BSP's Asia & Pacific Program
BSP's Asia & Pacific Program promoted effective conservation
and management in Asia and the Pacific:
- supporting coalitions for democratic reforms;
- providing technical assistance to USAID and host country governments;
- facilitating processes with multiple stakeholders for conservation
planning and priority-setting;
- supporting scientific research and science-based publications;
- integrating analytical components and cutting-edge thinking into
innovative projects;
- designing conservation trust funds;
- stimulating policy reforms to improve biodiversity governance;
- promoting ecologically sustainable enterprises; and
- building local NGO and community capacity.
Projects and Publications managed by
BSP's Asia & Pacific Program:
Asia
Ban Udyam (BU) - Nepal.
Supporting sustainability of community-based natural resource
management in Nepal.
BSP. 1997. Ban Udyam: Protecting forests
and increasing rural incomes through community-based forest enterprises. (pub
no. 132)
Biodiversity Conservation Prioritization
Project (BCPP) - India. Testing innovative methods
and setting priorities in conservation planning in India.
BSP. 2001. Linking Macro to Micro:
Setting Conservation Priorities the BCPP Way.
Singh, S., A. R. K. Sastry, R. Mehta and V. Uppal.
(eds.) 2000. Setting Biodiversity Conservation Priorities for
India: Volumes 1 & 2.
Conservation Needs Assessment (CNA) - Papua New Guinea.
Setting conservation priorities for Papua New Guinea.
Alcorn, J. B. and B. M. Beehler (eds.) 1993.
Papua New Guinea: Conservation Needs Assessment. Volumes
1 & 2. (pub
no. 28)
Swartzendruber, J. F. (ed.) 1993. Papua New
Guinea: Conservation Needs Assessment. Synopsis Report.
(pub no. 29)
Kemala-Indonesia
Supporting work on natural resource management
in Indonesia by linking individuals and organizations
to create well-informed, politically
active coalitions at local and national levels to
revitalize good governance in Indonesia.
BSP. 1999. Governance and Biodiversity:
Weaving Resilience into the Web of Life. (pub
no. 31)
Read, T. and L. Cortesi. 2001. Stories at the
Forest Edge: The KEMALA Approach to Crafting Good Governance and
Sustainable Futures. (pub
no. 135)
Global
Democracy / Governance Linkages Initiative.
Exploring lessons and tools for promoting synergies
between activities in the environment and democracy-governance sectors.
BSP. 2000. Greening Democracy and
Governing the Environment: USAID Experiences from the Field.
(pub no. 103)
Diamond, N. K. 2001. Checks and Balances: Environmental
Program Evolutions During Democratic Transitions (A Case-Study
about USAID/Indonesia). (pub
no. 107)
Peoples, Forests and Reefs (PeFoR).
Working to reverse trends in the global loss of biodiversity
and cultural heritage, and to strengthen the capacities and rights
of marginalized groups to manage and benefit from biodiversity.
Alcorn, J. B. 2001. Good Governance,
Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity Conservation: Recommendations
for Enhancing Results Across Sectors. (pub
no. 120)
Alcorn, J. B. and A. G. Royo (eds.). 2000. Indigenous
Social Movements and Ecological Resilience: Lessons from the Dayak
of Indonesia. (pub
no. 99)
BSP. 2001. Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity
Governance: The Hundested Recommendations for Donor Best Practice.
(pub no. 124)
BSP. 1997. Peoples, Forests and Reefs.
(pub no. 32)
Chapin, M. and B. Threlkeld. 2001.
Indigenous Landscapes: A Study in Ethnocartography.
Colchester, M. 2001. Global Policies and Projects
in Asia: Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity Conservation.
(pub no. 130)
Eghenter, C. 2000. Mapping Peoples' Forests:
The Role of Mapping in Planning Community-Based Management of
Conservation Areas in Indonesia. (pub
no. 71)
Poole, P. 1995. Indigenous Peoples, Mapping
and Conservation: An Analysis of Current Activites and Opportunities
for Applying Geomatics Technologies. (pub
no. 23)
Weber, R., J. Butler and P. Larson (eds.). 2000
Indigenous Peoples and Conservation Organizations: Experiences
in Collaboration.
Tools for Sustainability.
Communicating tools and lessons learned for social and ecological sustainability.
Borrini-Feyerabend, G. (ed.) 1997.
Beyond Fences: Seeking Social Sustainability in Conservation.
Volumes 1 & 2.
Peters, C. M. 1994. Sustainable Harvest of
Non-Timber Plant Resources in Tropical Moist Forest: An Ecological
Primer. (pub
no. 39)
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