of sustainable cultural land use and traditional ecosystem management entails the development of a progressive series of community conservation, and sustainable cultural land use plans that together can form a network of land use areas, to yield greater collective conservation impacts, actually focused on actual planning and management of conservation areas. 3) Development of culturally appropriate products, markets, and services for environmental sustainability in indigenous communities will channel grant resources to develop financial mechanisms at the community level. Specifically, it will finance a progressive series of community biodiversity conservation, and sustainable use subprojects, compatible with the land use plans. Grant activities will focus on income-generating opportunities in four categories: a) traditional products; b) environmental services; c) eco/ethnotourism; and, d) traditional ecosystem management models. 4) Participatory project monitoring and evaluation will support training and capacity building on monitoring and evaluation of project impacts, and also progress in conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It will finance scientifically sound monitoring and evaluation of biodiversity, to follow project implementation and biodiversity changes over time. Full report can be downloaded from this link.

World Bank HIV/AIDS — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 16:19

The World Bank--in partnership with others-- is working to roll back the spread of this global epidemic. As the largest long-term investor in prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS in developing countries, the World Bank Group is working with its partners to: * Prevent new HIV infections; * Expand treatment and care for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. * By supporting countries to strengthen their health systems; develop and implement effective, costed, evidence-based national HIV and AIDS strategies and action plans, build well-functioning monitoring and evaluation systems; and use multi-sectoral approaches (e.g. working in education, social safety nets, transport and other vital areas).

STUDY ON WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: PROJECT BEST PRACTICES — by Renee Giovarelli — last modified 2008-04-29 20:34

OCTOBER 2006. There is a significant gap in knowledge of how projects aimed at land tenure and property rights reform affect women’s rights to land. This study focused on a set of recent and existing land projects and how they dealt with gender. The results are based on a review of project literature, as well as interviews with project personnel and donor project managers. The outcomes are presented within the context of a “project cycle” of preparation/design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. To the degree possible, they are also couched in how successful projects were at incorporating the socio-cultural context in which they occurred. The analysis presented here contains elements of successful projects that have strengthened women’s access to and control over land.

Tool - WWF Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-22 19:48

WWF's Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) methodology was created by the Forests for Life Programme to provide policy makers and park managers with an appropriate tool to assess the management effectiveness of protected area systems. Among other, the RAPPAM identifies management strengths and weaknesses, analyses the scope, severity, prevalence, and distribution of a variety of threats and pressures, and identify areas of high ecological and social importance and vulnerability

Tool - WWF Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

WWF's Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) methodology was created by the Forests for Life Programme to provide policy makers and park managers with an appropriate tool to assess the management effectiveness of protected area systems. Among other, the RAPPAM identifies management strengths and weaknesses, analyses the scope, severity, prevalence, and distribution of a variety of threats and pressures, and identify areas of high ecological and social importance and vulnerability.

Tool - WWF Pyramid - Diagnostic and Planning Tool — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

In an effort to identify and prioritize interventions that would advance sound forest management, the World Bank/WWF Alliance has developed "The Pyramid - A diagnostic and planning tool for good forest governance." It is hoped that this tool will stimulate participatory assessment and target-setting at the country level. The concept behind the pyramid diagnostic and planning tool is that some elements of good forest governance are common to a wide range of nations. By grouping these elements in several tiers of complexity, the pyramid can serve as a country level planning tool in forest management. In a multi-stakeholder process, the tool can be used to assess the status of forest governance using a scoring system to identify what is working, what is missing, and what needs to be done for different elements of forest governance. This links to the site to download the kit {http://www.iied.org/docs/flu/PT6_pyramid.pdf}. Also see the World Bank's website Community and Good Governance site at {http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/}

Tool - World Bank and WWF Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

The World Bank/WWF Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool has been developed to help track and monitor progress in the achievement of the World Bank/WWF Alliance worldwide protected area management effectiveness target. It is also hoped that the tracking tool will be used more generally where it can help monitor progress towards improving management effectiveness; for example it is being used by the Global Environment Facility. To download this tool and to learn more about the Alliance goto {http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/80ByDocName/WBWWFForestAlliance}

NREL's HOMER Toolkit — by Jeff Haeni — last modified 2006-10-30 14:54

HOMER is a computer model that simplifies the task of evaluating design options for both off-grid and grid-connected power systems for remote, stand-alone, and distributed generation (DG) applications. HOMER's optimization and sensitivity analysis algorithms allow you to evaluate the economic and technical feasibility of a large number of technology options and to account for variation in technology costs and energy resource availability. HOMER models both conventional and renewable energy technologies.

