Wildlife Conservation Society TransLinks Products

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2008 Carbon Markets, Conservation, and Poverty Reduction Panel Event - The Role of Law in REDD (New York, USA) 2008 Carbon Markets, Conservation, and Poverty Reduction Panel Event - The Role of Law in REDD (New York, USA) Panel event on "Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Law in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)" held on April 16, 2008 at Fordham Law School in New York. The event was organized by the United Nations Development Programme, the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School and Wildlife Conservation Society, with support from USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement. Event was part of the People & the Environment Spring 2008 Lecture Series. ('PES Carbon/REDD', 'TransLinks', 'Seminar', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Seminars & Videos')
2008 Carbon Markets, Conservation, and Poverty Reduction Panel and Side Event- Opportunities and Challenges of REDD (New York, USA) 2008 Carbon Markets, Conservation, and Poverty Reduction Panel and Side Event- Opportunities and Challenges of REDD (New York, USA) Panel and side event on "Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Opportunities and Challenges of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)" held on May 8, 2008 at the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) meeting at the United Nations. The event was organized by the United Nations Development Programme, Equator Initiative, the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School and Wildlife Conservation Society, with support from USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement. Event was part of the People & the Environment Spring 2008 Lecture Series. ('PES Carbon/REDD', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Seminar', 'Seminars & Videos')
2008 TransLinks REDD Training (Lima, Peru) September 10 -12, 2008, Lima, Peru - Course, hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, with support from USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement, on developing forest carbon projects in tropical countries, including identification and approaches for engagement with government staff on national climate change mitigation policies. Featured case studies of WCS REDD projects in development. ('PES Carbon/REDD', 'TransLinks', 'Workshop', 'Wildlife Conservation Society')
2009 Health as an ES Workshop (New York, USA) December 3-4, 2009, Bronx Zoo, New York, USA. Workshop convened to examine the question of ‘health as an ecosystem service’and to create framework for identifying opportunities for innovative finance/public support for the conservation of ecosystems that directly provide human health services. The event was hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society with support for USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement. ('Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Workshop')
2009/12 Health as an Ecosystem Service (ES) Workshop (Bronx, New York, USA) December 3-4, 2009, Bronx Zoo, New York, USA. Workshop convened to examine the question of ‘health as an ecosystem service’and to create framework for identifying opportunities for innovative finance/public support for the conservation of ecosystems that directly provide human health services. The event was hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement. ('Biodiversity', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Workshop', 'Health', 'PES General')
2010/10 Training on Land Change Modeling for REDD (Bronx, New York, USA) October 25– 29, 2010, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, USA - Training workshop on land change modeling (LCM) for REDD analysis for Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) technical staff. Workshop was hosted by Clark Labs and WCS and was made possible by support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement. ('Biodiversity', 'News: USAID NRMD Training Announcements', 'PES Carbon/REDD', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Trainings & Tools')
2011 CERC ES and Poverty Course (New York, USA) January 19 ‐ February 16, 2011, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. This course, entitled "Ecosystem Services for Conservation and Poverty Reduction", was a collaboration between The Earth Institute, Columbia University and the Wildlife Conservation Society and was supported by USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement. ('News: USAID NRMD Training Announcements', 'TransLinks', 'The Earth Institute (EI)', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'PES General')
