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SANREM Landscape Systems and Technology
Transfer
Ecosystem Scale
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Andrew Manu: Iowa State University
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Ecosystem (Ecological System)
“Any unit that includes all of the organisms (i.e., the community) in a given area interacting with the physical environment so that a flow of energy leads to clearly defined trophic structure, biotic diversity, and material cycles (i.e., exchange of materials between living and non-living parts) within the system”
(Odum, 1969).
Potential disagreement among various stakeholders abouthow ecosystem should be defined within a research or development program
Ecosytems definition??
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
SANREM Thesis
The Nested Landscape Management System
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Ecosystem Scale Accomplishments by Quarters
• Identification of Graduate Assistant
• Assembly of interested faculty and staff of Iowa
State University and other international collaborators
•Developed framework to conduct literature search
and field surveys on ecosystem management
First Quarter
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Second Quarter
•Began the effort to develop a synthesis report onecosystems and ecosystem management by reviewingliterature on:
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
•Ecosystem management and sustainable natural resource use
•Recent trends in natural resource management and recognition of the incorporation of livelihoods strategies and participatory processes in ecosystem management schemes
• 70 were entered into the SANREM CRSP meta-database
• 400 sources of literature were reviewed
Process led to the identification of the potential componentsof ecosystem management
Second Quarter (cont’d)
• Incorporation of indigenous knowledge into sound ecosystem research, development, and management
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
•Use of agroforestry as part of effective ecosystem management
•Application of integrated modeling in ecosystem analysis and management
•Management and sustainable use of forest ecosystems by surrounding communities is among the most contemporary conservation challenges
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
•Goals, objectives, and tasks to achieve objectives
•Interdisciplinarity of actors
•Management alternatives to achieve ecological sustainability and integrity
•Project achievements and impacts
•Lessons learned
•Success assessment indicators
Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System
Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System
Community based ecology/NRM in Mount Cameroon
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Goal: To secure long-term conservation of biodiversity and rainforest genetic resources and strengthen the role of local communities in managing the forest ecosystem
Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System Issues
Development Through Conservation Project. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Goal: To reconcile the management protected areas witheconomic needs of the local people through integratedConservation and development
Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System Issues
The Kibule and Semuliki Conservation and DevelopmentProject (KSCDP), Uganda
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Goal: To conserve the rich biological diversity and ecological processes of the Kibale and Semuliki National Parks and associated ecosystems for present and future generations
Third Quarter
Objectives of Literature Search
Identify the cutting edge approaches in ecosystemsmanagement
•Reviewed 476 sources of literature
•Prepared to enter 65 relevant citations into the SANREM CRSP meta-database
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Case Studies Identified
•The Community Tropical Ecosystem Management Project (CTEM), central Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Adaptive Ecosystem Management in Coastal Oregon, USA
• Integrated Watershed Management, Ethiopia
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Contribution to Book Chapter
Best Practices for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
Outline
I. Introduction: What is an Ecosystem?- Definitions and Concepts of Ecosystem- Key characteristics of ecosystems
- Challenges in defining ecosystem
II. The importance of the study of ecosystems
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
III. Classification of Ecosystems- Forest Ecosystems- Grassland Ecosystems- Fresh water Ecosystems- Coastal Ecosystems
- Agroecosystem
IV. Ecosystem Services
V. Ecosystems and Human well-being
VI. State of the Global Ecosystem
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Contribution to Book Chapter (cont’d)
VII. Ecosystems Management- Evolution in Concepts of Ecosystems Management- Conclusion
SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006
Contribution to Book Chapter (cont’d)
•Continue development of list of science-based ecosystemsmanagement issues/research needs/solutions that must beaddressed to promote sustainable agriculture and naturalresource management in ways that optimize the future ecosystems services for local beneficiaries.
What Next?
•Enter into SANREM metadatabase
What Next?
•Continue to work with the ME to identify SANREM-related USAID missions in host countries ecosystem management needs.
•Work with ME to obtain Associate Awards to address USAID mission needs.
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