Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010 – 2011

Sub-programme 1: Climate Change 1 (a)1, 1 (a)2 Sub-programme 2: Disasters and Conflicts 2(a)1 Sub-programme 3: Ecosystem Manage- ment 3(a)4 , 3(a)6 , 3(b)4

• Pick up of findings and recommenda- tions for local resource management from the workshops and scenario as- sessments in the form of news stories and messages delivered to targeted de- cision makers • Local scenarios for land use change to increase understanding of changes and as input to community-based adapta- tion work developed

• Provided case study for the UNFCCC Nairobi work programme on ecosystem-based adaptation. • Established a website www.nomadicherders.org that will be further developed in 2012 and produced outreach material targeting the policy makers and ministries of environ- ment. • Provided input to UNEP’ s 2011 Annual Report to the UN Permanent Forum on Indig- enous Issues (UNPFII), and jointly with UNEP hosted a side-event on pastoralism and land use change during the UNPFII 10th Session.

Collaborating with partners: Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia; Association of World Reindeer Herders, International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry, and Taiga Nature Society (a Mongolian NGO) Countries/regions assisted: Mongolia

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND INFORMATION: GRID-Arendal is a key provider of environmental information through environmental assessments and reports, and ex- pertise in communication, outreach and capacity building primarily targeted at developing countries.

A. Africa

Description

Indicators

2011 Activities/Outputs

1.Support development of atlases of the changing environment (Zambia and Zam- bezi River Basin) Sub-programme 4: Environmental Gov- ernance 4(d)2

• Country atlases of the Changing Envi- ronment produced: 2 • Atlases used for regional decision mak- ing

• Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) and Southern African Research and Docu- mentation Centre (SARDC) sub-contracted and identified issues and sites, as well as to compiled the manuscripts for the two atlases on Zambia and the Zambezi River Basin. GRID-Arendal supported the two processes by providing cartography expertise, as well as its capacity for layout and print coordination.

Collaborating with partners: Environmental Council of Zambia, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, UNEP, GRID-Sioux Falls Countries/regions assisted: Zambia, Zambezi river basin states: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe 2. Support to the Africa Environment Out- look process Sub-programme 4: Environmental Gov- ernance 4(d)2 • This scientific resource is used for na- tional and international decision mak- ing

• All the 54 countries in Africa were indirectly supported by GRID-Arendal in environmental assessment and reporting as they all received the Africa Environment Outlook 3 Authors’ Guide, which is set to chart the future of state of environment reporting in Africa. The authors’ guide in the drafting of Part II of the third Africa Environment Outlook was com- piled under the support and supervision of GRID-Arendal published in hard copy and as an e-book. • Lead authors trained on the use of the analytical framework for data collection and analy- sis in order to provide a comprehensive assessment of the health and environment links. • Draft 0 of the AEO-3 manuscript produced.

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