Norhed Project

Theme

Improving the governance and economics of protected areas, ecosystem serviecs and poverty eradication through hei capacity- building and transdiciplinary research

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Project

Goal

Improved research-based HE capacity and transdisciplinary approaches developed for adaptive governance, poverty reduction and climate resilience in biodiversity dependent communities.

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Aligned with the

Norwegian Action Plan for Environment in Development Cooperation

Objectives

One

Promotion of a research epistemology, capacity and culture that addresses real problems of conservation and development (i.e. Transdisciplinary Research)

TWO

The development of a modular professional Masters curriculum

THREE

Integrating scholarship into praxis through a rigorous process of evidence-based adaptive management and stakeholder participation

FOUR

Integrating PhD research into curriculum development at multiple levels

OUR GOAL

The goal of the project is to develop partnerships between scholars, practitioners, communities and policy makers to transform economic & political institutions so that ecosystem values are translated into sustainable land use practices and poverty reduction. This addresses the problem that Africa is transforming into an economic tiger but, in this process, common pool wild resources and ecosystem services are being exploited unsustainably yet without generating ......

Intended Outcome

• Multi-nodal partnership in place with regionally recognized competence, publishing jointly in peer reviewed journals and raising additional financing

• Integrated methodology for co-production (with stakeholders) of transformative knowledge developed, published and impacting decisions at local, meso, national and regional levels

• 12 PhD graduate by Y5, and Masters and short course programmes in place at CBU, SAWC, SU,

• Faculty capacity developed to engage proactively in poverty/ empowerment /environmental / policy /practice change processes

• Gender issues tracked in student recruitment and included in curriculum development and as a research/survey issue.

• CBU developed as an empowered player and change agent in Zambian environmental policy and practice

• At least five requests (from donors, private sector, communities, NGOs government) for implementation of TD processes in new areas.

Expected results

Measurable services/products of the project’s activities.

Output One

Team-based Transdisciplinary PhD/Masters programme developed and integrated into Greater Kafue Ecosystem/KAZA and GLTFCA programmes

Output Two

Regional modular professional Masters programme for NR governance developed and addressing new competencies

Output Three

Communication strategy ensures knowledge translated into educational, policy and stakeholder processes at multiple levels

Output Three

Management process developed as an integrative tool with rigorous performance assessment

Norhed Project

Theme

Improving the governance and economics of protected areas, ecosystem serviecs and poverty eradication through hei capacity- building and transdiciplinary research

Project

Goal

Aligned with the

Norwegian Action Plan for Environment in Development Cooperation

Objectives

One

TWO

THREE

FOUR

OUR GOAL

Intended Outcome

Expected results

Output One

Output Two

Output Three

Output Three

OutPut results

30

% of PhD

50

% of PhD

56

(5/9) recruits are female

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