http://rmportal.net Smartfolder Monitoring and Evaluation links daily 1 2006-12-02T17:33:42Z http://rmportal.net/library/V/A/2/also-see-monitoring-and-evaluation No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T20:04:58Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/III/A/8/see-also-monitoring-and-evaluation No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T20:23:20Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/A/7/also-see-monitoring-and-evaluation No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T19:49:17Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/V/D/nrm_dg_property/nrm_dg_prop-lac-amazon-indig 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. No publisher webadmin 2006-09-21T20:13:21Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/A/3/world-bank-hiv-aids 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). No publisher stonyot 2006-12-18T20:19:44Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/II/C/2/study-on-women-and-property-rights-project-best-practices 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. No publisher Renee Giovarelli USAID 2006 In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, any copyrighted material herein is distributed without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 2008-04-30T00:34:34Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/protected-area-management-tools/nrm_pa-rappam 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 No publisher webadmin 2006-02-22T23:48:40Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/forest-management-tools/nrm_m_nfm-rappam 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. No publisher webadmin 2006-08-21T02:09:29Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/forest-management-tools/nrm_m_nfm-pyramid 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/} No publisher webadmin 2006-08-21T02:09:29Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/forest-management-tools/nrm_m_nrm_wb-wwf 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} No publisher webadmin 2006-08-21T02:09:29Z Link http://rmportal.net/tools/renewable-and-non-renewable-energy-tools/HOMER 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. No publisher jhaeni 2006-10-30T18:54:37Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/F/3/an-assessment-of-climate-vulnerability-in-the-middle-san-pedro-river-1 An Assessment of Climate Vulnerability in the Middle San Pedro River by Timothy J. Finan and Colin West (editors) Report #CL3-00, August 2000. No publisher jdale 2006-10-16T18:44:12Z Link http://rmportal.net/links/usaid-organizational-links-on-the-portal/africa-bureau-environmental-assessment-and-capacity-building-program 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. No publisher jdale usaid organizational links 2006-12-05T19:40:50Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/F/3/a-comparative-assessment-of-climate-vulnerability-agriculture-and-ranching-on-both-sides-of-the-us-mexico-border-1 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.) No publisher jdale 2006-10-16T18:44:12Z Link http://rmportal.net/library/I/G/2/see-also-world-water-assessment-program-wwap No publisher stonyot 2006-12-12T20:55:40Z Link