Planning Workshop –Sustainable Management of Marginal - Unesco

Recommendations on livelihoods‐ objective
• Case studies highlighted that a wide range of livelihood relevant activities will continue to be
implemented, while new alternative livelihoods will be explored, where appropriate.
• Post harvest value‐addition through processing and labeling should be explored along with
measures to improve market access for communities. These efforts can be supported by
introducing micro‐financing schemes.
• Health aspects in the work environment will be taken into account.
• It will be critical to document monetary values of livelihood improvements in order to
provide strong evidence to policy‐makers in a language relevant and understandable to
them.
2.2 Feedback on case study proposals
At the workshop proposals for the following case studies were presented:
• Hunshandake Sand area, China, by Dr Jiang Gaoming;
• Heihe River area, China, by Dr Wang Tao;
• Omayed Biosphere Reserve, Egypt, by Prof Boshra B. Salem;
• Area SW of the Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran, by Dr Mansour Esfandiari Baiat;
• Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan, by Mr Ma’en Al Smadi;
• Lal Suhanra Biosphere Reserve and Cholistan Desert, Pakistan, by Dr Muhammad
Akram Kahlown;
• Khanasser Valley, Syria, by Dr. Abdul‐Ghani Al‐Khaldi;
• Zeuss‐Koutine Watershed, Tunisia, by Mr Mohamed Ouessar;
• Study site in Rajasthan, India, by Dr N.L. Joshi;
• Study site in the Bolivian Altiplano, by Dr Magali Garcia Cardenas; and
• Mare aux Hippopotamus Biosphere Reserve, Burkina Faso, by Dr Jean‐Noel Poda.
The first set of case study proposals was evaluated in terms of their contribution to the overall
objectives identified for the second phase of the SUMAMAD project. This preliminary evaluation is
summarized in the table below, which was completed with additional information provided by case
study team leaders. (XX = major objective/activity well developed in proposal; X = major
objective/activity mentioned in proposal; 0 = no mention of major objective/activity in proposal).
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