Klimaatadaptatie vindt op dit moment plaats in honderden projecten overal in Nederland. Bij de rivieren, langs de kust, in de polders, maar ook in de stad en op het platteland. Het Ministerie van VROM vroeg het onderzoeksprogramma Kennis voor Klimaat dit proces in kaart te brengen. Ruim honderd Nederlandse projecten die rekening houden met aanpassing aan het klimaat en de ruimtelijke ordening zijn voor deze publicatie bekeken. Deze projecten geven inzicht in de manier waarop adaptatie aan klimaatverandering plaatsvindt in de ruimtelijke ordening van Nederland. Gebeurt er eigenlijk al wat?

Onderzoekvoorstellen worden getoetst op wetenschappelijke kwaliteit én maatschappelijke kwaliteit door onafhankelijke deskundigen. De onderzoekprogramma’s hebben voor de Deltacommissie informatie aangedragen over de mogelijk te verwachten zeespiegelstijging. Na het verschijnen van het rapport van de commissie Veerman is mede op initiatief van Klimaat voor Ruimte en Kennis voor Klimaat door de kennisinstellingen een kennis-agenda in beeld gebracht, die aansluit op het rapport van de commissie.

De maatschappij profiteert van een grote verscheidenheid van diensten die door het landschap geleverd worden. Deze zogenaamde ‘landschapsdiensten’ omvatten onder andere de productie van voedsel en hout, de levering van drinkwater, klimaatregulatie, landschapsbeleving en recreatiemogelijkheden. Landschapsdiensten zijn ongelijk verdeeld over het landschap, sommige plekken leveren meer of andere diensten dan andere plekken. Om het landschap zo goed mogelijk te gebruiken is het voor beleidsmakers belangrijk te weten waar en hoeveel landschapsdiensten geleverd worden.

This paper presents several case studies to show how the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) has been working within Tanzania’s legal and policy framework to support a diverse range of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, all of whom face fundamental threats from external appropriation of, or encroachment on, lands and natural resources. The work also responds to local needs to rationalise resource use rights amongst competing local groups, such as farmers and livestock keepers.

With the continual rise of global commodity prices and increasing population pressures worldwide, the future of agriculture is looking increasingly unstable. As a result of this escalating demand and intensification of unsustainable agricultural techniques, natural resources are facing an increasing threat of depletion.

The project goal is to adopt an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agrobiodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security and improved rural livelihoods.

This study analyses and compares national legislation on wildlife management in twelve countries in Asia and Oceania, with the aim of identifying strengths and weaknesses of legal frameworks in the promotion of sustainable wildlife management and in allowing disadvantaged people, particularly indigenous and local communities, to directly benefit from it.

The impacts of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis have been increasing steadily since the 1950’s, particularly for developing countries. According to a World Bank external evaluation report “natural disasters destroyed US$652 billion in property worldwide in the 1990s alone – an amount 15 times higher in real terms compared to the 1950s. Approximately 2.6 billion people were affected by natural disasters over the past ten years, compared to 1.6 billion in the previous decade.

Adoption of an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation and adaptation, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to protection of international waters, increased food security and improved rural livelihoods.

The Project will provide the basis for sustainable transboundary management of the Kagera basin and its land resources and agro-ecosystems. Activities will take into account gender issues, access to resources and conflict resolution. 1. Enhanced regional collaboration, information sharing and monitoring; 2. Enabling policy, planning and legislative conditions; 3. Increased stakeholder capacity and knowledge at all levels for promoting integrated agro-ecosystems management; 4.

Moçambique localiza-se na costa sudueste de África, com uma área de cerca de 799.380 Km1 e uma linha costeira de cerca de 2.515 Km ao longo do Oceano Índico, constituindo um espaço vital tanto para o país assim como para os países vizinhos situados no interior que só têm acesso às vias oceânicas através dos portos moçambicanos. Em termos de fronteiras, o país faz limite, a Norte, com a República Unida da Tazânia, a Oeste com o Malawi, Zâmbia, Zimbabwe, Suazilândia e República da Àfrica do Sul; a Sul, faz divisa com a Àfrica do Sul, países com os quais partilha cerca de 4.330Km.

For two reasons the miombo woodlands of eastern and southern Africa provide an important opportunity for developing pro-poor payments for avoided deforestation and degradation. Firstly, there is strong scientific evidence that the loss of woodlands is associated with a decline in livelihoods. Secondly, there are two decades of successful community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in the miombo region.