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1 Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; de Silva, S.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Samarakoon, J. 2008. Good practices and lessons learned in integrating ecosystem conservation and poverty reduction objectives in wetlands. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Wageningen, Netherlands: Wetlands International. 64p. + CD.
Ecosystems ; Wetlands ; Biodiversity ; Poverty ; Conservation ; Case studies ; Lakes ; Lagoons ; Mangroves ; Watersheds ; Environmental degradation ; Participation ; Natural resources ; Nature reserves ; Rural development ; Sustainable development / South Africa / Vietnam / China / Sri Lanka / Brazil / Nigeria / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.918 G000 SEL Record No: H041620)
http://www.ramsar.org/pdf/wn/w.n.iwmi_poverty_report.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620i.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620ii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iv.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620v.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620i.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620ii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iv.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620v.pdf
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2 Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; de Silva, Sanjiv. 2009. Balancing wetland conservation and development in the Sanjiang Plains: a review of current status and options. Mission report of the Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 25p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042629)
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3 Weligamage, Parakrama. 2009. Willingness to pay for enhancement of natural ecosystems: the case of Yala Protected Area Complex. [Abstract only]. In Wattuhewa, I. D. (Ed.). Annual Symposium 2009, Exploring New Spheres for a Better Future, held at the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, 4 December 2009. Abstracts of contributed papers. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. pp.28.
Ecosystems ; Nature reserves ; Protected areas / Sri Lanka / Yala Protected Area Complex / Menik Ganga River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042811)
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4 de Silva, Sanjiv; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali. 2010. Balancing wetland conservation and development in the Sanjiang Plains: a review of current status and options. Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project, final report. Colombo Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 81p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.0013]
Wetlands ; Watershed management ; Nature reserves ; Performance indexes ; Education ; Capacity building / China / Sanjiang Plain / Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043373)
5 Snyder, Katherine A.; Sulle, E. B. 2011. Tourism in Maasai communities: a chance to improve livelihoods? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 19(8):935-951. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2011.579617]
Tourism ; Communities ; Natural resources ; Policy ; Economic aspects ; Nature reserves ; Non governmental organizations ; Nature conservation ; Villages ; Lakes / Tanzania / Kenya / Loliondo Division / Ngorongoro District / Simanjiro District / West Kilimanjaro / Lake Natron
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044284)
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This paper examines community-based tourism among Maasai communities in Tanzania in the context of national policies that have increasingly devolved control over natural resources to local communities. It focuses on economic revenues generated from tourism growth, their distribution to village communities and the constraints and conflicts resulting from attempts to control or access resources. Specific cases illustrate the political and economic complexity of devolved resource management and increased income generation at the community level. Ecotourism and community-based tourism are frequently claimed to be possible remedies for wildlife and natural resources conservation, but research indicates that implementation and revenue-sharing are far from straightforward. The paper uses case studies from communities in northern Tanzania, in Ngorongoro District (Loliondo and Lake Natron), Simanjiro District and Longido District (West Kilimanjaro) to explore issues between pastoralism, cultivation, hunting tourism, photographic tourism, conservation and governance systems. It discusses the implementation of the 1998 National Forestry and Wildlife Policies, the creation of Wildlife Management Areas and the 1999 Land Act and Village Land Act. Data and experiences were gathered over a three-year period working with the Sand County Foundation – Tanzania from 2006 to 2008. The paper contributes to the assessment and discussion of pro-poor tourism and poverty alleviation concepts.
6 Nagabhatla, N.; Dhyani, S.; Finlayson, C. M.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; van Brakel, Martin; Wickramasuriya, R.; Pattanaik, C.; Prasad, S. N. 2012. A case study approach to demonstrate the use of assessment and monitoring as tools for participatory environmental governance. Ecologia, 2(3):60-75.
Case studies ; Environmental effects ; Governance ; Agroecology ; Lakes ; Freshwater ; Ecosystems ; Wetlands ; Forests ; Downstream ; Floodplains ; River basins ; Resource management ; Institutions ; Public-private cooperation ; Nature reserves ; Wildlife / India / Bangladesh / Kolleru Lake / Krishna River Basin / Ganges River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044782)
http://scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=ecologia.2012.60.75&linkid=pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044782.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044782.pdf
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Effective implementation of participatory environmental governance faces a number of challenges, including the need for appropriate mechanisms and incentive systems that can operate across multiple-use landscapes. This study demonstrated scenarios for such governance from three agro-ecological zones in different geographical, biophysical and socio-cultural settings: (i) Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary in the temperate forests of the Central Himalayas, (ii) Kolleru Lake, a freshwater lake in the Krishna Basin and (iii) the downstream Ganges seasonal floodplains in Bangladesh. The cross-disciplinary set of approaches in these examples involves the use of spatial tools and socioeconomic surveys to build a scenario-based framework with cross-scaling prospects. The comparative analysis between these sites is significant in the context of providing guidance for trans-boundary environmental governance and the underlying challenges that occur in politically complex and common property resource institutional arrangements. Meeting these challenges will assist in the efforts, locally and nationally, to make wise use of all wetlands, as required under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary symbolizes a case of increasing anthropogenic pressure, limited livelihood options and with gaps in the governance structure. Kolleru Lake represents a case of inadequate understanding of the ecological dimensions of livelihood interventions and the consequential community conflict. The case of floodplains in Bangladesh illustrates the potential of collective action, supported by appropriate institutional arrangements, for improving rice-fish productivity. The case studies support the argument that monitoring and assessment of the resource structure and its dynamics, with the application of geospatial tools, adds value when shaping a framework for policy debate and for ensuring the wise use of wetlands.
