Regional programs / Private voluntary organizations and non-governmental organizations in natural resources management (PVO-NGO/NRMS)
Botswana's heritage and future development are linked to the diversity of its natural resources. This report documents these resources and analyzes current efforts to maintain them through preservation and sustainable use. According to the report, Botswana's protected areas system is one of the world's best. Recommendations for further improvement are to: (1) expand the system to cover all 14 major ecosystem types; (2) develop connecting corridors (including the proposed Wildlife Management Areas) between major protected areas; and (3) strengthen enforcement of species protection laws and management of protected areas. Outside the preservation system, land use planning is excellent, but management of natural systems such as range, forests, and wetlands is doing little to promote conservation through sustainable use. Serious degradation is already occurring and threatens a serious loss of biological diversity. Botswana's legislative and institutional structures strongly support conservation of biological diversity, and there is high potential for generating revenues through wildlife tourism. Key conservation needs are to: (1) upgrade water management in the open range, incl
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ABC-245 (1988). The source's own text.
Operated in: Africa South of Sahara, Mali, Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya, Guinea, Burundi, East Africa, Botswana, West Africa, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, Central African Republic, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Sahel, Namibia, Zambia, Uganda, Nepal.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation de la diversite biologique du Mali | 1989 | Evaluation-type document |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy/Development International | implementer | 1989 to 1990 | Stated in a document | 10 sources |
| World Wildlife Fund-U.S. (WWF-U.S.) | implementer | 1992 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 9 sources |
Awards, topics, similar programs and how to read this page.
Scope: regional. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFR-0467-C-8054 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1989 to 1990 | Stated in a document |
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| implementer |
| 1989 to 1990 |
| Stated in a document |
| 8 sources |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | implementer | 1992 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| The Nature Conservancy (TNC) | implementer | 1992 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| CARE International | implementer | 1993 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| World Learning, Inc. | implementer | 1993 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| African Elephant Conservation Coordinating Group | implementer | 1991 to 1992 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | implementer | 1993 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| University of Arizona. College of Agriculture. Ofc. of Arid Lands Studies | implementer | 1989 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Domestic Technology International, Inc. | implementer | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Kenya Wildlife Service | implementer | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: district, region or province; squares are facilities.
| 9 sources |
| DHR-5554-A-8044 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1992 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| DHR-A-88-00044 (cooperative agreement, FY1988) | 1992 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| AEP-5459-A-2041 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| AFR-0467-G-9069 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0567-C-8054 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1989 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| BAF-0421-P-2233 (pasa, fiscal year not recorded) | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| DAN-1190-A-4092 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAN-1192-A-4092 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Analysis, Research and Technical Support | 1991 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 20 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Regional | 1988 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 21 sources |
| Guinea | 1990 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Cameroon | 1991 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Ghana | 1995 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Central African Republic | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Ethiopia | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Madagascar | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Mali | 1989 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Tanzania | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Togo | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Uganda | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Natural resources and biodiversity (forests, wildlife, water resources) 30%; Agriculture: crop production, inputs, pests, irrigation 22%; Environment, general policy and planning 13%
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Program key prj:6980467
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