June 2012

Estimation of sediment production rate of the Umbaniun Micro-watershed, Meghalaya, India

  Conservation of soil and water is essential to sustain any developmental activity carried out on a watershed. Analyzing shape parameters and drainage pattern parameters is known to be very important in watershed management. The Umbaniun micro-watershed with an area of 3951.18 ha located at 25°27’29’’ to 25°32’34’’ North latitude and 91°47’10’’...

Author(s):   P. N. Rymbai and L. K. Jha  

June 2012

Towards sustainable financing of protected areas: A case study of the Swaziland National Trust Commission (SNTC)

  Conservation of biological diversity is one of the main elements of sustainable development, given that biodiversity is the basis of life on earth. The current and potential role of protected areas in biodiversity conservation cannot be overemphasized. The objective of the study was to provide protected area managers with new innovations in protecting area financing on how to improve and diversify funding...

Author(s):   Cliff S. Dlamini and Mica Masuku