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USAID AFRICA BUREAU Environment and Natural Resource Management Team

USAID AFRICA BUREAU Environment and Natural Resource Management Team. HIV/AIDS and Environment/Conservation Sector Activities. Multi-Sectoral HIV/AIDS and development meeting. Does NRM and conservation community have a comparative advantage in dealing with HIV/AIDS epidemic?.

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USAID AFRICA BUREAU Environment and Natural Resource Management Team

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  1. USAID AFRICA BUREAUEnvironment and Natural Resource Management Team HIV/AIDS and Environment/Conservation Sector Activities

  2. Multi-Sectoral HIV/AIDS and development meeting Does NRM and conservation community have a comparative advantage in dealing with HIV/AIDS epidemic?

  3. NRM sector advantages • CBNRM efforts strengthen communities • NR as source of food and medicine • NRM long time interest in land tenure • CBNRM activities serve “hard-to-reach” populations

  4. HIV/AIDS Brief and Toolkit • Toolkits for Ministries • Provide a methodology for understanding impact of HIV/AIDS on sectors associated with the ministry • Identify opportunities for ministries to integrate prevention and mitigation into policies and programs  • Briefs for Sectoral Planners and Managers • Describe impact of HIV/AIDS on sector • Suggest responses

  5. CBNRM Toolkit 4-step process to understand the impact of HIV/AIDS on the ministry, and identify opportunities for action. • Impact of HIV/AIDS on society and environment • Internal impact of HIV/AIDS on the ministry • External impact of HIV/AIDS on the ministry • Options for identifying a response 

  6. CBNRM Brief Helps CBNRM professionals assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on their project area Provides an “action checklist”: • Documenting the impact of HIV/AIDS • Attending workshops on HIV/AIDS • Sharing information with communities • Incorporating mitigation strategies into programs • Incorporating HIV/AIDS assessment into ER process

  7. CBNRM Brief and Toolkit http://www.frameweb.org/TechnicalInformation/ topicsectorA.html#aids

  8. Environmental Review Brief and Toolkit Recognizing that HIV/AIDS not only has a negative impact on development, but development activities also have the potential to negatively impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

  9. Environmental Review Brief • Propose incorporating HIV/AIDS concerns into the ER process. • Provide a process for assessing if a project has the potential to negatively impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and incorporate those steps directly into the ER process • If the process discovers that a project has the potential to exacerbate the HIV/AIDS crisis, Brief will propose mitigation options.

  10. Consider the NRM and conservation community’s comparative advantage in dealing with HIV/AIDS epidemic.

  11. THANKS Denise Mortimer USAID Africa Bureau 1325 G St. NW Wash DC 202-219-0250 Dmortimer@afr-sd.org

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