SANREM CRSP Biodiversity Components Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP Office of International Research, Education, and Development, Virginia Tech

SANREM CRSPBiodiversity Components

Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSPTheo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSPOffice of International Research, Education, and Office of International Research, Education, and

Development, Virginia TechDevelopment, Virginia Tech

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SANREM ObjectivesSANREM Objectives Increase stakeholder income, Increase stakeholder income, Empower stakeholders, particularly Empower stakeholders, particularly

women, women, Enhance resource management, Enhance resource management, Strengthen local institutions, Strengthen local institutions, Improve market access for small-Improve market access for small-

holders, and holders, and Promote sustainable and Promote sustainable and

environmentally sound development.environmentally sound development.

_______________________________________________________________________________Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture Symposium Punta Cana, DR May 31-June 2, 2006

USAID SANREM RFA USAID SANREM RFA and Biodiversityand Biodiversity

USAID RFA specifically required USAID RFA specifically required “… linking livelihoods and “… linking livelihoods and agricultural production to agricultural production to biodiversity conservation…”biodiversity conservation…”


SANREM Long-Term SANREM Long-Term Research RFAResearch RFA

Identified “Biodiversity Conservation Identified “Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Services” as a and Environmental Services” as a priority inquiry area, which integrates priority inquiry area, which integrates management of agriculture and natural management of agriculture and natural resources to promote synergistic resources to promote synergistic relationships between production, relationships between production, biodiversity, and livelihoods. biodiversity, and livelihoods.

Referenced “Biodiversity Conservation: Referenced “Biodiversity Conservation: A Guide For USAID Staff and Partners”A Guide For USAID Staff and Partners”


Decentralization Reforms & Decentralization Reforms & Property Rights: Potentials and Property Rights: Potentials and Puzzles for Forest Sustainability Puzzles for Forest Sustainability

and Livelihoodsand Livelihoods

Elinor Ostrom, Indiana UniversityElinor Ostrom, Indiana University

Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, UgandaBolivia, Kenya, Mexico, Uganda

100% biodiversity earmark credit100% biodiversity earmark credit


Goal:Goal: Improve natural resource policy Improve natural resource policy by developing knowledge about by developing knowledge about institutional arrangements that deliver institutional arrangements that deliver benefits equitably to local people while benefits equitably to local people while sustaining natural resourcessustaining natural resources

Biodiversity Question/Objective:Biodiversity Question/Objective:

What are the local level implications of forest decentralization policies for resource conservation, biodiversity, and ecological sustainability?


Developing a Participatory Socio-Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic Model for Food Economic Model for Food Security, Improved Rural Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods, Watershed Livelihoods, Watershed

Management, and Biodiversity Management, and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern AfricaConservation in Southern Africa

Alex Travis, Cornell UniversityAlex Travis, Cornell University

Zambia, MalawiZambia, Malawi

100% biodiversity earmark credit100% biodiversity earmark credit_______________________________________________________________________________

Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture Symposium Punta Cana, DR May 31-June 2, 2006

Hypothesis:Hypothesis: A market-driven, A market-driven, community-based model designed community-based model designed to improve food security and rural to improve food security and rural livelihoods will lead to sustainable livelihoods will lead to sustainable watershed and biodiversity watershed and biodiversity conservation on a regional scale, conservation on a regional scale, when based upon environmentally when based upon environmentally and economically sound practices.and economically sound practices.


Watershed-based Natural Watershed-based Natural Resource Management in Small-Resource Management in Small-scale Agriculture: Sloped Areas scale Agriculture: Sloped Areas

of the Andean Regionof the Andean Region

Jeff Alwang, Virginia TechJeff Alwang, Virginia Tech

Bolivia, EcuadorBolivia, Ecuador

10% biodiversity earmark credit10% biodiversity earmark credit


Biodiversity Objective:Biodiversity Objective: Quantify the relationship Quantify the relationship between the spatial spread of between the spatial spread of alternative livelihood activities alternative livelihood activities and environmental quality, and environmental quality, particularly water quality and particularly water quality and biodiversity.biodiversity.


FY 2006: $720,000 (30%)FY 2006: $720,000 (30%)


SANREM Biodiversity SANREM Biodiversity Earmark CreditEarmark Credit

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Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture Symposium Punta Cana, DR May 31-June 2, 2006

Thank you! Thank you!

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SANREM CRSP Biodiversity Components Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP Office of International Research, Education, and Development, Virginia Tech