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CPWF Annual Report 2009

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Eritrea, Peru, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Middle Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
The CPWF was designed to be different. Developed in response to a call for change in a previous round of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system

reform, the CPWF was intended to foster cross-CGIAR cooperation and find ways to bring in new partners. Over time the CPWF has successfully broadened the CGIAR’s sources of

innovative research on water and food. Through its broad partnerships, the program conducts research that leads to positive impact on the poor and to policy change. The CPWF does this by
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CPWF Medium Term Plan (2007-2009)

Reports & Research
June, 2006
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Hungary, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
This introductory section covers the period since the submission of the last Mid-Term

Plan until present, and concentrates on the following areas:

> Principal areas of progress.

> Developments in 2005 and early 2006.

> Changes to the CPMT strategic plan.

> Research achievement highlights.

> Program progress.

At this point – just under half way (two years and six months) in the implementation

of the first CPWF phase (and three-and-a-half years since inception began)
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A summing up: Synthesis 2007: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, Western Asia, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
water management
rangelands
This reports summarizes and synthesizes activities and achievements of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) through the end of 2007. The CPWF is an intiative of the CGIAR designed to take on the global challenge of water scarcity and food security.
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Depleting natural wealth – perpetuating poverty

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Nepal, Laos, Mozambique, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, China, Cambodia, India, Ethiopia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
forestry
community forestry
land access
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land degradation
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
This paper represents part of an area of work in support of enhancing access to land and forest resources in support of rural livelihoods in Mongolia. . This synthesis report draws on field studies undertaken recently in five rural areas of Mongolia, covering all ecological zones from montane and northern taiga forest to arid forest in the Gobi. Our findings document and explain, with case studies and documentation from participatory analysis, the downward cycle of resource depletion and descend into poverty that is in action.
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Access to Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Guatemala, China, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Mongolia, Cambodia, Asia
Forest Tenure
land governance
land tenure
community forestry
forest land
grazing
Laos depends heavily on rice based agriculture systems and there is evidence that the traditional diversified diet and income base is being eroded, resulting in a negative effect on the livelihoods of the people. The opportunity to gather food in forests is diminishing and dietary diversity is being narrowed.
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Vers des fonds forestiers nationaux efficaces

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2015
Rwanda, Mali, Burundi, Guatemala, Peru, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Malawi, Costa Rica, Niger, Uruguay, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Portugal, Argentina, India, Vietnam, Kenya, Asia, Africa, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
<i>Vers des fonds forestiers nationaux efficaces</i> aborde le besoin de disposer de davantage d’informations sur la manière dont les FFN fonctionnent et sur la manière de les créer et les gérer de manière optimale. Les leçons tirées de l’instauration et de la gestion de FFN sont partagées afin de soutenir les pays dans la création et la mise en oeuvre efficace de FFN en fonction de leurs besoins et circonstances spécifiques.
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Forest - poverty linkages in West and Central Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Qatar, Mozambique, Zambia, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Iran, Ethiopia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, India, Bahrain, Georgia, Cambodia, Asia
Forest Tenure
land governance
land tenure
urban population
land access
forest land
land use
This paper presents the application of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) to forest-poverty linkages and the analysis of the main issues that are raised for the Forestry Outlook study. The LSP Sub-programme on access to natural resources initially intended to begin its work in support of the FOWECA project with a regional desk study. However, with Forest - poverty linkages in West and Central Asia 2 sparse literature available, a decision was made to focus the initial work on Kyrgyzstan given the experience of the Collaborative Forest Management (LSP Working Paper 13).