SANREM Landscape Systems and Technology Transfer Ecosystem Scale

1. SANREM Landscape Systems and Technology TransferEcosystem Scale Andrew Manu: Iowa State University SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

2. Ecosystem (Ecological System) “Any unit that includes all of the organisms (i.e., the community) in a given area interacting with the physical environment so that a flow of energy leads to clearly defined trophic structure, biotic diversity, and material cycles (i.e., exchange of materials between living and non-living parts) within the system” (Odum, 1969). SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

3. Ecosytems definition?? Potential disagreement among various stakeholders about how ecosystem should be defined within a research or development program SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

4. SANREM Thesis The Nested Landscape Management System SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

5. Ecosystem Scale Accomplishments by Quarters First Quarter • Identification of Graduate Assistant • Assembly of interested faculty and staff of Iowa • State University and other international collaborators • Developed framework to conduct literature search • and field surveys on ecosystem management SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

6. Second Quarter • Began the effort to develop a synthesis report on • ecosystems and ecosystem management by reviewing • literature on: • Ecosystem management and sustainable natural resource • use • Recent trends in natural resource management and • recognition of the incorporation of livelihoods strategies • and participatory processes in ecosystem management • schemes SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

7. Second Quarter (cont’d) • 400 sources of literature were reviewed • 70 were entered into the SANREM CRSP • meta-database Process led to the identification of the potential components of ecosystem management • Incorporation of indigenous knowledge into sound • ecosystem research, development, and management SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

8. Use of agroforestry as part of effective ecosystem • management • Application of integrated modeling in ecosystem analysis and management • Management and sustainable use of forest ecosystems by surrounding communities is among the most contemporary conservation challenges SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

9. Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System • Goals, objectives, and tasks to achieve objectives • Interdisciplinarity of actors • Management alternatives to achieve ecological • sustainability and integrity • Project achievements and impacts • Lessons learned • Success assessment indicators

10. Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System Community based ecology/NRM in Mount Cameroon Goal: To secure long-term conservation of biodiversity and rainforest genetic resources and strengthen the role of local communities in managing the forest ecosystem SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

11. Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System Issues Development Through Conservation Project. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda Goal: To reconcile the management protected areas with economic needs of the local people through integrated Conservation and development SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

12. Development of Case Studies to Characterize Critical SA And NRM System Issues The Kibule and Semuliki Conservation and Development Project (KSCDP), Uganda Goal: To conserve the rich biological diversity and ecological processes of the Kibale and Semuliki National Parks and associated ecosystems for present and future generations SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

13. Third Quarter Objectives of Literature Search Identify the cutting edge approaches in ecosystems management • Reviewed 476 sources of literature • Prepared to enter 65 relevant citations into the • SANREM CRSP meta-database SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

14. Case Studies Identified • The Community Tropical Ecosystem Management Project • (CTEM), central Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the Yucatan • Peninsula, Mexico Adaptive Ecosystem Management in Coastal Oregon, USA • Integrated Watershed Management, Ethiopia SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

15. Contribution to Book Chapter Best Practices for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Outline I. Introduction: What is an Ecosystem? - Definitions and Concepts of Ecosystem - Key characteristics of ecosystems - Challenges in defining ecosystem II. The importance of the study of ecosystems SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

16. IV. Ecosystem Services V. Ecosystems and Human well-being • State of the Global Ecosystem Contribution to Book Chapter (cont’d) III. Classification of Ecosystems - Forest Ecosystems - Grassland Ecosystems - Fresh water Ecosystems - Coastal Ecosystems - Agroecosystem SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

17. Contribution to Book Chapter (cont’d) VII. Ecosystems Management - Evolution in Concepts of Ecosystems Management - Conclusion SANREM CRSP 2006 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20, 2006

18. What Next? • Continue development of list of science-based ecosystems • management issues/research needs/solutions that must be • addressed to promote sustainable agriculture and natural • resource management in ways that optimize the future • ecosystems services for local beneficiaries. • Enter into SANREM metadatabase

19. What Next? • Continue to work with the ME to identify SANREM-related • USAID missions in host countries ecosystem management • needs. • Work with ME to obtain Associate Awards to address • USAID mission needs.