7 Li, H.; Xia, Y.; Geng, X. 2013. Hydrogeology and hydrochemistry along two transects in mangrove tidal marshes at Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve, Hainan, China. In Wetzelhuetter, C. (Ed.). Groundwater in the coastal zones of Asia-Pacific. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.11-25. (Coastal Research Library Volume 7)
Hydrogeology ; Geochemistry ; Mangroves ; Nature reserves ; Water table ; Water quality ; Ecosystems ; Rivers ; Wells ; Salinity / China / Hainan / Yanzhoy River / Sanjiang River / Yanfeng River / Xi River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.457 G570 WET Record No: H046326)
Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve is the largest mangrove forest nature reserve in China, holds the most abundant mangrove species, and has been giving the best preservation. However, bald mud beaches were found among the mangrove marshes in the reserve. In order to investigate the environmental characteristics behind this phenomenon, the intertidal zones of a mangrove transect and a bald beach transect with similar topography and tidal actions were selected for comparison study. Several monitoring wells were installed along the two transects for in-situ measurements of pH, ORP, salinity and temperature of groundwater. Groundwater samples were collected for lab analysis as well. The results showed that pH values of the mangrove transect were higher than that of the bald beach transect, ORP measurements indicated that the mangrove transect had an oxidizing environment and the bald beach transect has a reducing environment. Lab analysis showed that the concentrations of anions (Cl-, SO4 2-, Br-) and cations (K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+) of water sampled from the bald each transect were much higher than that of the mangrove beach transect. Along both transects, observed water table variations were significant in the high and low intertidal zones and negligible in the middle intertidal zones. The observed groundwater salinity was significantly smaller along the mangrove transect than along the bald beach transect. Previously published analysis concluded that the two transects have a mud-sand two-layered structure: a surface zone of low-permeability mud and an underlying high-permeability zone that outcrops at the high and low tide lines. The freshwater recharge from inland is considerable along the mangrove transect but negligible along the bald beach transect, this may explain the lower concentrations of salt and regular ions along the mangrove transect than along the bald beach transect. This comparative study of hydrogeology and hydrochemistry along the two transects would provide ecological implications on the restoration, protection and management of mangrove ecosystems.
8 Fernando, S. (Ed.); Nadaraja, L. (Photographer). 2016. Sri Lanka: a heritage of water. [s.l.]: Author. 227p.
Water resources ; Watersheds ; Water quality ; Water use ; Hydraulic structures ; Cultural development ; Heritability ; History ; Ancestral technology ; Building construction ; Social groups ; Religion ; Women's participation ; Administrative areas ; Government policy ; Climate change ; River basins ; Seas ; Islands ; Nature reserves ; Forest cover ; Land use ; Lagoons ; Aquatic mammals ; Otters ; Crocodiles ; Waterfowl ; Habitats ; Biodiversity ; Aquatic plants / Jaffna / Kanneliya / Dediyagala / Nakiadeniya / Mahaweli River / Upper Mahaweli Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G744 FER Record No: H047921)
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9 2021. Momentum on valuing ecosystems is unstoppable: the idea that ecosystems have monetary value creates a welcome route to conserving earth’s endangered regions. Editorial. Nature, 591:178. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00616-9]
Ecosystem services ; Economic value ; Nature reserves ; Forest ecosystems ; Policy making ; Communities / Mexico / Colima / Sierra de Manantlan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050291)
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-021-00616-9/d41586-021-00616-9.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050291.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050291.pdf
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10 Loc, H. H.; Park, E.; Thu, T. N.; Diep, N. T. H.; Can, N. T. 2021. An enhanced analytical framework of participatory GIS for ecosystem services assessment applied to a Ramsar wetland site in the Vietnam Mekong Delta. Ecosystem Services, 48:101245. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101245]
Ecosystem services ; Assessment ; Participatory approaches ; Geographical information systems ; Wetlands ; National parks ; Nature reserves ; Land cover ; Mapping ; Spatial analysis ; Decision making ; Communities ; Deltas / Vietnam / Mekong Delta / U Minh Thuong National Park
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050295)
