suggests that capacity building to adapt toward likely climate change really requires
local institutional arrangements on facilitating to identify suitable technological
options and scale-up existing knowledge tools and approaches with appropriate one
for adaptation (mitigating the effect of climate change) to tackle emerging issues
primarily related to energy and natural resources as part of the development
planning around PAs. Such field-based interventions also illustrates ways in which
communities in climate-sensitive areas are vulnerable to changing conditions, and
how climate change adaptation initiatives by enhancing livelihoods provide a
practical means of improving people’s immediate requirements, and provide them
with increased capacities in terms of clean and affordable technological solutions.
Further, such an approach of network model of technological intervention to
address livelihoods vis-a vis conservation issues around PAs also indicates its
contribution toward attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly for improved income and livelihoods; gender equality and women’s
empowerment, environmental sustainability, and developing partnership and
linkages.
To scale-up the impact, second phase of the programme is underway at 16 PAs
—showing possibility of widespread application at macro level planning.
Programme outcome and impact also suggest that improved synergies and better
coordination amongst the wide array of stakeholders are needed for effective
governance to meet the challenges of conserving PAs by connecting S&T with
society and nature. Replication of such innovative PPA-PTAT models of different
scale with collaborative strategies can make effective use of technology as a tool for
natural resource policy planning and conservation in and around other PAs in a
sustainable manner. This requires an enabling ecosystem that encourages innovation in process of governance of PAs—to manage and nurture natural resources and
engaging communities in rural and social enterprise sector to meet their livelihood
and energy needs for very basic end uses like lighting and cooking in eco-friendly
manner.
Acknowledgments Many organizations and individuals have contributed toward the successful
implementation of the Network Programme on PPA. The author would like to thanks all of them
including DST, GOI, Delhi and WWF-India for valuable support and guidance to make programme more effective at field level. Special thanks are also due to partner project implementing
agencies, who generously provided information and shared knowledge and data for the critical
analysis of work presented in this discussion paper.
The views expressed in this information product are those of the author alone and do not
necessarily reflect the views or policies of organization to which he belongs. Present paper is
elaborated version of a voluntary paper accepted for XIV World Forestry Congress held at Durban,
South Africa during 7–11 September, 2015.
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local institutional arrangements on facilitating to identify suitable technological
options and scale-up existing knowledge tools and approaches with appropriate one
for adaptation (mitigating the effect of climate change) to tackle emerging issues
primarily related to energy and natural resources as part of the development
planning around PAs. Such field-based interventions also illustrates ways in which
communities in climate-sensitive areas are vulnerable to changing conditions, and
how climate change adaptation initiatives by enhancing livelihoods provide a
practical means of improving people’s immediate requirements, and provide them
with increased capacities in terms of clean and affordable technological solutions.
Further, such an approach of network model of technological intervention to
address livelihoods vis-a vis conservation issues around PAs also indicates its
contribution toward attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly for improved income and livelihoods; gender equality and women’s
empowerment, environmental sustainability, and developing partnership and
linkages.
To scale-up the impact, second phase of the programme is underway at 16 PAs
—showing possibility of widespread application at macro level planning.
Programme outcome and impact also suggest that improved synergies and better
coordination amongst the wide array of stakeholders are needed for effective
governance to meet the challenges of conserving PAs by connecting S&T with
society and nature. Replication of such innovative PPA-PTAT models of different
scale with collaborative strategies can make effective use of technology as a tool for
natural resource policy planning and conservation in and around other PAs in a
sustainable manner. This requires an enabling ecosystem that encourages innovation in process of governance of PAs—to manage and nurture natural resources and
engaging communities in rural and social enterprise sector to meet their livelihood
and energy needs for very basic end uses like lighting and cooking in eco-friendly
manner.
Acknowledgments Many organizations and individuals have contributed toward the successful
implementation of the Network Programme on PPA. The author would like to thanks all of them
including DST, GOI, Delhi and WWF-India for valuable support and guidance to make programme more effective at field level. Special thanks are also due to partner project implementing
agencies, who generously provided information and shared knowledge and data for the critical
analysis of work presented in this discussion paper.
The views expressed in this information product are those of the author alone and do not
necessarily reflect the views or policies of organization to which he belongs. Present paper is
elaborated version of a voluntary paper accepted for XIV World Forestry Congress held at Durban,
South Africa during 7–11 September, 2015.
Emerging Model of Ecosystem Services and Effective Governance …
593