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FileUNEP-SPC Pacific Islands Freshwater Vulnerability Assessment Report
"Freshwater under Threat – Pacific Islands", written by Mr. David Duncan, Regional Environmental Engineer of the GEF Pacific IWRM Project was recently released by UNEP. The report found that the almost total reliance on rain-fed agriculture across all islands puts economies and livelihoods at risk. Nearly 10% of deaths of children under five in the region are attributable to water related causes; 90% of these deaths, according to the report, can be traced to poor sanitation treatment systems. Click below to download the report.
FileCTI Currents: Issue 2 (First Quarter 2011)
Quarterly Update of the UNDP-GEF Projects in the Coral Triangle
FileNegotiate: Reaching agreements over water (IUCN WANI toolkit)
This book is intended to help water users, water managers and policy makers involved in negotiating water decisions to identify and develop effective negotiation practice. Agreements over water take many different forms, and may be between governments or involve civil society, be written or customary, but better negotiation can help stakeholders to arrive at workable solutions they would not otherwise achieve.
FileRule: Reforming water governance (IUCN WANI toolkit)
This book is a call for States to look carefully at their water resources management and their governance mechanisms for water. This guide encourages, and gives clear guidance, on how governments can improve their water governance capacity by means of enhancing the equilibrium between water policies, laws and institutions.
FileShare: Managing waters across boundaries (IUCN WANI toolkit)
This book presents practical tools for conceptualizing and implementing cooperative, participatory management of shared water resources. It stresses the importance of information, communication, institutions and adaptability. It points to the range of benefits from water management and development that can be derived cooperatively, and must be shared equitably. The lessons presented here provide valuable insights for states, civil society, and all of us who share and value water’s many attributes.
FileAPPENDIX 2 Framework for case study summaries
This is a general guide – please try to stick to these headings. The incentives framework in the annex is merely a prompt for the sorts of information that could be included in relation to the incentives, how they are combined, and some cross-cutting issues.
FileAPPENDIX 1 MPA Governance Analysis Framework (Post-Consultation)
This MPA case study analysis framework is intended to become a guide to the MPA case studies and not an inflexible, prescriptive framework, recognising that the case studies need to be undertaken on as consistent a basis as is feasible.
FileTechnical Report Governing Marine Protected Areas: getting the balance right (Volume 2)
In the preparation of the case study summaries (Volume 2), attention was drawn in the framework to a number of cross-cutting issues, as the workshop discussions and subsequent analyses indicated that such issues underlie the use and effectiveness of different incentives. These include leadership, the role of NGOs, equity, stewardship, driving forces, and the key role of the state. Notwithstanding the differences in context and the governance approach adopted amongst the case studies, some key factors can be identified as being particularly important for developing good MPA governance in most cases.
FileGoverning Marine Protected Areas - getting the balance right: Main Report (lower resolution 2mb)
While there is currently much guidance available on how to manage marine protected areas (MPAs), there is less guidance available that considers MPAs from a governance perspective. This perspective poses a key question – how do we combine top-down, bottom-up and market approaches for reaching and implementing decisions in order to achieve effective and equitable MPAs? It is widely accepted that all three approaches are important, but how might they be combined in different MPA contexts? The need to address this question has led to a new partnership amongst a group of governance experts and MPA planners and managers to initiate development of guidance on governing MPAs in seas under national jurisdiction. Initial steps have included an international workshop supported by UNEP bringing together 20 MPA case studies from different regions around the world and different settings, and subjecting them to detailed analysis employing a governance analysis framework developed by Dr. Peter Jones, plus subsequent analysis of the findings and preparation of this report. The MPA case study analyses were focused on ‘deconstructing’ the complexities of MPA governance by employing 40 incentives from five categories. This technical report describes the findings of this research and is intended to provide a foundation for further case studies and discussion, employing the governance analysis framework, to provide a preliminary resource for MPA managers to consider how different incentives might be combined to support the governance of their MPA. It also resonates strongly with current debates in fisheries management about the role of incentives.
