MOUNTAIN-EVO

Adaptive governance of mountain ecosystem services for poverty alleviation enabled by environmental virtual observatories Wouter Buytaert Imperial College London Art Dewulf Wageningen University David Hannah University of Birmingham Bert De Bièvre CONDESAN, Peru Seifu Tilahun University of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Deepak Paudel SOHAM, Nepal Chad Dear University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan By: Zed Zulkafli, PDRA, Imperial College London

Fragile and poorly known mountain ecosystem services Increasing pressures &

accelerated change

Poverty alleviation through

adaptive governance &

institutional change

Citizen science

Environmental virtual observatories

Rationale

Interactive models of information exchange, knowledge generation and learning

Citizen science • Increasing adoption of technology by the poor • Environmental virtual observatories: decentralised and open technology platforms for

knowledge generation and exchange • Enable participation of marginalised and vulnerable communities

• Generating actionable knowledge

Case studies & Methods

Case study selection criteria:

• Similar ecosystem services & threats

• Similar data scarcity & complexity

• Different socio-economic context

• Strong local platform & enthusiasm

• Scope for comparative analysis Jequetepeque basin, Peru Tana Lake,

Ethiopia Kaligandaki basin, Nepal

Naryn district, Kyrgyzstan

Methodology 1. Situational analysis and narrative

development

2. Implementing citizen science supported by

EVOs

3. Fostering interaction and co-generation of

knowledge with EVOs

4. Evaluation of impact of the EVOs on

development and quality of life

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