environment and management of natural resources. towards (2)

8/14/2019 Environment and Management of Natural Resources. Towards (2)

1/10


2/10

Our main methodologies and instru-

ments are:< Supporting negotiation procedures

involving all stakeholders to reach

agreements on responsibilities and

implementation plans< building alliances across sectors to

adapt and improve political frame-works

< building capacities by improving

technical and social skills as well as

institutional structures

< developing market-oriented strate-

gies for long-term conservation of

natural resources and their environ-

mental functions.

Our work produces tangible results.

We offer our service where it is need-

ed most, adapted to the specific situ-ation, individual country and task. Our

overall concept is led by the vision

of sustainable development: socially

balanced, economically viable and

ecologically sustainable.

Impacts

We support our partners in develop-

ing countries, emerging nations and

countries in transition in conserving

and sustainably using their natural

resources. We make an important

contribution to the eradication of pov-

erty, food security and crisis preven-

tion. By improving peoples overallliving conditions we contribute to the

achievement the Millennium Devel-

opment Goals and the Action Pro-

gramme 2015 of the Federal Republic

of Germany.

Villagers rely on a variety of forest products for local consumption

Harvesting of the bark of African cherry (Prunus africana) for medical purposes

provides regular income for farmers around Mt. Fako in Cameroon

For further information & published by:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische

Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHDepartment Environmental andManagement of Natural ResourcesPO Box 5180, 65726 Eschborn, Germany Phone: +496196 79-1320Fax: +49 6196 [email protected]/umweltmanagement

Imprint

Traditional fishing in the Dzanga SanghaForest Reserve in the Central African Republic

Land use planning in Mwange (Cameroon)with participatory methods

Design by: www.creativerepublic.net, 2005Photos: GTZ Printed on 100% recycled paper

Status: 12/2005


3/10

In addition to national strategies re-

gional processes are becoming more

important to implement global envi-

ronmental policy frameworks. Region-

al free trade zones, regional harmoni-

sation in and transboundry manage-ment of the environment be they wa-

ter, forests or desertification are of

mounting importance.

Activities and services

GTZ through its technical advisors

supports national environmental

strategies in many countries. We are

engaged in or active members of re-

lated international cross-cutting and

thematic expert groups. We closely

work together with other German im-

plementing agencies, as well as other

donors.

MDG+5 Summit in 2005. In Agenda

21 and at the Johannesburg summit,

the international community agreed

to elaborate nssd and to commence

their implementation by 2005. Most

countries pursue one or the otherstrategic approach in steering their

overall or sectoral development, be it

nssd , PRSP, NFP or the like.

The increasing degradation of the

natural resources, including the forest

ecosystems, is causing severe and

complex social, economic and eco-

logical problems. However, most na-

tional development policies address

them insufficiently: PRSPs do not ad-

equately integrate environmental con-

cerns and sustainable development

strategies still lack political standing.

Context The UN Conference on Environment

and Development in Rio de Janeiro

(1992) established sustainable devel-

opment as the globally recognised

guiding vision. It can only be achieved

through long-term strategies that linkeconomic, social and ecological re-

quirements within an overarching ac-

tion framework. Such frameworks

might be called national strategies

for sustainable development ( nssd ),

national agendas 21, poverty reduc-

tion strategy papers (PRSP) or MDG-

based national strategies. They iden-

tify a countrys key challenges and

focus its sectoral policies towards the

guiding vision of sustainable develop-

ment. National Forest Programmes

(NFP) constitute an integral part of

nssd or PRSP.

National level strategic approaches

gained fresh momentum at the World

Summit on Sustainable Development

in Johannesburg in 2002 and the

National strategies for the environment

Environment and Infrastructure Division

Topic sheet

Section: Environment and management of natural resources

General Topic: Environmental policy and institutional development

commissioned by:


4/10

Thematic focus< Development and implementation

of nssd , agendas 21 and regional

strategies in environment (e.g. in

Tunisia, Caucasus< Strategic assessments for sustain-

able development (e.g. in Vietnam,

Morocco)< Incentives and financing for sus-

tainable development and forestprogrammes

< Communication in national environ-

mental strategy processes (e.g. in

Algeria)< Greening poverty reduction strate-

gies (e.g. in Benin)< National forest programmes, forest

policy development, governance

and promotion of participatory

approaches in forest policies< Strategy planning and action learn-

ing to raise individual competencies

for sustainable development (e.g.

