1:XX,000 scale model covering a total area of xxx km2
within the Municipality of ..... The area
includes indigenous lands. Rupununi, Guyana, 2005
Objectives:
The focus was on the use of techniques for Collaborative
Natural Resources Management, GIS and Participatory
3-Dimensional Modelling (P3DM), Data Analysis, and an
evaluation of the project’s past activities.
Participants:
The instructors were Dr. Matthew Simpson (Wildfowl and
Wetlands Trust, UK), Dr. Jayalaxashmi Mistry (Royal Holloway
University, London, UK), and Dr. Andrea Berardi (The
Open
University, UK). Trainees included all members of the
project team and three Conservation International Guyana
rangers.
Results:
Techniques gained from the training exercises were tested on
three local indigenous communities – Surama, Annai and Toka
- in a preliminary assessment of how communities use the
resources of the wetland system. Similar assessments are
planned for the remaining communities of the North Rupununi
by the end of April 2005. During the community visits the
process of building 3-dimensional models of the community
resource areas was introduced to the community of Surama.
These models give community members a bird’s eye view of
what their area looks like and how they use it. The model
produced was well received and plans are now in progress to
prepare similar models for the other communities.
Method:
P3DM
Details:
