Project
Community Watershed Management and Resource Risk Mapping in the Department of Lempira, Honduras
Details
Project Code:
CA2-1
Start Date:
August 1994
End Date:
July 1997
CRSP Phase:
Phase 1
Budget:
Not Available
Countries:
Honduras
Participants
Lead University:
Not Available
Other Partners:
Catholic Relief Services; COCEPRADIL; Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School
Principal Investigator(s):
Michael D. Lee
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
Overview
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Objectives
The project was designed to provide a practical opportunity for the screening of indicators of environmental sustainability at the rural landscape level through the carrying out of student research theses into selected, interrelated, and multi-disciplinary topics of basic concern in the landscapellifescape represented by the La Lima community in the Department ofFrancisco Morazan, Honduras. The project began with four stated objectives of: 1. Identify and screen indicators of sustainability ofrurallandscapesllifescape suitable for the Central American experience. 2. Identify and analyze local agricultural and resource management practices in relation to their ecological, economic and social sustainability. 3. Design and evaluate strategies to integrate criteria for sustainability in development programs (aimed at providing input to Fundaci6n VIDA project evaluation and management). 4. Catalyze a new paradigm for agriculture and natural resource management in Zamorano education
Outcomes
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