An Assessment of Climate Vulnerability in the Middle San Pedro River — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-10-16 14:44

An Assessment of Climate Vulnerability in the Middle San Pedro River by Timothy J. Finan and Colin West (editors) Report #CL3-00, August 2000.

Africa Bureau: ENvironmental assessment and CAPacity building program — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:40

ENCAP is a USAID cooperative program to build capacity for environmental assessment and environmentally sound design in Africa. The program focus is small scale development activities. Specific activities include training, develop resource materials, and directly support the professional development of African Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) practitioners.

A Comparative Assessment of Climate Vulnerability: Agriculture and Ranching on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-10-16 14:44

2003 Vásquez-León, M, C. T. West, T. J. Finan. A Comparative Assessment of Climate Vulnerability: Agriculture and Ranching on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border. Global Environmental Change. Vol. 13 (3): 159-173.)

See also...World Water Assessment Program (WWAP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-12 16:55

 

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Link to - Tool - A Guide to Threat Reduction Assessment for Conservation — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-15 13:52

This Guide, written by Richard Margoluis and Nick Salafsy, was produced under the Biodiversity Support Program (1988-2001) as a Program Evaluation and Conservation Impact Assessment Tool.

Office of Technology Assessment Archive — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-08 13:33

Until its demise in 1995 the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) produced an extensive series of well-regarded reports on a wide range of key policy issues related to science and technology. While OTA no longer exists, this site maintains a complete archive of all the reports OTA produced.

The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 22:55

The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Developing Geographic Information Systems for Land Use Impact Assessment in Flooding Conditions — by S. J. Boyle, I. K. Tsanis,P. S. Kanaroglou — last modified 2006-11-30 01:06

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology is used to develop automated methods for quantifying the spatial variability of flood hazard. An interface module developed within GIS incorporated flood water elevations predicted from a hydraulic simulation, Ontario depth/damage curves, and simulation functions for evaluating alternative flood control policies. A case study from the town of Dundas, Ontario, Canada, is used to demonstrate the advantages that are gained by the application of this module. The proposed approach will provide water resources managers with improved insight into flooding conditions, strengthening the risk assessment process and the administration of human activities in river floodplains. Environment, Land Policy and Geographic Information Systems

World Water Assessment Program (WWAP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 21:56

World Water Assessment Program (WWAP) is a web portal intended to enhance access to information related to freshwater available on the World Wide Web. The site provides links to the current UNESCO and UNESCO-led programmes on freshwater and will serve as an interactive point for sharing, browsing and searching websites of water-related organizations, government bodies and NGOs, including a range of categories such as water links, water events, learning modules and other on-line resources. Surfers can also add or modify links to help maintain an accurate online resource. All water managers are invited to participate by providing information on activities, useful links, news and content which they wish to share with others and generally make more widely available. {http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/}

Stern Review on the economics of climate change — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 23:01

This Review has assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs, and has used a number of different techniques to assess costs and risks. From all of these perspectives, the evidence gathered by the Review leads to a simple conclusion: the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting.

Global Monitoring — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 15:41

Global Monitoring focuses on how the world is doing in implementing the policies and actions for achieving the MDGs and related development outcomes. It is a framework for accountability in global development policy. When the Development Committee—the Ministerial-level body that advises the World Bank and the IMF on development issues—discussed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Bank-Fund Annual Meetings in September 2002, it called for determined implementation by developing countries, developed countries, and multilateral agencies of the agreed strategies and partnerships for reaching the MDGs and related outcomes and requested a framework by which to monitor progress on the underlying policies and actions while recognizing the role of the UN in MDG monitoring...

