sanrem landscape systems and technology transfer ecosystem scale

SANREM Landscape Systems and Technology

Transfer

Ecosystem Scale

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Andrew Manu: Iowa State University

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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??

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SANREM Thesis

The Nested Landscape Management System

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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

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Second Quarter

•Began the effort to develop a synthesis report onecosystems and ecosystem management by reviewingliterature on:

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•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

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•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

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•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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Contribution to Book Chapter (cont’d)

VII. Ecosystems Management- Evolution in Concepts of Ecosystems Management- Conclusion

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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.