Pre-existing RM Portal Documents For NWP Review

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Community-Based Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) Sport Hunting in the Petén, Guatemala Community-Based Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) Sport Hunting in the Petén, Guatemala Case study of a community-based payment for ecosystem (PES)/trophy hunting scheme for conservation in Guatemala. This case study reviews the establishment of an ocellated turkey hunting enterprise in the Petén of Guatemala that was designed to generate profits to support local livelihoods and, thus, to motivate local communities to sustainably manage the forest and its wildlife resources. This paper was updated in the journal of Forest Ecology and Management in 2012, also in the portal library. ('CBNRM For Review', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature', 'Biodiversity', 'Case Studies', 'Case & Country Studies', 'Community-based Wildlife Management', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Conservation of Sulawesis Endangered Mascot - the Maleo - through Conservation Incentive Agreements Conservation of Sulawesis Endangered Mascot - the Maleo - through Conservation Incentive Agreements the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) established the Maleo Conservation Project in northern Sulawesi in 2001. Initially, the project focused on the protection of the nesting grounds, recruiting local rangers and maleo hunters as nest guardians. Similar approaches have been used for marine turtles (Ferraro 2007) and breeding waterbirds (Clements et al. 2007; Clements et al. 2009). Recruitment of hunters as nest protectors does, however, rely on being able to make annual payments, which is unsustainable given the nature of conservation funding. Consequently in 2007, WCS began to explore a new model, whereby the nesting sites and surrounding land was purchased by an Indonesian partner and managed in a sustainable manner in order to protect the birds and to generate revenue to pay for management costs. Locally managed privately-owned protected areas are commonplace in developed nations, but have rarely been attempted in Southeast Asia. The model has proved highly popular with local people because it ensures livelihoods in addition to protecting the maleo ('Biodiversity', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature', 'Case Studies', 'Community-based Wildlife Management', 'PES Biodiversity', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Developing Alternative Frameworks for Community-based Conservation: Piloting Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in Tanzania's Simanjiro Plains Developing Alternative Frameworks for Community-based Conservation: Piloting Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in Tanzania's Simanjiro Plains Case study on piloting payments for environmental services (PES) in the Simanjiro Plains, Tanzania - The Simanjiro plains provide a key wet season dispersal area for wildebeest and zebra migrating from northern Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park. The plains lie within the boundaries of the lands of three villages occupied by Maasai pastoralists. Wildlife populations have declined substantially over the past two decades, largely as a result of illegal over-hunting and the spread of agricultural land uses in the area. Efforts to enlist local community support for wildlife conservation have, since the 1970s, been undermined by conflicts over land tenure and resource use. In order to address the deteriorating status of wildlife populations and their habitat on the Simanjiro plains, an alternative framework for community-based conservation was developed starting in 2005 through a payments for ecosystem services (PES) agreement. This agreement emerged from the collaboration of local communities with a diverse group of NGOs and private tourism companies,several of which have extensive and long-term experience in the area. The agreement builds on customary pastoralist land use practices to build village-level incentives for wildlife conservation.The agreement has produced an important new framework for community-based conservation in Tanzanian village lands by overcoming existing institutional impediments to community involvement in wildlife conservation through a cost-effective and administratively simple PES structure. ('CBNRM For Review', 'NWP', 'Learning Group', 'Power', 'Nature', 'Sustainable Land Management', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Community-Based Natural Resource Management', 'Biodiversity', 'Case Studies', 'Case & Country Studies', 'TransLinks', 'CBNRM', 'Community-based Wildlife Management', 'PES Biodiversity', 'NWP For Review', 'Promoting Transformations', 'Wealth')
