Group:Water

Community Development to Live in Harmony with the Oriental White Stork in Toyooka city, Hyogo, Japan

Country：Japan
Toyooka City, Japan

1. Regional Profile Toyooka City is located in the northeast part of Hyogo Prefecture. It is bordered by Kyoto Prefecture in the east and the Sea of Japan in the north, and was formed by merging Toyooka City, Kinosaki Town, Takeno Town, Hidaka Town, Izushi Town and Tanto Town in April 2005.

Land use change in Uganda’s drylands, impacts, and opportunities for enhancing livelihood sustainability

Country：Uganda
Nature and Livelihoods

Introduction There are three major categories of drylands: Arid zones with rainfall of 200-500 mm/year, Semi-arid zones which receive 500-1000 mm of rainfall/year, and Dry sub-humid zones with 1000-1500 mm rainfall/year

Assessment of Lentic-Lotic Basin Biodiversity Improvement through a Cyclic Platform Process of Management

Country：
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

I. Introduction The riparian and watershed basins of lentic-lotic (e.g., lake-river, pond-stream, wetland-feeder river) systems are among the most bio-diverse ecosystems on the globe, and they have been facing serious threats of degradation.

Community Forest Restoration for the Integrated Management of Lake Chapala Basin

Country：Mexico
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC), and Corazon de la Tierra A.C. (Heart of the Earth), Mexico

Introduction The Lake Chapala basin includes the water body of same name, the largest one in Mexico and the third in size in Latin America (Figure 1).

Governance at Community Level for Conserving Himalayan Lake Rupa in Kaski District of Nepal

Country：Nepal
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

Background The Himalayan lakes refer to all lakes that are fed either directly or indirectly with water outsourced from the Himalaya irrespective to any shapes and sizes of lakes in varying geography in Nepal (Pokharel and Nakamura 2011).

Ujjani Reservoir: People’s Initiative for Protection of Water Quality

Country：India
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC) and Shrishti Eco-Research Institute

Introduction In a decade, water quality of 7 rivers of Pune – namely Mula, Mutha, Pawana, Indrayani, Ram, Ambil and Nagzari deteriorated over the period of time with respect to two critical parameters

Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM), Impacts on Biodiversity and Child Malnutrition: A Case Study of Tribal Belt in Western Part of India

Country：India
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

Introduction There are several small water bodies confined in the forest cover of western part of India dominated by several tribal races which are socio economically backward and deprived of modern health facilities because of non accessibility and lack of communication as well as transportation.

Multi-Stakeholders’ Efforts for the Sustainable Management of Tadlac Lake, the Philippines

Country：Philippines
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

1. Background Tadlac Lake and Environs Tadlac Lake is one of the 8 crater lakes found within the watershed of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines (Figure 1).

Utilization of natural pastures in the Huascaran National Park by users and rural communities

Country：Peru
Huascaran National Park, National Service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP)

Users of pastures and farming communities. The agrarian reform of 1970 was executed for reasons of popular discontent and the movements of national liberation, which brought destabilization of the system. It included a basic question:

Building and Supporting Resilient Biocultural Territories in the Face of Climate Change

Country：Peru
Indigenous People’s Biocultural Climate Change Assessment Initiative (IPCCA)

I. Introduction Socio-ecological production landscapes, or Satoyama-like landscapes are the product of historical co-evolutionary relationships between communities and ecosystems.

Integrating community development with the management of grasslands and wetlands at Ke’erqin nature reserve

Country：China
Renmin University of China

BACKGROUND Within the past thirty years, the total area of nature reserves in China has rapidly expanded to 14% of the country’s total land area, providing protection for endangered species and representative ecosystems in a qualified sense.

Multi-Stakeholders’ Efforts for the Sustainable Management of Tadlac Lake, the Philippines

Country：Philippines
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

1. Background Tadlac Lake and Environs Tadlac Lake is one of the 8 crater lakes found within the watershed of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines

Training for Capacity Development on Biodiversity conservation and rural development

Country：Japan
JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)

1. Concept 1) Background of the Training The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is an independent administrative institution responsible for the implementation of bilateral components of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Reintroduction Project of the Oriental White Stork for Coexistence with Humans in Satoyama areas, Hyogo, Japan

Country：Japan
Hyogo Prefectural Governement

INTRODUCTION The Oriental White Stork (Ciconia boyciana) is a species of bird that inhabits river valleys, wet meadows, and marshes with scattered clumps of the trees (Hancock et al. 1992).

A review of policy actions for more resilient land management in the upper watersheds of Davao

Country：Philippine
Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy(HELP) Davao Network

1.Description of the Problem/ Challenge The challenge today in the Marilog area is the serious degradation of the ecosystems, including loss of forest cover, soil erosion and deteriorating water quality.

Waterbird conservation promotes important energy flow between rice paddies and nearby Important Bird Areas in Cuba

Country：Cuba
Birdlife International

1.Regional Profile and the importance of rice cultivation in the national and local economy Cuba is the largest and most westerly island of the insular Caribbean, accounting for over 50% of the region’s land area. Mainland Cuba is 1,250 km long and averages 150 km wide.

Monitoring the Biodiversity of Tsunami Affected Areas in Tohoku

Country：Japan
Earthwatch-Institute, Japan

On 22nd May 2011,”The Tohoku Green Renaissance Project” has been declared by Tohoku University and local NPOs

Promoting co-management of socio-ecological landscapes in flood dependent agroforestry, pastoral and fishery systems of eastwards flowing rivers of Eastern Africa through scientific research and indigenous knowledge

Country：Kenya
Kenya Wetlands Biodiversity Research Team (KENWEB)

Project concept Problem statement: Over the last fifty years, Eastern African wetlands in general and the lower floodplains in particular, have experienced major changes due to climate change, land use changes, upper catchment impoundments, agricultural irrigation schemes and species introductions.

Natural Resource Management in the Critical Habitat of Western Siem Pang

Country：Cambodia
BirdLife International

1. General Description and Regional Context The northern and eastern plains of Cambodia represent the most intact remnant ecosystem of a landscape that is thought to have once dominated southern Indochina and Thailand (Hout et al., 2003).