List of Case Studies
Bhutan/India
1. Basudev Upadhyay and Nakul Chettri: Transboundary ecotourism in Indo Bhutan Region: A case of Sikkim and Bhutan.
India
2. Pushkin Phartiyal, Rajendra Singh and Rajeev Semwal: Case study on van panchayats, Uttarakhand, India.
3. Sudhirendar Sharma: Money grows on trees.
4. Dr RS Tolia and Binita Shah: From Subsistence to Sustainability, 2000 – 2011: A case study on Promotion of Organic Agriculture in Uttarakhand for Rio +20.
5. Dr. R.S Tolia, Dr. B.S. Barfal, Dr. G.S. Rawat, Mr. M. S. Gusai and, Mr. Ninad Raut: Mountain Biodiversity and Livelihoods at Rio+20: A Case Study of Herbal Sector in Uttarakhand.
6. L. Baite, Sanam Aksha and Dhrupad Choudhury: Securing Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management through empowerment of communities: A case study of NERCORMP from North East India.
Indonesia
7. Jenne de Beer: MSD Case Indonesia.
Nepal
8. Amrit B Karki and Jyoti Karki: Case study on Nepal’s bio-gas programme – its success, its failure, future opportunities for meeting sustainable mountain development goals.
9. Prabhu Budhathoki: A case study of community forestry as an example of good green practice and environmental governance fulfilling SMD criteria in Nepal.
Pakistan
10. Izhar Ali Hunzai: Renewable energy development through community ownership and management in the remote mountain valleys of northern Pakistan.
11. Syed Mahmood Nasir: Towards a global status report on challenges and opportunities for Mountain systems: Tarbela Watershed Management Project, Pakistan.
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
13. Delbert Rice: Living in the watershed: A case study of the experiences of the Ikalahan in forest management.
Vietnam
14. Le Buu Thach, Vu Ngoc Long and Le Van Huong: A Vietnam case study: Collaborative forest management (CFM) in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, Lam Dong province.
Disclaimer:
Please note: Above case studies are developed by respective authors for ICIMOD with the purpose of preparing regional assessment report on Rio+20. These are still work-in-progress type of documents. They are being shared for generating good discussion and inputs to the authors and the regional Report Writing team. Please do not quote these documents, which are released as background papers for the participants of the ‘Regional Sharing Workshop on Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities in the Asia Pacific region for Rio +20’ only. Pls. do not circulate these case studies to others. Thank you for your kind co-operation.
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Presentation guideline for the case study developers
· A typical case study presentation (not exceeding 10 minutes) should cover the following:
o What was the main topic of the case study? – cover slide (Slide 1)
o Case study overview (site, objectives etc.) (Slide 2)
o How is the study relate to sustainable mountain development in general and Rio +20 in particular? (Slide 3)
o What are the key issues and opportunities? (Slide 4)
§ What are the key issues noticed and to be considered (Slide 4-first half)
§ What are the key opportunities (Slide 4 –second half)
o What are the Key findings and lessons learned? (Slide 5 & 6) – Tabular and graphic presentation is encouraged
§ Are the projects replicable (and upscalable) in other parts of the world?
o How cost effective and environmentally sustainable is the project area?
o Up to 4 key messages to policy-decision makers?
· Each presentation will be followed by 10 minutes long Questions-Answers session focused on:
o Global, regional and national relevance
o Good practices and lessons learned/challenges and opportunities
o Key messages/recommendations
Following to above process there will be a 40-60 minutes long plenary discussion session for additional questions to discus on common issues. For details please see the detailed agenda.
