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Education Policy Information
- Education:
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Natural Resources Management and Rural Poverty
Reduction Project (Brazil- state of Santa
Catarina) {information courtesy of World Bank}:
 | Approval Date: 04/25/2002 |
| Closing Date: 12/31/2008
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- To reduce rural poverty
while improving the management of natural resources:
| Institutional Development and Organization (US$
25.4 million; 23.9% of base cost)
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- stakeholder training to
promote economic, social, and environmental sustainability at
microcatchment level
| finance preparation of both implementers and
beneficiaries for behavioral changes and new modes of operation that
are implicit in the new technical strategy |
| training of 75,000 farmers and
14,650 municipal leaders in the principles and practice of rural
diagnosis, group formation and operation, participatory planning and
stakeholder monitoring would be complemented by appropriate practical
or technical courses, such as techniques for sustainable land
management, product diversification and agro-processing
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environmental education of farmers and fishermen that enables them to
solve environmental problems, and environmental teaching projects
implemented in municipal and state schools
| boost public awareness of, and
commitment to, solving environmental problems in general, reaching the
target population plus other stakeholders
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| to allow schools within the
benefiting microcatchment areas comply with Federal laws on
environmental teaching |
| 1,000 environmental teaching
projects would also be financed |
| Detailed Plan:
| Environmental education activities would be
implemented at the rural school and microcatchment levels and in
close coordination with activities in other project sub-components,
in particular the Training, Rural Extension, Rural Investment and
Environmental Management sub-components. The work with rural schools
would target around 1,000 schools in the project area (mostly
located within or around the project's targeted microcatchments). It
would facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge and
stewardship of natural resources. It would also support partnerships
with the departments of education at the municipal and state levels
and would provide technical assistance to build skills that enhance
the awareness and abilities of Loth teachers and students to achieve
the objectives and principles of the sub-components. Specifically,
EE(Environmental Edcucation) activities would include:
(i) development and dissemination
of classroom-ready teaching aids and materials, such as the EE
teacher's guide (10,000 copies) and EE syllabus (190,000 copies);
(ii) presentation of 50 "environmental awards" to schools that
improve their environmental education efforts; (iii) organization of
586 workshops with school staff (two per municipality); organization
of 130 seminars with school parents and 130 field trips and outdoor
workshops for primary and high school students; (iv) technical
assistance to support the preparation of l,E projects in the target
schools; and (v) support to EE school group formation to enhance the
abilities of teachers and students in problem solving, leadership,
decision-making and cooperation.
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| To achieve the aforementioned sub-component
objectives at the microcatchment level, the project would implement
a series of EE capacity building and technical assistance activities
with communities through a programmatic approach. They would
include: (i) organization
of courses and workshops that would be tailored to the needs of
different stakeholder groups, distributed over the whole
disbursement period, reaching 75,000 farming or fishing families,
11,000 members of environmental working groups (farmers' family
members and other microcatchment citizens), 14,650 local leaders,
1,000 indigenous peoples and 1,680 technicians (EPAGRI animators,
microcatchment facilitators, municipal technicians);' (ii)
establishment of partnerships with governmental and nongovernmental
institutions to undertake joint EE activities; (iii) woik with
microcatchment and watershed communities in the preparation of EE
materials; and (iv) technical assistance to communities within
microcatchments to support the preparation of EE projects.
Details of course content, duration and phasing have been reviewed
at Appraisal.
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recruiting and training
extension agent
| support rural extension and
technical assistance to individuals and communities
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| the promotion of the project among the rural
poor by providing information, motivating decision-making bodies about
the project, assisting group formation, assisting beneficiaries in
preparing microcatchment and farm plans and assembling the community
demands for social as well as technical and financial support
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adaptive and social
research as well as socioenvironmental mapping
| respond to specific technology adaptation and
information needs arising from demand-led participatory development
programs |
To identify and carry out
rural investments that increase value of agricultural products, improve
land management practices, equip rural homes with basic sanitation,
protect water sources, and dispose of pig waste satisfactorily.
