Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase

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The Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase is a collection of information resources (books, reports, journal articles, videos, movies, presentations) produced or identified, classified, and summarized by SANREM researchers. This collection provides direct access or links to resources relevant to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. - http://www.oired.vt.edu/sanremcrsp/professionals/knowledgebase/

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    Bobwhite Quail Initiative
    Georgia Department of Natural Resources (2007-06-25)
    BQI is a voluntary program that provides private landowners with technical assistance and, on a competitive basis, financial incentives for habitat improvement. It is primarily directed at increasing the abundance of nesting and brood rearing habitat, factors most commonly limiting quail populations across Georgia's landscape. These practices will improve habitats for certain early successional songbird species that are in serious decline, and also reduce soil erosion and improve water quality. Other beneficial aspects may include economic enhancement to local communities from recreational opportunities associated with improved quail hunting and wildlife viewing.
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    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Conservation
    The World Bank; Uganda's Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities (2007-07-13)
    Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park protect some of the most biologically diverse tropical forests in East Africa. Both parks conserve rare and dwindling Afromontane and Afro-alpine. Mgahinga represents the Ugandan share of the Virungas Volcanoes range and is contiguous with the Virungas National Park in the Republic of Congo and Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda. Up to fifty mountain gorillas use Mgahinga for part of the year. It is also home to numerous other rare mammals and eleven regionally endemic bird species. Bwindi is particularly rich in biodiversity. It contains at least 120 species of mammals, including ten primates and half the world's population of 600 mountain gorillas. Bwindi also holds forests that are rich in tree, butterfly, vertebrate, invertebrate, reptile, amphibian, and bird species. The two parks serve as important water catchments and sources of forest products for local communities.
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    Ecological direct payments in Swiss Agricultural Policy
    Swiss Government (2007-06-21)
    The Swiss Agricultural Policy allows environmentally friendly farming practices to be compensated according to specific criteria outlined in the Federal Ordinance on Ecological Direct Payments. A distinction is made between general and ecological direct payments. Particular services are remunerated separately through ecological direct payments. Participation in this program is optional. The aim of one of the proposed programs is to create valuable habitats for animals and plants. Among other things, the farmer receives additional payment for extensive meadow-land, reed-beds, natural field margins, permanent flowery meadows and rotated fallow fields, hedges, copses and wooded river banks and standard fruit trees (with trunk and crown). An additional program was started in 2001 aimed at raising the quality of these ecological zones and encouraging farmers to link them up.
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    Kibale and Mt. Elgon National parks collaborative management scheme
    Uganda Wildlife Authority (2007-07-16)
    Under the terms of the agreement, control over access to resources became the responsibility of the forest management committees and sub-committees set up for each trail leading into the forest. The Park rangers' role is to undertake awareness-raising on conservation values, assist in monitoring resource use and take legal action where necessary. They are not to arrest illegal resource users in the first instance, but refer these to the Forest Management Committee.
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    The North Yorkshire Moors upland land management initiative
    North York Moors National Park Authority (2007-07-24)
    The Farms & Rural Community Scheme (F&RCS) will test a "bottom up" approach to identify local social, economic and environmental objectives and action, through liaison the local communities and land managers. This will be a continuous process, building and adapting the scheme as it progresses. An important element of the F&RCS is a locally tailored environmental scheme which has been developed in consultation with local land managers. It includes management agreements for whole holdings which provides guidelines and support for managing sensitive habitats, and assistance with capital works such as wall restoration. Integrated farm appraisals are also available through the F&RCS, which help land managers take a more holistic look at their holding and businesses. Community groups have been established through the scheme. Grants and other forms of assistance have been channelled through these groups to help initiate community projects. With the help of other partners, such as the Rural Community Council, projects are being developed which:
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    Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania
    Tanzanian government (2007-07-11)
    This project is being implemented as a way for local villagers to obtain rights of use and benefits from forests. This is done in one either as a Joint Forest Management or a Community Based Forest Management program.
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    Wetlands Reserve Program
    Wetlands Reserve Program (2007-06-25)
    The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary program. It provides technical and financial assistance to eligible landowners to restore, enhance, and protect wetlands. Landowners have the option of enrolling eligible lands through permanent easements, 30-year easements, or restoration cost-share agreements. This program offers landowners an opportunity to establish, at minimal cost, long-term conservation and wildlife habitat enhancement practices and protection.