Draft principles and guidelines for integrating ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation in project and policy design : a discussion document

Andrade Pérez, Angela; Córdoba Muñoz, Rocío; Dave, Radhika; Girot, Pascal O.; Herrera Fernández, Bernal; Munrol, Robert; Oglethorpe, J. (Judy); Paaby, Pía; Pramova, Emilia; Watson, James; Vergara, Walter

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management; CATIE; Birdlife International; Inter-American Development Bank; Conservation International; WWF; Center for International Forestry Research; CARE International; Wildlife Conservation Society; Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN)

This document proposes a series of draft principles and guidelines that were produced at a workshop with participation of its authors in June 2011, with the aim to serve as a foundation for planning ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation. The principles are intended to be used by decision makers in national policy in national, territorial and sector planning initiatives, in financial planning, and in project and research design. Hence, the draft set of guidelines is meant to support best-practices for the design and implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation.

Series: Serie técnica, Boletín técnico no. 46

Turrialba, CR : CATIE, 2011 29p. : ill., maps

ISBN 978-9977-57-549-0

Note: Includes bibliographic references.

Keywords: Ecosystem approach; Climatic change; Environmental management; Ecosystem management; Project design; Case studies Colombia; Mali; Nigeria; Fiji; Papua New Guinea; Cambodia Environmental management