Bonaire: The Bonaire National Marine Park
Bonaire National Marine Park is considered by many to be an examplary model for marine protected areas. Tourism plays a primary role in its success.
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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: The Galapagos Conservation Fund (GCF)
The Galapagos Conservation Fund (GCF) was created in May of 1997 by the international travel company, Lindblad Expeditions to develop a strong partnership and link between the visitor, the tourism industry, and defined conservation institutions of Galapagos. The GCF has raised over $1 million since its inception. The dialogue and institutional interaction created by the GCF have stimulated interest and support by the tourism industry, increased outreach efforts by the Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Research Station, and led to a host of other environmental education and conservation initiatives in Galapagos.
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Skoyo, Baltisan, Pakistan: Insurance scheme for resolving conflict between livestock farmers and endangered Snow Leopards.
“Project Snow Leopard” is an innovative scheme implemented in the Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan to help reduce the inherent conflict between livestock farmers and endangered Snow Leopards. The insurance scheme utilises the economic value of the Snow Leopard to provide cover against any losses due to Snow Leopard predation and involves a partnership between local farmers and a private eco-tourism company. It is expected that compensation through the insurance scheme will help reduce retaliatory killings of Snow Leopards and will consequently help their conservation.
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Nowina, Henrykow, Poland: Eco-tourism in Poland
An farm in Poland offering horseback riding uses eco-tourism to help make the transition from conventional agriculture to ecological agriculture.
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Boronka region, Hungary: The Somogy Provincial Association for Nature Conservation
Founded in 1980 as a traditional conservation organization, SPANC has evolved into a complex programme involving sustainable development, land acquisition and preservation, habitat management and protection, job training, preservation of historic buildings and traditions, providing local employment, running an education center and visitors' center, and providing for eco-tourism in the region.
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Slovakia: WOLF Forest Protection Movement
The WOLF Forest Protection Movement (WOLF) is successfully working to save Slovak forests. Its latest preservation effort, the saving of 21 hectares of natural beech-fir forest by purchasing it before it is cut, is creating the first private reserve of its kind in the whole Central and Eastern Europe.
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Ayacucho, Puno, Junin, Arequipa and Apurimac, Peru: Sustaining vicuna populations through community involvement
The initiative taken by the Peruvian government in 1964 was to establish areas of conservation of the Vicuña, based on a strict policy of protectionism. Years later, in 1991, this policy was changed into a more sustainable one, by transferring the custody of the vicuña to local communities as well as transferring technology and methods for the rational use of vicuña wool as a means of local socioeconomic development.
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Hungary: Foundation for Otters
Pal Gera created the Foundation for Otters in January 1995 to protect otters and wetlands in Hungary and throughout Europe. Using otters as a means of galvanizing public support for environmental protection, Pal has constructed an efficient, comprehensive program focused on public education and community involvement.
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Papua New Guinea: Integrated Conservation and Development (ICAD) in Papua New Guinea
The Programmes principal aim was to expand the country's protected area system in order to establish a representative system that provides for the management of PNG's considerable biodiversity endowment.
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Dana Wildlands and Azraq Oasis, Jordan: Conservation of the Dana Wildlands and the Azraq Oasis
The RSCN Dana Reserve Management Plan (1996) follows the guidelines of the NCC (Natural Conservancy Council, UK) and is one of the first fully comprehensive management plans for the sustainable conservation of a Reserve anywhere in the region.
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Nationwide, Nepal: The Parks and People Project of Nepal
From 1995-1997, the Parks and People Project was implemented in five terai protected areas by His Majesty's Government of Nepal with the financial and technical assistance of UNDP. The project has launched various activities in the project areas to achieve two main objectives: increase the socio-economic level of the bufferzone communities conserve the biodiversity of parks/reserves and their surrounding
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Rain forest areas, Guyana: Iwokrama International Rain Forest Programme: Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Management of Forests and Biodiversity
Iwokrama International Rain Forest Programme has been launched in 1990, after the people of Guyana dedicated 360,000 hectares (almost a million acres) of rain forest to demonstrate that the tropical forest could provide economic benefits without destroying its biological diversity.
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Black Sea boundary countries, : Environmental Management and Protection of the Black Sea: the Black Sea Environmental Programme
The Black Sea Programme is a regional programme based on Agenda 21 insofar as it strives to protect its natural resources and the restoration of the ecosystem. Main objectives are: to improve the capacity of Black Sea countries to assess and manage the environment to support the development and implementation of environmental strategies to facilitate the preparation of sound environmental investments
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Florida Keys, United States of America: The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary management plan
The FKNMS was charged with crafting a management plan to provide for the continued public and private use of the Sanctuary while ensuring adequate resource protection. The Sanctuary’s authorizing legislation directed managers to consider using temporal and geographic zoning to achieve these goals.
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Coastal fisheries, Vanuatu: Government-supported, village-based management of marine resources in Vanuatu.
Through “cooperative management,” in which the government fisheries department provides scientific information and advice, while coastal villages assume the bulk of the responsibility for local management, fisheries are being effectively managed and protected. Vanuatu villagers are widely putting aside opportunities to earn quick cash from their marine resources in exchange for the greater long-term benefits of conserving them.
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Ucuyali Basin, Peru: Integrated aquaculture provides viable alternative to slash-and-burn agriculture, reducing destruction of tropical forests.
In response to destructive slash-and-burn agricultural techniques, farmers in Peru, under the guidance of Dr. Juan Geuvera, are moving to integrated aquaculture. Fish-farming, using non-destructive organic methods, is providing the cash crops that were previously generated using slash-and-burn.
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Wapienica Valley, close to Bielsko-Biala Bialowieza Primeval Forest Mount St.Anna Park Turnicki National Park Pszczyna Forests Karkonosze Mountains Other communities throughout Poland., Poland: “The ‘Guardians of Wildlife...Wild is Beautiful’ project of "Pracownia na rzecz wszystkich istot" — "Workshop for All Beings"
“The ‘Guardians of Wildlife...Wild is Beautiful’ project of "Pracownia na rzecz wszystkich istot" — "Workshop for All Beings"-— seeks to protect the environment of Poland by helping local communities become knowledgeable about their local environment and enabling them to better articulate the conservation issue they need to pursue.
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University of California, Irvine CA, United States of America: A cryogenic seed bank for preservation of endangered plant species
Innovative neurobiologist collects and preserves plant species in cryogenic seed bank
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Eastern Scheldt Delta, Netherlands: A special “dike with doors” prevents flooding and simultaneously preserves the ecology of the Eastern Scheldt Delta.
Innovative dike design used for flood protection without disruption of complex tidal ecology
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