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SUMMARY:DoPNS Guest talk - Implications of Biosphere Reserve Management
DESCRIPTION:Title - Implications of Biosphere Reserve Management on Biodiversity Conser
 vation, Socioeconomic Development and Sustainable Risk Management in Uganda
 : The case of the Mt. Elgon Biosphere Reserve \nAbstract - The East African
  network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) aims to develop holistic landsc
 ape management approaches under the strong participation of local communiti
 es, that balances environmental, economic and social needs to reduce the hi
 gh pressure on the natural resources, to conserve the rich biodiversity and
  to foster the sustainable development of the region. However, many East Af
 rican BRs are characterized by a general lack of monitoring and evaluation 
 data about their long-term effectiveness. To overcome this research gap, to
  develop an efficient evaluation model and to consider long-term strategies
  for increasing the efficiency of UNESCO BRs in East Africa, we conducted a
  stakeholder- and community-based case study on the effectiveness of the Mo
 unt Elgon BR in Uganda with a focus on its three functions. Our results rev
 eal that on both community and stakeholder side, little knowledge about the
  existence of the BR is present. Moreover, the cultural and socio-economic 
 interests of the local population are not sufficiently covered by the imple
 mented landscape management strategy and a heavily militarized protection o
 f the alleged core zone threatens the livelihood base and safety of the loc
 al population as well as the overall peace of the region. We conclude that 
 awareness creation, community participation, adequate resource access and c
 ompensation mechanisms under the framework of a revised and reactivated UNE
 SCO BR approach are urgently required to ensure successful biodiversity and
  nature conservation as well as conflict resolution/human wellbeing in the 
 area in the future.\nSpeakers - Simon Strobelt and Michèle Jacqueline von K
 ocemba\nSimon Strobelt is a PhD. Candidate in the Department of Geography a
 t University of Hamburg. He is also currently working as Research Associate
  at University of Hamburg conducting Feasibility study for a UNESCO biosphe
 re reserve Desa'a Forest – Improved protection of afromontane dry forests t
 hrough participatory forest management, stronger integration of local inter
 ests and community-based raising of environmental awareness in Ethiopia.\nM
 ichèle Jacqueline von Kocemba is pursuing her Master's in the Department of
  Geography at the University of Hamburg. Her thesis is titled "The price of
  conservation. An effectivity analysis of the Mount Elgon Biosphere Reserve
 , Uganda". 
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Title - Implications of Biosphere Reserve Management on Biodiversity 
 Conservation, Socioeconomic Development and Sustainable Risk Management in 
 Uganda: The case of the Mt. Elgon Biosphere Reserve </b></p><p><b>Abstract 
 -</b> The East African network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) aims to d
 evelop holistic landscape management approaches under the strong participat
 ion of local communities, that balances environmental, economic and social 
 needs to reduce the high pressure on the natural resources, to conserve the
  rich biodiversity and to foster the sustainable development of the region.
  However, many East African BRs are characterized by a general lack of moni
 toring and evaluation data about their long-term effectiveness. To overcome
  this research gap, to develop an efficient evaluation model and to conside
 r long-term strategies for increasing the efficiency of UNESCO BRs in East 
 Africa, we conducted a stakeholder- and community-based case study on the e
 ffectiveness of the Mount Elgon BR in Uganda with a focus on its three func
 tions. Our results reveal that on both community and stakeholder side, litt
 le knowledge about the existence of the BR is present. Moreover, the cultur
 al and socio-economic interests of the local population are not sufficientl
 y covered by the implemented landscape management strategy and a heavily mi
 litarized protection of the alleged core zone threatens the livelihood base
  and safety of the local population as well as the overall peace of the reg
 ion. We conclude that awareness creation, community participation, adequate
  resource access and compensation mechanisms under the framework of a revis
 ed and reactivated UNESCO BR approach are urgently required to ensure succe
 ssful biodiversity and nature conservation as well as conflict resolution/h
 uman wellbeing in the area in the future.</p><div><b>Speakers - Simon Strob
 elt and Michèle Jacqueline von Kocemba<br /></b><strong>Simon Strobelt</str
 ong> is a PhD. Candidate in the Department of Geography at University of Ha
 mburg. He is also currently working as Research Associate at University of 
 Hamburg conducting Feasibility study for a UNESCO biosphere reserve Desa'a 
 Forest – Improved protection of afromontane dry forests through participato
 ry forest management, stronger integration of local interests and community
 -based raising of environmental awareness in Ethiopia.<br /><strong>Michèle
  Jacqueline von Kocemba</strong> is pursuing her Master's in the Department
  of Geography at the University of Hamburg. Her thesis is titled "The price
  of conservation. An effectivity analysis of the Mount Elgon Biosphere Rese
 rve, Uganda". </div>
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