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Project Proposal
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Project Proposal
Schedule: May
2002 - March 2006
Funding source:
Official Development Assistance, Government of Japan
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Methodology
- Identification of national research partners, key issues,
and focal region within each country selected
- Finalization of study design and methodology for data collection
and analysis, including the structures of the project databases
and questionnaires
- Inventory and characterisation of past and ongoing rehabilitation
initiatives and their changing profile in each of the selected
regions. Data input into a general project database.
Sources of information:
- National and
local government offices, donors, NGOs, private companies/groups,
people's organizations - Questionnaires, interviews
- Project documents
- General literature/reviews
- Review of published and unpublished literature, project reviews
and other documents, discussions with stakeholders and experts
to pick up insights on the driving forces, underlying constraints
and possible approaches to sustainable rehabilitation in the
country
- Create GIS databases of biophysical, land use and other data
for the selected provinces, if possible, for spatial assessment
of restoration efforts and potential
- Initial workshop/s with relevant provincial and national
level stakeholders for
- Shared understanding
of study and motives
- Validation of
general project database and filling in gaps
- Categorization
of rehabilitation initiatives (based on selected criteria)
- Selection of
case studies within each category (based on certain key
features)
- Agreement on
second level database elements and method of case study
review
- Looking for key
outputs needed
- Detailed reviews of selected cases on the ground looking
at productivity, environmental and livelihood impacts as well
as longer term sustainability and adoption, and the underlying
reasons. Data input into a case study database.
Field work/data gathering:
- Assessment of
project-related documents / writings / reviews / research
- Rapid measurements/appraisal
of project sites to assess basic ecological/technical parameters
- Surveys/interviews
with key stakeholders addressing technical, ecological and
socio-economic aspects related to the project, and
- Review of relevant
secondary data
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In depth evaluation and comparative analyses of
all factors, within and across projects, and based on the literature
reviews
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Draw strategic lessons and identify promising
approaches under different scenarios, develop recommendations and
key considerations
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of the key elements that will be analysed
- The
driving forces and process of development of rehabilitation
initiatives
- Decision-making
processes and stakeholder involvement in rehabilitation
- Distribution
of benefits, costs, rights and responsibilities
- Opportunities
and constraints (ecological, socio-economic, institutional)
to successful implementation, and viable interventions and
incentives. Could include underlying causes of degradation,
property rights regimes, market incentives, institutional
support, and infrastructure among others.
- Productivity,
socio-economic and environmental impacts of the projects
(e.g. could disadvantage poorer members of the community
by restricting their access to that land), and viable mechanisms
for avoidance/reduction of negative impacts to different
stakeholders
- Rehabilitation
approaches and techniques (such as natural regeneration
or plantation; species favoured; industrial, community or
state driven) most likely to be sustainable under different
ecological and socio-economic conditions
- Long-term
management, monitoring and sustainability of the project
- Perceptions
of success or failure and for whom
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Prepare a final synthesis report for each country
based on analysis of all of the above
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Joint partner meeting for cross country comparison,
writing of joint paper, identifying other useful outputs to overcome
key constraints, and generating follow up activities and proposals
including for preparation of practical guidelines
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Final workshop for dissemination of results, getting
feedback on synthesis, and discussing useful next steps and outputs
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Preparation of "Lessons learned" publications
for donors, policy makers, and the scientific community, in the form
of policy briefs/information booklets and scientific articles
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Active dissemination and promotion of results
aiming for high impact via distribution of outputs to target audiences
through seminars, workshops, news articles, website postings and networking
activities.
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