Land Management Project Summary

Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation

The objective of the DSD/OAS and its Program for Natural Hazard Risk Reduction (DSD-NHRRP) is to support the priorities of the OAS Member States in adapting to and managing the risk associated to natural hazards by providing them with technical and policy recommendations related to Natural Hazard Risk Management with the purpose of mainstreaming Risk Management into development policy and planning. The purpose of this Programmatic Framework for Action is to guide the DSD/OAS action, taking into account relevant OAS mandates and directives, the changing priority needs of member countries; related work underway at the international and regional levels, including through the UN System; and building upon the experience and comparative advantage of the DSD/OAS.

The DSD/OAS takes a two-fold approach: to support the regional implementation of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Hyogo Framework for Action as well as the implementation of the IACNDR-IASP, its follow-up and update, and inter-agency coordination for its implementation; and to advance bottom-up approaches that support local community resilience-building efforts, the strengthening of vulnerability reduction, and fostering the establishment of multi-lateral agreements, conventions and other legal and administrative instruments for joint cooperative efforts. More...

Ongoing Project

Inter-American Network for Disaster Mitigation

(a) Central America School Retrofitting Program (PRECA)

(b) Caribbean Hazard Mitigation Capacity Building Programme (CHAMP)

* Grenada Hurricane Resilent Home Reconstruction Program G(HR)2

* Haiti Building Standards Development Project (HBS)

* Dominica Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Project

Land Use Planning

Initiatives include projects in the Caribbean to address land degradation; working with indigenous peoples in Brazil and Suriname in land-management and conservation efforts by integrating traditional knowledge with capacity-building in modern practices ; and with respect to land titling, facilitating dialogue and information sharing on land issues, as well as seeking collaboration and consensus in the resolution of common problems concerning property rights through the Inter-Summit Property Systems Initiative (IPSI) and its portal www.landnetamericas.org .

Policy Series No 10 - Land Tenure: Lessons for Sustainability Through Information Sharing

Ongoing Project

Sustainable Development and Bio-Cultural Conservation in the Brazil-Suriname Border Region

The project aims to promote conservation and enhancement of the physical and cultural environment (forests, rivers, and heritage), the sustainable development (primarily of non-timber forest products), the education (primarily ethno-education), capacity building, and (where appropriate) the healthcare and security of the indigenous communities in the Brazil-Suriname Border Region.