Elephant Pepper: Establishing Conservation-Focused Business Elephant Pepper: Establishing Conservation-Focused Business This case study examines the development of a commercial product at the intersection of biodiversity conservation, economic development and improvement in the livelihoods of poor African farmers. It shows how a market-based initiative can drive positive change. ('Biodiversity', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature', 'Case Studies', 'Wildlife-Friendly Enterprise', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Forest Carbon Financing for Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Mitigation and Improved Livelihoods: the Makira Forest Protected Area, Madagascar Forest Carbon Financing for Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Mitigation and Improved Livelihoods: the Makira Forest Protected Area, Madagascar Case study of the forest carbon project in Makira Forest, Madagascar. Wildlife Conservation Society, the Government of Madagascar and other partners have been working with local communities living in the Makira plateau in north-eastern Madagascar to establish a protected area which will be financed by the marketing and sale of CO2 emissions reductions credits. The funds from carbon sales, generated through the avoided deforestation of the Makira forest, will be used to finance the longterm conservation of the forests, improve community land stewardship and governance, and support sustainable livelihood practicesleading to improved household welfare. This study outlines the process and key steps that have been taken to develop this novel and innovative approach towards forest conservation and poverty reduction in one of the world’s most biologically rich and economically poor countries. ('Biodiversity', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'PES Carbon/REDD', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)', 'Nature', 'Community-based Forest Management (CBFM)', 'Case Studies', 'Case & Country Studies', 'REDD+', 'PES General', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Forest Conservation and Leakage: Evidence from Mexico's National Payments for Watershed Services Program Forest Conservation and Leakage: Evidence from Mexico's National Payments for Watershed Services Program Presentation given under the auspices of the TransLinks project at USAID's Biodiversity and Forestry Seminar Series on 9-9-11, this is a much more detailed presentation (after further analysis) on the topic convered in the 2010 LTC Brief and Presentation. ('Biodiversity', 'NWP For Review', 'TransLinks', 'CBNRM For Review', 'PES Freshwater/PWS', 'Seminars & Videos')
Impacts of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Deforestation in Mexico: Preliminary Lessons for REDD Impacts of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Deforestation in Mexico: Preliminary Lessons for REDD Tenure Brief, NO. 11: September 2010 - The brief summarizes an evaluation of the environmental effectiveness of Mexico’s national Payments for Hydrological Services program, which compensates rural landowners for avoided deforestation. The evaluation found that in an early year of implementation Mexico’s program had a small to moderate but significant effect in reducing deforestation, indicating that financial compensation policies can be effective in preventing environmental degradation. The research also suggests that some slippage of deforestation may have occurred, implying that avoided deforestation is best accounted for at a regional or national level. ('TransLinks', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'PES Freshwater/PWS', 'PES Carbon/REDD', 'Nature', 'Land Tenure Center', 'Brief', 'Case Study', 'Biodiversity', 'PES Freshwater', 'Country Study', 'Case & Country Studies', 'PES General', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Brochures & Briefs', 'Learning Group')
Improving Poultry Production for Sustainability in the Ruaha Landscape, Tanzania Improving Poultry Production for Sustainability in the Ruaha Landscape, Tanzania Shortages in protein availability are a well-known problem in village economies, especially in Africa, and the neurological and nutritional importance of animal-source protein is increasingly being recognized. A Newcastle disease vaccination program for chickens was undertaken to increase livestock productivity and to preemptively rule out Newcastle disease so that highly-pathogenic avian influenza would be more readily detected. This intervention offered an opportunity to examine how chicken vaccination affects household economies, and to test whether increased livestock productivity could reduce illegal hunting for bushmeat. We found that vaccinations did increase chicken production and egg and meat consumption but did not reduce the frequency of bushmeat consumption at the household level and, furthermore, that bushmeat consumption was not related to food security. Our findings suggest that bushmeat likely supplements (rather than substitutes) domestic meat, and its supply is driven by hunters’ demand for cash rather than household demand for protein ('Biodiversity', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature', 'Case Study', 'Health', 'Case & Country Studies', 'Research Papers & Reports', 'Report', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Lessons about Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+ Featured Jan 10, 2012 Lessons about Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+ Featured Jan 10, 2012 This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 Land Tenure and Forest Carbon Management Workshop hosted by the University of Wisconsin/Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geography Dept. Contributed by an impressive array of researchers, NGOs, and other development partners, these cases are intended to complement a set of research papers being prepared simultaneously for a forthcoming special issue of World Development. ('Synthesis Documents', 'Wealth', 'PES Carbon', 'PES Carbon/REDD', 'Feature', 'Land Tenure Center (LTC)', 'REDD+', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'NWP', 'Power', 'Nature', 'Report', 'News: USAID NRMD Featured Stories', '2012', 'Biodiversity', 'TransLinks', 'Case Studies', 'Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR)', 'Case & Country Studies', 'NWP For Review', 'Land Tenure and Zoning', 'Learning Group', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'Case Study')
