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3 results foundAuthor: Trevin, Jorge Title: Forest Law Enforcement and Governance and Forest Practices in Guyana Summary: The Republic of Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America. Located on the Guianas Region of northeastern South America, it comprises about 215,000 km2, with a population of 750,000. Tropical forests cover 18.6 million hectares or about 76 percent of its territory and represent a highly valuable asset. The deforestation rate is one of the lowest in the world, with no significant forest change evidenced for the 2000-2005 period (FAO 2005). Most of these forests have not been affected by extractive uses, and the vast majority of those woodlands that have had some harvest intervention, generally through selective logging methods, retain their productive capacity and other major ecosystem functions. Guyana and Norway have agreed to work toward the establishment of a REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism. Within this context, the objective of this study is to arrive at an independent assessment of Forests Law Enforcement and Governance and forest practices in Guyana. The importance of this assessment stems from the significance of effective and legitimate governance of forest resources to achieving REDD. In order to reach this objective, several aspects of the broad area of forest governance have to be considered. They include the state of forest policies and legislation, production and export of forest products and government revenue, border and trade issues, legal compliance in the forest sector, management of concessions and protected areas, status of land claims and demarcation of indigenous territories, and the participation of forest dependent populations in the design and implementation of forest policies. The assessment is based on information from existing sources, including governmental sources, NGOs and other relevant stakeholders. Gaps in information are identified, allowing for an evaluation of the robustness of the analysis. Both along the complete document and within individual sections, data and general descriptive aspects are for the most part introduced firstly. The discussion and analysis of issues is generally presented afterward. Details: Bogor Barat, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), 2009. 43p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 15, 2012 at: http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/MD/Vedlegg/Klima/klima_skogprosjektet/Guyana/CIFOR%20report%20final.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Guyana URL: http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/MD/Vedlegg/Klima/klima_skogprosjektet/Guyana/CIFOR%20report%20final.pdf Shelf Number: 125275 Keywords: Environmental ConservationForest ManagementIllegal LoggingOffenses Against the Environment |
Author: Mauger, Sue Title: Effectiveness of Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project 02667 Final Report Summary: Study History: Project 02667 examines data previously collected through the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program in the Kachemak Bay and Anchor River watersheds. This one-year project was originally funded from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002. Due to contract issues with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the project was granted a deadline extension to December 31, 2002. Abstract: Cook Inlet Keeper analyzed five years of past data from the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program, the first consistent and coordinated community-based water quality monitoring program in Alaska. The objective of the analysis was to determine if sampling frequency, methods, parameters, and site selection are effective at meeting the monitoring objectives of detecting significant changes in water quality over time. Based on the analysis, the following recommendations are made: 1) prioritize collecting five year baseline data sets (n=80), 2) state explicitly what significant change can be detected: 2oC, 0.25 pH units, and 5% saturation of dissolved oxygen, 3) deploy continuous temperature loggers during summer months, 4) consider new turbidity method with a higher maximum range, 5) consider new orthophosphate and nitrate-nitrogen methods with lower detection limits, 6) continue colorimetric pH method as a quality control check on Hanna Meter, 7) coordinate with USGS to establish stage or discharge stations on smaller streams, 8) add a method to measure flow, 9) provide citizens with summary statistics of their site annually, 10) secure long-term funding for volunteer coordinators. These recommendations will increase the effectiveness of community-based monitoring programs. Details: Homer, AK: Cook Inlet Keeper, 2003. 82p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Year: 2003 Country: United States URL: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Shelf Number: 128260 Keywords: Corporate CrimesEnvironmental ConservationExxon ValdezOffenses Against the Environment (Alaska, U.S.)Oil Spills |
Author: Roe, Dilys Title: Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa: Impacts, Experiences and Future Directions Summary: Across sub-Saharan Africa, natural resources remain central to rural people’s livelihoods. Local norms and customs shape people’s everyday forms of resource use. In contrast, the commercial uses of natural resources often remain highly centralized, conditioned by government policies of the colonial and post-colonial eras. During the past several decades, there has been a shift from this predominantly centralized natural resource management towards more devolved models known very broadly as Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). CBNRM models work to strengthen locally accountable institutions for natural resource use and management, enabling local groups of people to make better decisions about the use of land and resources. Because it involves the transfer of authority over natural resources to local communities, including of potentially valuable resources such as wildlife and timber, CBNRM is often about major institutional reforms and fundamental changes in power. This pan-African review of the impacts, challenges, and future directions of CBNRM highlights the diverse range of forms of community involvement in natural resource management that have emerged across the continent during the past twenty years. CBNRM means different things to different actors in different places across sub-Saharan Africa. In much of western and central Africa, CBNRM is interpreted by government authorities, donor agencies, and NGOs as benefit-sharing or outreach between national parks and adjacent communities. In such instances communities are not empowered as authorized local resource managers but are involved principally as passive recipients of benefits controlled elsewhere. This form of outreach and benefit-sharing is also a characteristic of some protected area management in East African countries. In Southern Africa, CBNRM is most clearly defined in terms of the devolution of rights to make management decisions, and capture benefits, in relation to resources located on communal lands. In all instances CBNRM involves some degree of co-management of resources between central authorities, local government, and local communities which share rights and responsibilities through diverse institutional arrangements. The various forms of CBNRM and their many locally-specific adaptations have greatly diversified approaches to natural resource governance in sub-Saharan Africa. Some notable ecological, economic, and institutional achievements have been documented. Details: London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2009. 207p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 1, 2013 at: http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17503IIED.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Africa URL: http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17503IIED.pdf Shelf Number: 128597 Keywords: Community ParticipationEnvironmental ConservationForest ManagementNatural Resources (Africa)Wildlife Management |