2011/1 CERC Course - Ecosystem Services (ES) for Conservation and Poverty Reduction (New York, USA) January 19 ‐ February 16, 2011, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. This course, entitled "Ecosystem Services for Conservation and Poverty Reduction", was a collaboration between The Earth Institute, Columbia University and the Wildlife Conservation Society and was supported by USAID through the TransLinks cooperative agreement. ('Community-based Conservation', 'Biodiversity', 'Learning Group', 'Community-Based Natural Resource Management', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'PES', 'CBNRM', 'News: USAID NRMD Training Announcements', 'PES General', 'The Earth Institute (EI)', 'Community-Based Enterprises', 'Trainings & Tools')
2011/9 Modeling and Managing Watersheds Workshop/Training (Kigali, Rwanda) September 13 - 16, 2011, Kigali, Rwanda - Umubano Hotel, Boulevard de l'umuganda. This workshop was hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the United States Forest Service and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and was made possible by support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement and the US Forest Service. ('Biodiversity', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Workshop', 'News: USAID NRMD Training Announcements', 'PES Freshwater/PWS')
2012 PES Bundling and Stacking Workshop (Washington, DC, USA) April 5-6, 2012, Washington, DC, USA - This workshop on bundling and stacking approaches to payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes was convened by the TransLinks partnership and was made possible by support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement. The event focused on the key concepts, challenges and opportunities of bundling and stacking ecosystem services, facilitated an exchange of lesson learned, and sought to identify a common framework and guiding principle for for project developers working in different contexts that help them overcome challenges and realize opportunities with respect to bundling and stacking. ('EnterpriseWorks/VITA-Relief International (EWV-RI)', 'Forest Trends (FT)', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Land Tenure Center (LTC)', 'PES General', 'Workshop', 'The Earth Institute (EI)')
2012/4 Bundling and Stacking Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Workshop (Washington, DC, USA) April 5-6, 2012, Washington, DC, USA - This workshop on bundling and stacking approaches to payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes was convened by the TransLinks partnership and was made possible by support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement. ('Biodiversity', 'EnterpriseWorks/VITA-Relief International (EWV-RI)', 'Forest Trends (FT)', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Land Tenure Center (LTC)', 'PES General', 'Workshop', 'The Earth Institute (EI)')
Afforestation and Reforestation Methodologies, Tools and TARAM Afforestation and Reforestation Methodologies, Tools and TARAM Afforestation and Reforestation Methodologies, Tools and TARAM ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
Agenda - 2010 Land Cover Modelling for REDD Workshop Agenda - 2010 Land Cover Modelling for REDD Workshop Draft agenda for WCS Land Cover Modelling for REDD Workshop held October 25– 29, 2010 in Bronx, New York, USA hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Clark Labs. ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Workshop', 'Agenda')
Agenda - 2011 Modeling and Managing Watershed Workshop, Kigali Rwanda: September 13-14, 2011 Agenda - 2011 Modeling and Managing Watershed Workshop, Kigali Rwanda: September 13-14, 2011 Agenda for part 1 of the Modeling and Managing Watershed Workshop held in Kigali Rwanda, September 13-16, 2011. These two days focused on addressing key challenges to watershed management and exploring the data, tools, research and resource needs required to strengthen watershed management throughout Africa. ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Workshop', 'Agenda')
Agenda - 2011 Modeling and Managing Watersheds Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda: September 15-16, 2011 Agenda - 2011 Modeling and Managing Watersheds Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda: September 15-16, 2011 Agenda for part 2 of the Modeling and Managing Watershed Workshop held in Kigali Rwanda, September 13-16, 2011. Two days focused on training and tools for watershed modeling. ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Workshop', 'Agenda')
Agenda - 2012 Bundling and Stacking PES Workshop Agenda - 2012 Bundling and Stacking PES Workshop Agenda for 2012 Bundling and Stacking Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Workshop held April 5-6, 2012 in Washington, DC, USA. ('Biodiversity', 'AFR Bureau Environmental Policy and Institutional Strengthening (ENCAP)', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Workshop', 'Agenda', 'PES General')
