Adansonia-Consulting

Rural Development & Conservation

Sustainable management of the natural resources is a prerequisite for a sound development of rural communities. We strongly believe in a participative approach based on the principle of self-reliance. The local communities as key stakeholder in rural zones should be fully responsible for the development of their areas. This means that they must be involved from the very beginning in any decision process. A local contact office is planned in Rwanda and in Tanzania.

The following consultancies have been carried out:

CountryMandateOrganisationYear
Burkina Faso/ SwitzerlandRapid assessment of the environmental impact of savanna burning in francophone Westafrica (contribution to a rural radio awarenenss programme)SDC51997/2003
EritreaAssessment of Prosopis juliflora bush encroachmentSHA22001
Madagascar Elaboration of a fire management plan for the Ankarafantsika Reserve ComplexeConservation International1997
Elaboration of a fire management plan for the Andringitra National ParkWWF61997/2000
RwandaMid-term evaluation of the PAREF forestry projectBTC122010
Tanzania Ecological description and possible conservation and management strategies of the Saadani National ParkGTZ72002/03
Preliminary vegetation study of the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor. Biodiversity, conservation values and managementGTZ72006
Assessment of the potential of wild edible mushrooms in the miombo woodlands of the Selous Niassa Wildlife Corridor for the livelihood improvement of the local population; a flyer of the most important wild edible mushrooms has been producedGTZ7/ADAP92008/09

Copies of the mission reports may be obtained at bloesch@swissonline.ch

Publication:
Bloesch, U. (1999) Fire as a tool in the management of a savanna / dry forest reserve in Madagascar. Applied Vegetation Science, 2:117-124. pdf

Bloesch, U. & Klötzli, F. (2002) The vegetation of the Saadani National Park and possible conservation- and management strategies. Tanzania Wildlife Discussion Paper No. 33. Baldus, R.D. & Siege, L. (Eds.). Wildlife Division / GTZ. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. doc

Klötzli, F. & Bloesch, U. (2003) The rich vegetation mosaic of the proposed Saadani National Park. Kakakuona, 31: 56-57.

Bloesch, U. & Klötzli, F. (2004) Coastal forests of the Saadani National Park. Conservation values and management strategies. Tanzania Wildlife Discussion Paper No. 37. Baldus, R.D. (Ed.). Wildlife Division / GTZ. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. doc

2 Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit
5 Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
6 World Wide Fund For Nature
7 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
9 Association for the Development of Protected Areas
12 Belgian Technical Cooperation


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