Lessons Learned, Opportunities and Innovations in Human Wildlife Conflict Compensation and Insurance Schemes Lessons Learned, Opportunities and Innovations in Human Wildlife Conflict Compensation and Insurance Schemes This short discussion paper presents some of the lessons learned, opportunities and innovations of compensation and insurance schemes, with the hopes of assisting conservation managers with the choice of management tools appropriate to their context ('Community-based Wildlife Management', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature', 'Biodiversity', 'Case Studies', 'Governance', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Leveling the Playing Field: The Effects of Institutional Controls on Common Pool Resource Extraction Leveling the Playing Field: The Effects of Institutional Controls on Common Pool Resource Extraction In this study a simple behavioral game was used to measure the response of groups of Cambodian farmers to a range of different policy interventions in a CPR dilemma, including enforcement, provision of individual and communal incentives, and opportunities for collective action ('Biodiversity', 'NWP', 'Wealth', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Nature', 'Case Study', 'Case & Country Studies', 'Research Papers & Reports', 'Report', 'PES Biodiversity', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Learning Group')
Multiple forest use through commercial sport hunting: Lessons from a community-based model from the Petén, Guatemala Multiple forest use through commercial sport hunting: Lessons from a community-based model from the Petén, Guatemala The “Proyecto Pavo” is a project dedicated to the conservation of the Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) through sustainable use of the species in multiple-use, community-managed forest concessions of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Petén, Guatemala. Since 2000, the project has conducted selective turkey harvests, performed related research, and promoted the conservation benefits of managed sport hunting for this species. Field activities of the project feature providing high-quality Ocellated Turkey hunts to sport hunter clients. Participating concessions benefit directly from harvest revenues of a resource that was not previously exploited commercially and indirectly from affiliated project activities. The project began operations in a single concession on an experimental basis and evolved into a commercial enterprise operating in multiple concession units. The project has overcome numerous development and operational challenges, including compatibility issues with timber and NTFP extraction. Under proper circumstances, carefully designed sport hunting programs can offer profitable and sustainable forest product diversification alternatives that are highly compatible with tropical multiple-use management and forest conservation objectives. [This peer-reviewed journal of Forest Ecology and Management paper provides a 2011 update on the 2008 TransLinks paper on the same topic.] ('Community-based Conservation', 'Community-Based Enterprises', 'CBNRM For Review', 'NWP', 'Learning Group', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'Community-Based Natural Resource Management', 'TransLinks', 'Community-based Tourism Management', 'CBNRM', 'Nature', 'Community-based Forest Management (CBFM)', 'Biodiversity', 'Community-based Wildlife Management', 'PES Biodiversity', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles', 'Wealth')
TransLinks: Case Study: Payments for Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Weak Institutions Featured November 22, 2011 TransLinks: Case Study: Payments for Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Weak Institutions Featured November 22, 2011 Implementing any conservation intervention, including Payments for Environmental Services (PES), in the context of weak institutions is challenging. The majority of PES programs have been implemented in situations where the institutional framework and property rights are strong and target the behaviors of private landowners. By contrast, this paper compares three PES programs from a forest landscape in Cambodia, where land and resource rights are poorly defined, governance is poor, species populations are low and threats are high. ('Community-Based Enterprises', 'CBNRM For Review', 'TransLinks', 'Community-based Tourism Management', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Feature', 'Biodiversity', 'Case Studies', 'Community-based Wildlife Management', 'PES Biodiversity', 'NWP For Review', 'News: USAID NRMD Featured Stories')
Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network: Ibis Rice Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network: Ibis Rice Protecting wildlife in Cambodia…one grain at a time. ('Biodiversity', 'NWP', 'Learning Group', 'Power', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power', 'Community-Based Natural Resource Management', 'Forest Trends (FT)', 'TransLinks', 'Nature', 'CBNRM', 'Brochure', 'Wildlife-Friendly Enterprise', 'NWP For Review', 'Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP)', 'Brochures & Briefs', 'Wealth')
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