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For the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the United Nations (UN) International Year of Freshwater 2003 (IYFW2003; see Box) is a logical continuation of its significant engagement in the International Year of Mountains (IYM2002). IYM2002 allowed Switzerland to confirm its leading role in sustainable development of mountain regions and establish itself as a source of...
Climate change is not a new issue. The risks associated with climate change were already a topic of discussion at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro back in 1992. However, only after another 15 years climate change has now gained its rightful place at the top of the (development) policy agenda. For this to happen it took numerous UN climate conferences, the release of Al Gore's global warming...
The Directory is in three sections:
- People
- Organisations
- Places
The section entitled “People” aims to identify key individuals working in the protected areas field. Such individuals include experts from the region, members of the WCPA within the East Asia region and the Regional WCPA Steering Committee for East Asia. As well...
The following guidelines are offered to help in application of the IUCN protected area management categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives. The categories are recognised by international bodies such as the United Nations and by many national governments as the global standard for defining and recording protected areas and as such are increasingly...
In the Alto Mayo valley , Moyobamba, Peru a payment mechanism was introduced for sustainable forest use and reduction of water contamination by livestock and coffee wash. A committee was set-up by inhabitants of Moyobamba from the public meeting to implement the PES scheme. A fee on the water bill was introduced in August 2009. Income is managed by the steering committee. The...
Bolivia’s Comarapa watershed faces constant pressure from soil erosion, increased sedimentation, contamination, and loss of fertility and biodiversity. In February 2008 local authorities approved the creation of a Water Fund, with the objective of sustaining and reviving the environmental services of the watershed through conservation of native forest and restoration of degraded ecosystems....
Loja province, Ecuador suffered from deforestation and water scarcity. Celica’s City Hall initiative established a process to rehabilitate the water ecosystem. A committee for environmental services was created to implement a water protection policy through water billing and attracting external financing. For 320 hectares of land, compensation was provided of USD 0.09/m3 and the...
The Nature Conservancy promote water funds to protect land and water, biodiversity, social justice and distributional justice. The institutional mechanism was established which aims to bring together water users to pay for conservation on the voluntary basis. The funds are then used for water benefits, landscape restoration, fundraising and governance. In Ecuador, Fondo para la Conservaci...
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