Tunisia, Caucasus).

Services< On a trans-national basis, we de-

velop concepts for designing nssd

and related strategic processes< We promote the sustainable devel-

opment debate at international (e.g.OECDs Development Assistance

Committee and the Poverty Envi-

ronment Partnership) and regional

levels (e.g. Organization of the Am-

azon Cooperation Treaty, the Cen-

tral African Ministerial Conference

and Forest Law Enforcement, Gov-

ernance & Trade processes in Asia

and Africa)< We develop and apply consultancy

products and services. We design

strategy workshop concenpts.< We develop, design and apply con-

sultancy products and services likecertain strategy workshop modera-

tion (e.g. in the Caucasus) to sup-

port partners in their sustainable

development strategies and NFP

and in greening PRSP.

Impacts

Higher awareness: Sustainable de-

velopment and forestry issues get

more attention. Participants of ca-

pacity building programmes push

forward sustainability and forest-

related topics on the political agenda

and integrate them into local, re-

gional and national development

strategies. Some of the severest

problems of the forest sector, like

illegal logging, are increasingly dis-

cussed at international level (e.g. theFLEGT processes).

Mainstreaming environment: Envir-

onment as the ecological pillar of

sustainable development is increas-

ingly regarded as an integral part of

national strategies (especially PRSP)

and of the MDGs.

Increased coherence between sec-

tor policies: With our support, part-

ner organisations increasingly inte-

grate environment and natural re-

sources related opinions from varioussectors thereby improving develop-

ment policy coherence.

Increased policy coherence be-

tween countries: We build capacities

for successful policy harmonisation

on the international level (e.g. in the

Amazon region). Our support of re-

gional organisations facilitates the

integration of member countries en-

vironmental policies and political

solutions for conflicts, e.g. in the

Congo Basin.

Empowerment of civil society: Civil

society and private sector increasingly

participate in political decision-mak-

ing, due to our support to the estab-

lishment of multi-stakeholder dialogue

processes. Outcomes often become

important inputs for the policydialogue at international level (e.g. in

Vietnam, Cambodia and Cameroon).

For further information:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische

Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHPilot Project RioplusTulpenfeld 253113 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49 228 -98 533 -0Fax: +49 228 -98 570 -18

[email protected] http://www.gtz.de/rioplus

Design by: www.creativerepublic.net, 2005Photos: GTZ , Geo-MediaPrinted on 100% recycled paper

Status: 12/2005

Imprint Published by:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische

Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHEnvironment and Infrastructure DivisionPO Box 518065726 Eschborn, Germany Phone: +49 6196 79-1320Fax: +49 6196 [email protected]/


5/10

crease sustainability and long-termpossibilities for income generationwithin the region.

GTZ promotes tourism under three

major aspects:< Tourism as an instrument for biodi-

versity conservation (e.g. throughfinancing of protected areas andsound environment in tourism des-tinations)

< tourism as income opportunity inpoor regions and countries withnatural or cultural attractions (propoor tourism)

< market transparency with clear andcertified social, ecological and eco-nomic standards.

GTZ pays special attention to theintegration of ecotourism and busi-ness approaches. Our strategy isbased on the three pillars of sustain-ability: ecological sustainability, par-ticipation and economic benefit.

Approaches

Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992tourism has been internationally rec-ognised as a tool for environmentalpolicy. This led to a proliferation ofmeasures related to tourism and vari-

ous international declarations, e.g.the Charter for Sustainable Tourism(UNESCO, Lanzarote, 1995), theMal Declaration on SustainableTourism Development (1997) and theBerlin Declaration (1997) focusedon biological diversity and sustainabletourism.

In 2004 the Seventh Meeting of theConference of the Parties to the Con-vention on Biological Diversity (COP 7)adopted the Guidelines for Biodi-versity and Tourism. They constitutea framework of standards for ecologic-ally sustainable tourism development.