Beyond Fences Seeking Social Sustainability in Conservation — by Borrini-Feyerabend, G. gbf@cenesta.org (ed.), — last modified 2007-02-17 18:42

Beyond Fences is designed to help professionals involved in conservation initiatives to identify the social concerns that are relevant for their work, assess options for action and implement them. Volume 1 is a companion to a process of planning, evaluating or re-designing a conservation initiative; an experience of 'learning by doing' expected to involve a series of meetings and field-based activities. Volume 2 is a reference book to be consulted, as needed, at various stages in the same process.

The Seldon Project for Global Trade Law Assessment and Assistance — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-05 14:47

"Enhancing trade gains through improved legal institutions."

Climate Change 2001: IPCC Third Assessment Report — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:53

This web-site contains the full text and graphics from the four Climate Change reports by the IPCC's Working Groups. The web site was produced for the 7th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco, 2001.

Assessment of Historical, Social and Economic Impacts of OCS Development on Gulf Coast Communities — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-05-25 01:07

The study examines historical, social, and economic changes in three coastal areas-South Louisiana, Coastal Bend, Tex, and Mobile Bay since 1930 and the rolds of hte the offshore oil industry in those change.

Assessment of Historical, Social and Economic Impacts of OCS Development on Gulf Coast Communities — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-06-01 18:57

The study examines historical, social, and economic changes in three coastal areas-South Louisiana, Coastal Bend, Tex, and Mobile Bay since 1930 and the rolds of hte the offshore oil industry in those change.

Global Resource Information Database (GRID) — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:30

The North American Node of UNEP GRID, is in the forefront of applying information technology tools such as remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and web mapping to address the relationships between the environment and human populations. The information created with these tools provide policy-makers a scientific basis for making decisions. Example of the services GRID has provided include: links between sustainable development community and global change research communities; access to georeferenced environmental and resource data; assistance in finding environmental and resource data ; data set development; assistance in metadata, geospatial data clearinghouse implementation and training ; technology assessment; methodology assessment and applications; education and training for developing country scientists and senior officials; assistance in formulating projects, writing proposals, and finding donors/sponsors.

Global Resource Information Database (GRID) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-10 05:12

The North American Node of UNEP GRID, is in the forefront of applying information technology tools such as remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and web mapping to address the relationships between the environment and human populations. The information created with these tools provide policy-makers a scientific basis for making decisions. Example of the services GRID has provided include: links between sustainable development community and global change research communities; access to georeferenced environmental and resource data; assistance in finding environmental and resource data ; data set development; assistance in metadata, geospatial data clearinghouse implementation and training ; technology assessment; methodology assessment and applications; education and training for developing country scientists and senior officials; assistance in formulating projects, writing proposals, and finding donors/sponsors.

WHO/UNICEF MDG/Water and Sanitation Assessment — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:08

At the end of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-1990), WHO and UNICEF established a Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP). The overall aim of the JMP is to report globally on the status of water supply and sanitation sector, and to support countries in improving their monitoring performance to enable better planning and management at the country level. The JMP is the official arrangement within the UN System to produce information for the UN Secretary General on the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals related to water supply and sanitation. This site offers Publications, including Facts and Figures and Country Data, hightlights Emerging Issues and Health Topics; and links to Research Tools. {http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/en/}

Proceeding: International Conference on Local Capacity Building for Healthy Watersheds — by International Conference on Local Capacity Building for Healthy Watersheds — last modified 2007-03-23 12:04

International Conference on Local Capacity Building for Healthy Watersheds, June 24 – 26, 2004; Wingspread Conference Center Racine, Wisconsin, USA. The purpose of this conference was to develop a local capacity building model for healthy watersheds that can be adapted for use successfully in any region of the world. The results of the conference affirm and offer a clear interpretation of how local communities can prepare themselves to manage the watershed in which they live and depend upon for a productive and healthy economy, ecological biodiversity, food production and safe drinking water. The generalized model developed for local capacity building will be a useful road map for planning how land and water may be utilized for the greatest benefit by people living in diverse locations worldwide. Thirtynine professional water managers from 17 different countries participated in the conference and contributed to these proceedings to offer advice on how the model could be applied in their home regions. Variations of the model are currently being field tested in pilot projects or in planning efforts in South Africa, Mexico, and China with potential for additional application elsewhere by conference participants. The Global Environmental Management Education Center (GEM) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point continues to monitor these projects and to promote additional collaboration between conference participants.

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