- Title
- Exploring the lessons from an international rural environmental project in a developing country through observations of the community: a case study of the ‘Conservation of Biodiversity in the Central Zagros Landscape’ project
- Creator
- Karim, M. Elyas
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Masters Research - Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
- Description
- Climate change is a developing global phenomenon as a critical disaster to the life of the human being. Air, water and other natural resources are being affected by that destructively. There is a range of climate change impact samples on the planet amongst the various social, economic, and environmental sections. As a result, the global community has created a variety of the international climate change adaptation contracts from 1992 Rio Earth Summit to 2016 Paris Agreement (as the main one), and still addressing the formation of new agreements. Further, the international community has started launching global climate change adaptation projects. However, many of these projects failed to achieve their objectives, while the developed countries are planning to supply about 100 billion USD for climate change adaptation projects from 2020 to 2030 in developing countries based on the Paris Agreement. On the other hand, developing countries, the Middle East and rural areas are more vulnerable in terms of climate change effects, compared to developed countries, other world regions and urban areas, respectively. Consequently, this research aimed to investigate an International Rural Environmental Project (IREP) in the Middle East. Considering the fact that Zagros mountain range is the most significant environmental zone of the Middle East, as it balances the region's climate, and the Conservation of Biodiversity in Central Zagros Landscape (CBCZL) project is the main IREP implemented in the Zagros area so far, this study explored the lessons from the CBCZL project. It was aimed to know what the advantages of and barriers to the CBCZL project are, how the community observations of the project compare with the SDGs 13 and 15, and what the major lessons learnt about the effects of the CBCZL project on the community are. The study utilised a mixed-method and a case study approach, through analysing the collected data from the secondary and primary resources (including the experts’ opinion and local rural community’s observations). Finally, it is discovered that: 1) the CBCZL project was more successful in the community aspects; 2) air pollution and drought are the main problems; 3) experts and public have dissimilar recognitions on the ecosystem conditions; 4) project discontinuation is a challenge; 5) the project failed to mainstream; 6) further public awareness is necessary; and 7) the implementation barriers are in the tactical levels rather than technical. It is recommended that further researches investigate the causes of dissimilarities between the perception of experts and the community. Besides, the environmental management characteristics, barriers, and resolutions must be studied before the implementation of the next projects. It is also significant that current/next project managers utilise strategic consultations. Public awareness must be further studied and improved for similar IREPs.
- Subject
- air pollution; climate change; community resilience; drought; sustainable development
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1410903
- Identifier
- uon:36254
- Rights
- Copyright 2020 M. Elyas Karim
- Language
- eng
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