Smartfolder: C. Prevention

link to - Coral Bleaching - Causes, Consequences and Response — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-20 14:58

Schuttenberg, H.Z. (ed). 2000. Coral Bleaching: Causes, Consequences and Response. Selected Papers. Papers presented at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Coral Bleaching: Assessing and Linking Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts, Future Trends and Mitigation Planning. University of Rhode Island, Coastal Resources Center. Narragansett, Rhode Island USA. 102pp.

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.

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).

World Bank Public Health — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 16:05

Public health knowledge, advisory services, and capacity building are key instruments for development effectiveness. The major public health functions which are discussed in the "Public Health and World Bank Operations" strategy note are: * policy development; * creating and disseminating evidence for health policies, strategies and actions * prevention and control of disease; * multi-sectoral action for better health * human resource development and capacity building The Bank's roles in public health are: manage and disseminate knowledge on public health and public health functions; conduct analytic work related to public health functions; engage in global health initiatives that will help countries make measurable progress towards their HNP goals; build capacity for poverty reduction, and; improve Bank and client performance.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 18:04

The Permanent Forum is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. According to its mandate, the Permanent Forum will: * provide expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through the Council * raise awareness and promote the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system * prepare and disseminate information on indigenous issues

Good Practice Guidance nad Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 21:40

Published by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. At its 8th session in June 1998, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA-8) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), encouraged the IPCC-OECD-IEA Inventories Programme to give high priority to completing its work on uncertainty, as well as to prepare a report on good practices in inventory management and to submit a report on these issues for consideration by the SBSTA, if possible by COP5. This report is the IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) response to the SBSTA.

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Centre for Studies in Food Security — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 19:13

 

Measuring Impacts of HIV-AIDS on Rural Livelihoods and Food Security — by webadmin — last modified 2006-03-13 13:36

The main purpose of this paper is to examine general patterns of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihood assets and to propose a set of indicators to measure these impacts. A related objective is to identify indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation efforts. The paper builds on previous work done by FAO on the linkages between the HIV/AIDS epidemic, agriculture, food security and rural development. The paper was developed by C. Shannon Stokes while a Visiting Scientist at FAO (presently Professor of Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University), in close collaboration with staff of the FAO Population and Development Service. We hope the paper will stimulate innovative thinking and inspire new interventions to effectively counteract the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods.

GIS and Participatory Planning in Northeast Brazil — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-10-16 14:44

A Powerpoint presentation documenting BARA's work on drought prediction and mitigation in Ceara, Brazil.

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/}

Michigan State University Agricultural Economics — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:22

Food Security Group of Related Research, Policy Dialogue and Training Projects

link to - Good Practices for Community-based Planning and Management of Shrimp Aquaculture in Sumatra, Indonesia — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-20 15:00

Tobey, J., H. Poespitasari, and B. Wiryawan. 2001. Good Practices for Community-based Planning and Management of Shrimp Aquaculture in Sumatra, Indonesia. Proyek Pesisir Working Paper. USAID/BAPPENAS NRM II Program. Jakarta, Indonesia. 45pp.

Eldis Regional and Country Profiles — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:30

Eldis is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. We maintain an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an organisational directory of development-related internet services. It is possible to search the entire Eldis database as well obtain both Regional and Country-specific information. Country-level data include: health, education, gender, agriculture, trade and finance, governance, environment, poverty, food security and emergencies, Aid and debt. This service is funded by Sida, Norad, SDC and DFID, and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

Afro-Cuban Religions and Social Welfare: Consequences of Commercial Development in Havana — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-04-19 10:08

Adrian H Hearn. Human Organization. Washington: Spring 2004. Vol. 63, Iss. 1; p. 78....Fidel Castro has struggled to provide Cubans with health care, adequate housing, and social security. Decision making about these issues has been decentralized to involve the public activity of community self-help groups. Many such groups are rooted in Afro-Cuban religions. Projects of these groups set out to improve the quality of life of participants, but these aspirations become obscured as the projects seek quick returns from the burgeoning tourist market.