After the tsunami catastrophe, anaction plan was developed by theWTO and the Pacific Asia Travel

Association (PATA) not only to remedyincurred damages but also to in-

Context

According to the World Tourism Or-ganization (WTO) in 2004 the globaltourism revenue amounted to US$462 billion, with 16.2% accrued bydeveloping countries. These figures

signify a high potential of tourism foreconomic development and povertyreduction. But travelling, tourism in-frastructure and inappropriate behav-iour of tourists put pressure on theenvironment as well as on culturaland social systems. This can have ir-reversible negative effects and in theend harm the tourism industry itself.Therefore securing ecological sustain-ability and ensuring a process of self-determined social change with partici-pation of local people has to go handin hand with tourism development.

Tourism and sustainable development


Topic sheet


General Topic: Cross-sectoral issue

commissioned by:


6/10

GTZ projects on sustainable tourismfocus on the following areas:< Regional and national tourism co-

operation and planning. Supportinge.g. nature conservation projects todevelop compatible tourism prod-ucts like trekking, photo and hunt-

ing safaris or research pro-grammes

< international cooperation and mar-keting assistance contribute tobusiness contacts and economicsuccess of local community basedtourism products

< cooperation with hotels and resortsof mainstream tourism to improvesocial standards, local services,sound environmental managementand cooperation with local smalltourism offers

< contribution to the international dia-logue on sustainable tourism asdevelopment motor, e.g. organisingand participating in internationaltourism fairs.

Impacts and projects

Tourism development projects contrib-ute to successful local initiatives oncommunity or SME (small and mediumenterprise) levels. Better marketing oftourism products increases economicdevelopment and reduces poverty inrural areas. Cooperation with the main

tourism industry contributes to fairsocial conditions, employment oppor-tunities and better consideration ofenvironmental aspects. Tourismprojects contribute to the manage-ment of protected areas through en-trance fees and general publicity.

For further Information:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische

Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHTourism ProjectPO Box 5180, 65726 Eschborn, Germany Phone: +496196 79-1320Fax: +49 6196 [email protected]/tourismus

Design by: www.creativerepublic.net, 2005Photos: GTZ Printed on 100% recycled paper

Status: 12/2005

Imprint

Detailed information can be found under thefollowing contacts of GTZ-assisted projects:

Community-based tourism:< Ethiopia, ecotourism on the Wenchi crater lake: [email protected]< South Africa, tourism, resource management and rural development:

[email protected]

Nature conservation through tourism:< Benin, tourism and protected areas: www.gtz.de/de/weltweit/afrika/

benin/7838.htm; www.pendjari.net< Kyrgystan, Biosphere Reserve Issyk-Kol: [email protected]< Morocco, national strategy on nature conservation and tourism:

[email protected]

Local economic development:< Mongolia, capacity building: [email protected]< Dominican Republic, private sector and ecotourism: [email protected]< Romania, tourism development in the Apuseni region: [email protected]

Global, national and regional tourism strategies:< Nicaragua, regional standards and marketing concepts: www.fodestur.org.ni< Madagascar, development and implementation of a national tourism master plan:

[email protected]< Philippines, regional tourism master plan in the Siquijor province:

[email protected]< Amazon Region, tourism and management of tropical forests: www.gtz-amazonia.org< Prespa and Ohrid lake region, biodiversity management & tourism: [email protected]< Sector project Tourism and Sustainable Development, Eschborn: www.gtz.de/tourismus

Published by:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische

Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHEnvironment and Infrastructure DivisionPO Box 518065726 Eschborn, Germany Phone: +49 6196 79-1320Fax: +49 6196 [email protected]/umweltmanagement


7/10

Services

We offer training worldwide, espe-

cially in our partner countries. Our

clients and target groups comprise:< Counterparts of development co-

operation projects and programs

< community representatives andother stakeholders

< national and international experts,

consultants, NGOs and networks< members of research, environment

and development organisations< private sector representatives.

International and local trainers spe-

cialise in our high-quality training

modules. In addition to our standard

modules we offer individual training to

be developed in cooperation with

projects and counterparts. The dura-

tion of training is flexible and depend-

ing on content and needs of the par-

ticipants can take from one day to

several weeks.

Approach

GTZ training activities integrate envi-

ronment and development objectives.

They offer the transfer of both techni-

cal knowledge in environmental policy

and management of natural resources

and the transfer of cross-cutting keycompetences to be able to design,

manage and participate in interactive

policy development and implementa-

tion processes. The training approach

also helps to advance communication

and understanding among partici-

pants with different backgrounds and

perspectives.

