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Through combining the expertise of its constituent members and associates, Wetland Action applies its guiding principles in a range of activities including:
Food Security, Poverty Reduction and Livelihood Development
- Enhancing wetland agriculture and water use
- Empowerment of women in wetland management
- Livelihood development and market analysis
- Socio-economic analysis of wetland use
- Protecting wetland water sources
- Facilitating indigenous technology development and dissemination
Wetland and Catchment Management
- Participatory planning and collaborative management of wetlands and their cathchments
- Wetland restoration and rehabilitation
- Multiple land use practices for sustainable use
- Valley bottom and pond utilisation
- Constructed wetlands for pollution control
Institution and Policy Development
- Local institutional support for good governance
- Stakeholder assessment and institutional analysis
- Awareness raising and dissemination activities
- Participatory assessment and policy development
- Training and capacity development
Research
- Multi-stage facilitation (research - planning - implementation)
- Biodiversity assessment and environmental monitoring
- Hydrological monitoring and modelling
- Economic and socio-cultural evaluation of wetlands
- GIS, spatial analysis and environmental modelling
- Indigenous knowledge assessment and facilitated exchange
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