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 16:43

UNFIP provides a "one-stop" service for partnership opportunities with the UN family. Established by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in March 1998, the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) was set up as an autonomous trust fund, headed by an Executive Director and operating under the leadership of the UN Deputy Secretary-General. UNFIP collaborates with UNF to encourage greater private sector investment in the development and implementation of innovative, high-impact initiatives, campaigns and projects on the ground to achieve the MDGs in four priority areas: 1. Children’s Health; 2. Population and Women (focus on adolescent girls); 3. Environment (biodiversity, energy and climate change); and 4. Peace and Security, and Human Rights.

Watershed Management Seminar — by webadmin — last modified 2006-03-09 17:33

The Watershed Seminar tour at Wingspread September 25-27 on “land use planning for healthy watersheds"

Watershed Management Seminar — by webadmin — last modified 2006-10-03 19:35

The Watershed Seminar tour at Wingspread September 25-27 on “land use planning for healthy watersheds"

Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:46

It is a community of interest around sustainable management practices for farm and forest land in North America. This site offers publications of general interest in the application of agroforestry in sustainable development, and land-use planning and practices. {http://www.aftaweb.org/resources.php}

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

The Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) allows the user to combine wind and solar resource data with local geographic and infrastructure information. The GsT is easy to use. No GIS expertise or software is required. It can help developers and planners understand the renewable energy resources and potential for the area included, help users choose optimal candidate sites for RE applications, and support energy planning.

UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessments — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:19

The Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) provides the world community with timely, scientifically credible, policy-relevant environmental data and information for decision-making and action planning for sustainable human development. DEWA monitors, analyses and reports on the state of the global environment, assesses global and regional environmental tends and provides early warning of emerging environmental threats

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.

Tool - WWF Toolkit on High Conservation Value Forests — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

This links to the WWF tools to manage high conservation value forests (HCVF), defined as forests of outstanding and critical importance due to their environmental, socio-economic, biodiversity and/or landscape values. WWF promotes this practical approach towards responsible forestry across all land tenures. The toolkit represents a priority setting effort for identifying forests of high conservation value assists forest owners, companies and other relevant forest stakeholders in conservation planning, for instance to decide which parts of a forest must be given higher priority for protection than others. For the full suite of tools go to: {http://www.panda.org/}

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/}

HAITIAN HANDICRAFT VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS — by Derks, Eric — last modified 2008-05-30 20:04

microREPORT # 68.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Haiti is known throughout the Caribbean, Americas and Europe for the quality and creativity of its handicrafts, especially metalwork. The capacity of the handicrafts industry to turn that advantage into a larger and growing market share is constrained by a number of factors. The objective of this assessment is to better understand the constraints and opportunities of the handicrafts industry in Haiti, and to present the findings to key stakeholders in the industry in order to develop a competitiveness strategy focused on greater efficiency, increased differentiation (including quality improvements) and accessing new markets. Information was gathered through interviews with over 50 market actors in Haiti with additional interviews of experts in the global handicraft market, with a particular focus on the US1, on trends and opportunities in the market. To permit a greater depth of analysis, interviews were limited to market actors involved in metal and papier- mâché crafts. This report focuses on the in-country assessment of the handicrafts value chain in Haiti and the stakeholder planning workshop. The end market analysis identified important opportunities for the unique crafts of Haiti to find greater market share—particularly in the home accessories markets in the U.S. The in-country analysis identified six principal constraints and opportunities for market actors to increase the competitiveness of the overall sector and to increase benefits to micro- and small enterprise (MSE) craft producers including employees of large craft production firms— focusing in particular on the U.S. home accessories markets. These constraints and opportunities are: • lack of access to product design services and timely market information for new product development • lack of capacity to identify and link with buyers in all market segments • lack of access to regular and affordable raw materials • lack of access to production financing • opportunity for intermediary agent services to link producers with foreign buyers • opportunity for designer/producers to provide design services to craft factories and workshops.... also examined closely. ...

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.