To focus on environmental
management by implementing sub-catchment plans, establishes ecological
corridors, consolidates protected areas, and creates economic incentives.
To finance project
monitoring, and monitoring and evaluation.
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Fire
Prevention and Mobilization Project in the Amazon (PROTEGER 02)
{information courtesy of World Bank}:
| Approval Date: 06/06/2001 |
| Closing Date: 09/30/2003 |
- Mobilization and Prevention of Forest Fires:
| to develop technical assistance and educational
campaigns for local communities and different stakeholders in high risk
areas in order to provide guidance on the risks and consequences of
uncontrolled burning |
| The prevention activities, such as
training in the controlled use of fire and public
awareness and education campaigns would be coordinated by GTA in
partnership with State authorities and NGOs. |
| provide the risk-prone region with training and
equipment to promptly address forest fires and prevent them from burning
out of control |
| Community fire prevention units at the local
level would be constituted and trained to monitor local fires and to
call on State fire companies as needed in the event of uncontrollable
wildfires. |
Alternative to the Use of Fire in Agriculture:
| to disseminate information
and exchange of experience on existing models for reducing the use of
fire in agriculture |
| to identify existing and promising initiatives
which will be visited by community leaders to assess its success and
adoption by other communities |
| regional seminar
would be carried out to present the results of these initiatives to
small farmers and community leaders. |
Project Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation
| More details:
| The proposed project would be implemented over
two years under the administrative coordination of GTA The Amazon
Working Group where the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) would be
established. Executing agencies in each state would be state chapters of
FETAGRI. IBAMA would collaborate during the training of trainers in the
states and also supply dissemination materials and fire monitoring. The
project will be guided by an Advisory Group made up of one
representative from MMA, MPO, the Northern Chapter of the Brazilian
Association of Environmental Entities (ABEMA Zona Norte), and a NGO
based in the Legal Amazon. GTA, its affiliate NGOs and State FETAGRI
would help implement the community mobilization and training campaign.
State Environmental Agencies and IBAMA would participated during the
training of trainers and some of the community training on fire
prevention.
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Monitoring and Analysis Project {information courtesy of World Bank}:
| Approval Date: 12/08/1998 |
| Closing Date: 12/31/2003 |
- Integrated Monitoring
- Studies and Analyses
- Dissemination
| is intended to disseminate strategic lessons
generated by the Pilot Program to relevant target audiences in Brazil
and internationally, so that such lessons
can be applied on a larger scale. This component will be implemented in
collaboration with other Pilot Program projects and agencies, as well as
public and private media organizations. The two audiences targeted for
dissemination are: (i) decision makers, including project managers and
donors associated with the Pilot Program and policy makers at the
federal, state and local level whose decisions influence the use of
tropical forests in Brazil; and (ii) resource users in the Amazon and
Atlantic forest regions, ranging from company executives and large
landowners to low-income rural communities. Lessons will be disseminated
directly through a series of technical booklets and technical briefing
notes, as well as in collaboration with other Pilot Program projects
actively engaged in disseminating results, and through partnerships with
media organizations that broadcast by newspaper, radio and television.
The impacts of dissemination will be evaluated to reveal the degree of
absorption and application of strategic lessons by target audiences.
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Applicable US laws regarding funding for project:
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National Energy Policy Act of 1988 and Global Warming
| STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
| Merits of S. 2667; implications of global climate
change for agricultural production, industrialization, and long-term
economic development in developing countries; summary of AID assistance
to developing nations energy conservation and environmental management
programs. |
| Explanation of joint NASA
and Brazil space agency programs in the Amazon Basin to study tropical
rain forest role in atmospheric chemistry (related graphs, maps, p.
308-317 passim); views on global deforestation and international
economic development relationships; strategies to increase international
funding of Third World conservation programs. |
| Analysis of S. 2667
provisions for U.S. Government and commercial bank reduction of foreign
nation debt in return for energy conservation and tropical forest
preservation efforts; importance of emphasizing efficient energy use in
projects to assist developing nations.
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Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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