Scoping agriculture – wetland interactions

FAO WATER REPORTS 33

Scoping agriculture –
wetland interactions
Towards a sustainable multiple-response strategy

Coordinated and edited by

Adrian Wood

and

Gerardo E. van Halsema

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2008

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Contents

	Contents List of tables List of figures List of boxes Documents available on CD-ROM viii Summary Acknowledgements List of acronyms and abbreviations
	General introduction to the report Section I – Agriculture–wetland interactions 1. Exploring agriculture–wetland interactions: a framework for analysis Wetlands – diversity and definition Definitions and typologies Global diversity and distribution of wetlands Ecosystem services Ecosystem services concept Application and relevance of the ecosystem service concept to the GAWI initiative Wetland change dynamics Wetland formation and loss under natural conditions Global change in wetlands, patterns and rates Key driving forces – their diversity globally and by wetland type Agriculture and wetland interactions In situ interactions External interactions (basin interactions) Nature of agriculture–wetland interactions Relevance for the GAWI project MA and CA perspectives on wetlands and agriculture Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA) Conclusions for the GAWI initiative Livelihoods, poverty reduction and wetland stakeholders Livelihoods and poverty reduction Local-level stakeholders National-level stakeholders International community and wetlands Relevance to the GAWI initiative Conclusions
	2. Methods and sources Acquiring the case studies Sources Methodological limitations Analysing agriculture–wetland interactions The DPSIR framework Elements of the DPSIR framework Applying the DPSIR framework to case studies Analysing the cases Checklists Database, coding and analysis Reflections
	3. Assessment of agriculture–wetland interactions across the case database The case database Drivers Driver groups Individual drivers Pressures Pressure groups Individual pressures State changes State change groups Individual state changes Impacts Impacts groups Individual impacts Responses DPSIR level of responses Actors responding Discussion
	Section II – Case studies 4. Small swamp wetlands in southwest Ethiopia Drivers Pressures State changes Impacts Responses The value of the dpsir analysis in Illubabor Wider considerations Conclusions
	5. Revitalizing regulating services: the Netherlandsfloodplain policy Floodplain cases from Europe The common EU policy context River floodplains and revitalization of flood retention capacity Drivers Pressures State changes Impacts Responses Conclusions
	6. Oil-palm estate development in Southeast Asia: consequences for peat swamp forests and livelihoods in Indonesia Drivers Pressures State changes Impacts Responses Conclusions
	7. Agriculture in tropical river basins – impacts on aquatic lagoon and estuary ecosystems Overview of key characteristics Case studies Drivers Pressures State changes Impacts Responses Conclusions
	8. Integrated rice and fish culture/capture in the lower Songkhram River basin, northeast Thailand Drivers Pressures State changes Impacts Responses Value of the dpsir analysis Conclusions
	Section III – Responses and guidance 9. Response scenarios Responses in the context of the DPSIR analysis Characteristics of response scenarios Specific cases of successful response scenarios Conservation Livelihood development and conservation Water resources and river basin planning Market, PES and financial mechanisms Response scenarios and facilitating circumstances Conclusions
	10. From analysis to guidance Aims and context of the GAWI initiative Problems, scope and “issues” of skewed ecosystem services in AWIs Scoping out rebalancing options Diversifying provisioning services Diversifying into other ecosystem services for livelihood benefits Functional and strategic planning at basin scale Scope for gawi guidance Towards guidance
	References
	Annexes 1. Ramsar COP Resolution VIII 2. Checklist format 3. Coding for database 4. List of case studies 5. Tables of individual DPSI elements
	FAO Water Reports List
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