FileCTI Currents: Issue 1 (December 2010)
Quarterly Update of UNDP-GEF Projects in the Coral Triangle
The Coral Triangle: Local Actions, Shared Benefits
A film about the new Coral Triangle Initiative, to protect and sustain the world's most important fishery and marine resource. The CTI is managed by the 6 countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Solomon Islands and Brunei. Australia is also a major partner. The CTI is funded also by the Global Environment Facility, Asian Development Bank, United States AID, and large NGO's like WWF, TNC and others.
FileReport: First Biennial Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Conference
Report from the First Biennial Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Conference in October 14 - October 18, 2000 Budapest, Hungary
Groundwater and Climate in Africa
A short video summarizing an international conference on Groundwater and Climate in Africa, in Kampala from 24-28 June, 2008. The conference enabled water and climate scientists and policy makers to share knowledge and expertise and thereby improve current understanding of the impact of climate and development on groundwater resources in Africa.
Melasti: A Festival of Hope
The Melasti Festival is a ceremony held several days before the start of the Balinese New Year to honor the world’s waters in recognition of its power. Melasti: A Festival of Hope looks at the different environmental challenges surrounding the marine and coastal areas of Bali, and the partnerships established for the conservation and sustainable use of its coastal and marine resources. The video offers a unique glimpse of Balinese life, particularly on its three inseparable threads: faith, culture and the environment (13 minutes). The film is courtesy the GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA). Please go to this link if the video does not load: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1307670639555782540
Regional Partnerships in Action: The East Asian Seas Congress 2003
The Regional Partnerships in Action is a 12-minute audio-visual presentation on the highlights of the East Asian Seas Congress 2003 held in Putrajaya, Malaysi in 8-12 December 2003. The East Asian Seas Congress 2003 was one of the major outcomes of a decade of regional efforts. It came into existence to serve as an essential prime mover in the region for bringing about opportunities and solutions to address the ever-increasing environmental problems that face the seas of East Asia and more importantly, to promote a more responsive and enduring partnership among stakeholders to save and enrich this natural heritage. The film is courtesy the GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA). Please go to the following link if the video does not display: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8062007841377609057
Danang: A City at the Crossroads
This 12.5 minute video documentary provides a glimpse of Danang City’s strategies in balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability. Produced by the Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), it looks into environmental issues that face Danang and how the people of this fast developing city provide solutions to improve environmental management. The film is courtesy the GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA). Please go to this link if the video does not display: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4683050218688973173
FileDesigning and Implementing Valuation Studies: A Roadmap (Sadoff)
Prepared by Dr Claudia Sadoff, Senior Economic Advisor, IUCNFor the IW:LEARN Regional Workshop on Economic Valuation and Water-Related Decision Making, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 6-8 November 2006
FileDesigning and Implementing Valuation Studies in the GCLME Region (Chukwuone/Ukwe)
Preliminary Report on Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services of GCLME Outline of Presentation • Estimates of the direct output value of goods and services for each of the relevant marine sectors of the 16 countries bordering the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (LME). • Estimate the scale of resource rents that could be obtained from the economically optimal management of the marine resources of the case studies • Work in progress on economic valuation of the GCLME Presentation from the Cape Town Economic Valuation Workshop, hosted by IW:LEARN and IUCN-GMP in July 2007.
FilePaper: The Economic Value of Marine Protected Areas along the Garden Route Coast, South Africa and Implications of Changes in Size and Management (Clark, Hutchings, Turpie)
Jane Turpie, Barry Clark & Kenneth Hutchings Anchor Environmental Consultants & Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town This study was undertaken as part of a larger study on the conservation planning for marine biodiversity of the south Cape coast. It was conducted as a student project by the students of the 2006 Conservation Biology MSc programme at the University of Cape Town. The aim of this project was to provide preliminary estimates of the costs and benefits associated with the MPAs on the Garden Route coast (Goukamma, Robberg and Tsitsikamma), and to estimate how these costs and benefits might change under different scenarios of MPA size and management intensity.
FileThe Economic Value of Marine Protected Areas along the Garden Route Coast (Clark, Hutchings, Turpie)
Presentation from the Cape Town Economic Valuation Workshop, hosted by IW:LEARN and IUCN-GMP in July 2007. Background •Proposal by government to open up parts of Africa’s oldest MPA to recreational fishing •Decision made to appease a highly vociferous local lobby –Highly political –Threat of non-compliance •WWF commissioned valuation report
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