Annual Report 2007 TransLinks: Promoting Transformations by Linking Natural Resources, Economic Growth and Governance Annual Report 2007 TransLinks: Promoting Transformations by Linking Natural Resources, Economic Growth and Governance The TransLinks project (short for Promoting Transformation: Linking Natural Resources, Economic Growth, and Good Governance) has been funded to explore the relationships among good governance, poverty alleviation, conservation, and the sustainable management of natural resources. In so doing, we will better understand how to achieve conditions and support efforts that mutually reinforce these multiple goals and avoid those conditions that lead to antagonisms among them. The project builds on the Nature, Wealth and Power (NWP) framework that evolved out of the work led by Jon Anderson, then Natural Resource Policy Advisor at EGAT ('Biodiversity', 'Annual Report', 'Gender', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Report')
Baselines for Deforestation Projects Baselines for Deforestation Projects Baselines for Deforestation Projects ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
Benefit Sharing Mechanisms: Promoting Local Livelihoods, Conservation and Governance Benefit Sharing Mechanisms: Promoting Local Livelihoods, Conservation and Governance Presentation given at the TransLinks REDD workshop June 22, 2009 ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
Carbon as a Sustainable Finance Opportunity for Indigenous Territory Management Carbon as a Sustainable Finance Opportunity for Indigenous Territory Management Carbon as a Sustainable Finance Opportunity for Indigenous Territory Management ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Law in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD): Fordham seminar announcement Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Law in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD): Fordham seminar announcement April 2008 Fordham Law Seminar announcement: Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Law in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Seminars & Videos')
Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Panel on Opportunities and Challenges of Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)-May 2008 UNDP/CSD Side-event handout Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Panel on Opportunities and Challenges of Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)-May 2008 UNDP/CSD Side-event handout Handout for May 2008 UNDP/CSD Side-event panel: Carbon Markets for Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Opportunities and Challenges of Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). A 105 minute video of the event is available at http://www.translinks.org/WorkshopsandMeetings/CarbonMarkets/tabid/1496/language/en-GB/Default.aspx ('Conference Flyer', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Biodiversity', 'Seminars & Videos')
Carbon Markets: Hopes - Expectations - Uncertainty Carbon Markets: Hopes - Expectations - Uncertainty Presentation given at the TransLinks REDD workshop June 22, 2009 ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
Carbon Project Tools Carbon Project Tools Carbon Project Tools ('Biodiversity', 'PES Carbon/REDD', 'TransLinks', 'Trainings & Tools', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'Guide')
Carbon Project Types and Methods Carbon Project Types and Methods Presentation given at the TransLinks REDD workshop JUNE 22, 2009 ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
Challenges to Establishing Payments for Ecosystem Services in Gabon: A Case study of the Mbé River Basin Challenges to Establishing Payments for Ecosystem Services in Gabon: A Case study of the Mbé River Basin WCS is working with the Government of Gabon on a new Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) initiative to secure long-term protection of the high conservation value of the Mbé watershed in Gabon. The project is exploring ways to remunerate these upstream land managers for maintaining their land-use practices to secure the continued provision of a year round supply of high quality water. More broadly, the project also aims to address key barriers to developing sustainable PES mechanisms in Gabon and is being designed to maximize lesson learning and replicability. ('Biodiversity', 'TransLinks', 'Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)', 'Case Study', 'Case & Country Studies', 'Research Papers & Reports', 'Report', 'PES Freshwater/PWS')
Co-benefits and Forest Carbon Co-benefits and Forest Carbon Co-benefits and Forest Carbon ('Biodiversity', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'TransLinks', 'Presentation', 'Workshop')
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 Certification and Product Branding-The Case of Wildlife Friendly Certification Featured November 7, 2010 Conservation Certification and Product Branding-The Case of Wildlife Friendly Certification Featured November 7, 2010 Combined panel presentation in the USAID Biodiversity and Forestry Seminar Series, by members of the Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN) and partners of the USAID-WCS-led TransLinks Leader-with-Associates program. ('Biodiversity', 'TransLinks', 'Feature', 'News: USAID NRMD Featured Stories', 'Wildlife Conservation Society', 'Wildlife-Friendly Enterprise', 'Presentation', 'Seminar', 'Seminars & Videos')
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')
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