environment

The environmental work in the Livestock and Fish Research Program is housed in the SASI FLAGSHIP and includes:

1. Ex-ante environmental assessments: Livestock and fish production, processing and marketing as well as the waste produced along the value chain cause important environmental impacts. They include atmospheric and water pollution, global warming, soil degradation, water use and pollution and biodiversity loss. Efforts to maximize yields of milk and meat, and to ‘intensify’ livestock and fish production, need to be balanced with long-term sustainability and overall efficiency. We must figure out how to produce, process and market livestock and fish in ways that work for individuals, communities and the planet alike.

It is thus important to assess environmental impacts before embarking on large-scale development projects geared towards livestock production and aquaculture intensification and value chain transformation.

Through funding by BMGF we developed a generic conceptual framework for environmental ex-ante impact assessment of livestock and fish value chains. It is taking into account all value chain components, different spatial and temporal scales and environmental impacts across different dimensions. It has been coiled " the Comprehensive Livestock and fish Environmental Assessment for improved Nutrition, a secured Environment and sustainable Development framework (CLEANED)"

- The original wiki-page: https://ilri-cleaned.wikispaces.com/ - Conference paper outlining the framework:
 * Below you can find some links to outputs of the CLEANED project** **& the pilot in Tanzania:**

- PGIS reports : [] & and [] [|and find here the translation into Swahili]. - PGIS testing in Embu - a 4-page discussion brief: [] - a poster by our SEI-colleagues: [] - a poster for ILRI@40[| http://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/ilri40-poster-fravalfinal] - a presentation at the Tanga dairy platform: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nn2xisipq455228/DDPmeeting_Tanga_10Dec15.pdf?dl=0

- Nicaragua:
 * After the BMGF-funded pilot phase, the assessments are now being extended to other VCs within the Livestock and Fish CRP.**
 * Particpatory mapping and data collection undertaken: [[file:CLEANED4NIC_20150629.pdf]]
 * Preliminary results presented at the International Conference on "Steps to Sustainable Livestock" at Bristol, 12-15 January 2016 [[file:Notenbaert_etal_20150114v3.pdf]]

- Uganda: Participatory mapping find here a draft report

tools
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