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Public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS), though proven valuable in ecosystem services (ES) research, is occasionally criticized for being expensive in terms of time, cost and administration efforts in case the post-hoc sophisticated spatial analytics/statistics are targeted. This study, based on the enhancement of the pre-developed PPGIS analytical framework, seeks to address these critiques by introducing an in-expensive effective data collection strategy, while substantially facilitating geo-spatial analytics. The U Minh Thuong National Park (UMTNP) in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, a world’s renowned Ramsar site, was chosen to demonstrate the framework. The respondents participated in the participatory mapping on paper maps, using color markers to hand-draw (as polygons) their self-perceived areas associated with different categories ES. By collecting 2D data, the post-hoc spatial analyses could have utilized more meaningful statistical methods. In this study, we introduced the uses of three methods: Ordinary least squares (OLS), Geographically weighted regression (GWR) and Moran’s I to assess the spatial autocorrelation of ES across the landscape. In addition to participatory mapping, the respondents were also engaged in completing a semi-structured questionnaire, which was subsequently analyzed using principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis. These two multivariate analyses serve to reveal the structured diversity of the people’s perceptions towards the importance of different ES. It was shown that Provisioning ES was the most highly regarded benefit, followed by Regulating, Supporting and Cultural. Regulating and Supporting ES, the two indirect material services share relatively similar appreciation patterns while Cultural ES was unexpectedly the least credited, a stark contrast lineagainst the government designated eco-tourism and historical functions of UMTNP. Geographically, the core areas of the national park have the most overlaps between Provisioning and Regulating services. Supporting services, on the other hand, were the most associated with Provisioning and Regulating services in peripheral areas. Cultural services were synergized with the other three types of ES in the areas reserved for eco-tourism activities. The revealed spatial synergies can determine the areas where potential conflicts between extractive and non-extractive uses could occur, contributing insights for sustainable management of UMTNP and other protected areas worldwide. In addition, this study also contributes to promoting the PPGIS method in ES research and other human geographical studies, those relying on community participation.
11 Giri, S.; Daw, T. M.; Hazra, S.; Troell, M.; Samanta, S.; Basu, O.; Marcinko, C. L. J.; Chanda, A. 2022. Economic incentives drive the conversion of agriculture to aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans: livelihood and environmental implications of different aquaculture types. Ambio, 51(9):1963-1977. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01720-4]
Agriculture ; Aquaculture techniques ; Livelihoods ; Environmental impact ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Incentives ; Sustainability ; Farmers ; Farmland ; Nature reserves ; Mangroves ; Brackish water ; Shrimp culture / India / West Bengal / Sundarbans
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051325)
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Expansion of aquaculture in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is irreversibly replacing agricultural land and the drivers of this change are disputed. Based on in-depth interviews with 67 aquaculture farmers, this paper characterizes major aquaculture types in the SBR, their impacts, and identifies drivers of conversion from agricultural land. Aquaculture types included traditional, improved-traditional, modified-extensive, and semi-intensive systems. Extensive capture of wild shrimp larvae is environmentally harmful but constitutes an important livelihood. Semi-intensive aquaculture of exotic shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) has much higher unit-area profitability than other types but involves greater financial risk. Profitability is the main driver for the transition from agriculture, but environmental factors such as lowered crop yields and cyclone impacts also contributed. Many conversions from agriculture to aquaculture are illegal according to the stakeholders. Existing legislation, if enforced, could halt the loss of agriculture, while the promotion of improved-traditional aquaculture could reduce the demand for wild seed.
12 Gonda, N.; Flores, S.; Casolo, J. J.; Nightingale, A. J. 2023. Resilience and conflict: rethinking climate resilience through indigenous territorial struggles. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 28p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2161372]
Climate resilience ; Climate change adaptation ; Indigenous peoples ; Conflicts ; Nature reserves ; Transformation ; Land rights ; Deforestation ; Political ecology ; Land use ; Communities / Nicaragua
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052008)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03066150.2022.2161372?needAccess=true&role=button
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052008.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052008.pdf
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Resilience to climate change demands a transformation in social and political relations, but the literature has largely neglected how these are embedded within legacies of conflict. We explore the roles socioenvironmental conflicts play in the scaling up of transformation amidst ongoing settler colonial projects in Indigenous territories in Nicaragua. Drawing on insights from resilience, climate change, and critical agrarian studies, this article reframes resilience as a process produced within socioenvironmental conflicts, placing contestation and negotiation in the centre frame. By re-signifying the meanings and practices of resilience, Indigenous agrarian struggles contribute to ‘eroding capitalism’ and its entwinement with climate change.
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