In the context of our training

activities we cooperate with other

development cooperation agencies

from Germany, The Netherlands and

Great Britain and with international

and national environmental and na-

ture protection agencies, research

and training centres.

Context The GTZ sees capacity development

as the process of strengthening the

abilities and capacities of individuals,

organisations and societies to make

effective and efficient use of resourc-

es, in order to achieve their goals ona sustainable basis. Training can be

seen as a core dimension of capacity

building because changes in organi-

sations and societies always depend

on the development of competences,

skills and motivation of individuals.

GTZ trainings are designed to em-

power people to participate in politi-

cal, economic and social life to mo-

dify the structures and processes in

environmental policy making and

management of natural resources

geared towards sustainable develop-

ment and poverty reduction.

Advanced training in environment and development


Topic sheet

GENERAL TOPIC


commissioned by:


8/10


9/10

GTZ advises clients and partner

countries in developing decentralised

decision-making processes that give

municipalities and local governments

more say in designing and implement-ing their environmental protection.

Decentralising decision-making and

financing in environment matters is

key to German technical cooperation.

Especially the development of viable

financing mechanisms for municipali-

ties is at the core of GTZ consultancy.

This is often in the field of financing

collection and disposal of solid waste

and the evacuation and treatment of

waste water.

Approach andmethodologies

GTZ focuses on strengthening the

capacities of municipal governments,

which are usually most directly con-

cerned by the pressing environmental

problems in their jurisdictions. Theylack the human and financial re-

sources to tackle their challenges

effectively and sustainably. Financial

resources, technical expertise, ac-

cess to international partners, human

capacity are usually concentrated in

national ministries and other authori-

ties, who often tend to neglect the

needs of municipalities. Especially

decision-making authority is usually

concentrated in the capitals.

Context Cities are political, economic and cul-

turally vibrant places radiating into

the countryside. And they attract an

ever-climbing number of rural and ur-

ban poor in search of better lives. Therapid economic and industrial mo-

mentums in cities and the growing

concentration of cheap labour in

poorer quarters raise enormous chal-

lenges to planning sustainable cities

with adequate waste disposal, enough

potable water and a pollution-free

environment for people to live in.

However, a decline in the quality of

life is the reality in the cities of most

developing and industrialising coun-

tries. Infrastructure is degrading, pol-

lution of air, soil and water is rising

and pollution-related health problems

are escalating, hitting the urban poor

hardest. These trends will probably

gain momentum, endanger the liveli-

hood of many and add to mounting

social unrest in sprawling urban ag-

glomerations.

Managing the urban environment


Topic sheet

GENERAL TOPIC


commissioned by:


10/10

Services

To develop capacities for effective

urban environmental protection, GTZ

offers services in key fields combining

consulting expertise with training and

capacity development. These include:

Strengthening municipal environ-

mental management capacities.Decentralising environmental man-

agement, giving the municipalities the

capacities, the rights and ownership

as well as financial resources to man-

age their environments. The munici-

pal administration is often a key part-

ner in these projects. Enforcement of

environmental norms and standards

is also strengthened.

Providing adequate infrastructure

and funding for it.

GTZ provides consultancy in devel-

oping low-cost infrastructure for envi-

ronmental protection, like the design

of cost-effective landfills and water

treatment facilities, as well as helping

in developing financing mechanisms.

Raising public awareness in envi-

ronmental management.

GTZ helps in raising public aware-

ness, for example for the collection of

waste, the protection of recreation

areas and parks, helping to enhance

citizen ownership of environmental

facilities.

Developing appropriate pollution

abatement approaches.

GTZ helps in planning adequate in-

dustrial zones to reduce pollution and

provide for minimum level of waste

treatment facilities and knowledge.

Municipal administrators are trained

on the level of their planning instru-ments and their competencies to dia-

logue with the private sector and in-

dustry in managing industrial zones.

For further information & Published by:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische

Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHDepartment Environment andManagement of Natural ResourcesPO Box 5180, 65726 Eschborn, Germany Phone: +496196 79-1320Fax: +49 6196 [email protected]/umweltmanagement

Imprint

Design by: www.creativerepublic.net, 2005

Photos: GTZ Printed on 100% recycled paper

Status: 12/2005

environment and management of natural resources. towards (2)

Documents