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Integrated Approaches to Natural Resources Management in Practice: The Catalyzing Role of National Adaptation Programmes for Action

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The relationship of forests in water quantity and quality has been debated during the past years. At the same time, focus on climate change has increased interest in ecosystem restoration as a means for adaptation. Climate change might become one of the key drivers pushing integrated approaches for natural resources management into practice. The National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) is an initiative agreed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. An analysis was done to find out how widely ecosystem restoration and integrated approaches have been incorporated into NAPA priority adaptation projects. The data show that that the NAPAs can be seen as potentially important channel for operationalizing various integrated concepts. Key challenge is to implement the NAPA projects. The amount needed to implement the NAPA projects aiming at ecosystem restoration using integrated approaches presents only 0.7% of the money pledged in Copenhagen for climate change adaptation.

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  1. NAPA documents exist for the following countries: Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome E Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Zambia.

  2. Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems, Cross-sectoral Projects, Early Warning, Education and Capacity Building, Energy, Food Security, Health, Infrastructure, Insurance, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Tourism, and Water Resources.

  3. Project profiles for Lesotho and Vanuatu were not available. For these countries, the analysis was done based on the project title only.

  4. Budget data for Niger’s NAPA project profiles was not available.

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The authors would like to thank Prof. Olli Varis and Prof. Steven De Bie for constructive comments and advice during the drafting stage of this article. Scholarship received from Maa- ja Vesitekniikan Tuki r.y. helped tremendously in allowing for the finalization of this article. The two independent reviewers provided valuable comments during the revision process.

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  1. Water and Development Research Team, School of Science and Technology, Aalto University, Tietotie 1E, 02150, Espoo, Finland

    Virpi Stucki

  2. Water Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196, Gland, Switzerland

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Stucki, V., Smith, M. Integrated Approaches to Natural Resources Management in Practice: The Catalyzing Role of National Adaptation Programmes for Action. AMBIO 40, 351–360 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0097-1

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