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NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

 03/01/2006
Due to the ever growing economic and social demands on natural resources, the Grontmij | Carl Bro is providing an increasing array of services and institutional support, which respond to the diversity of interests in sustainable ways.

We draw on more than 30 years of worldwide experience in consulting services integrating development, planning and natural resource management. We work in close dialogue and cooperation with our clients and beneficiaries and we thrive to stimulate the active and dynamic participation of stakeholders at all relevant levels throughout our support services.

We further pursue an integrated ecosystem approach taking full account of all sectors and interests and at the same time keeping management solutions simple and operational.

The Grontmij | Carl Bro currently works with natural resource management in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America providing both short- and long-term technical assistance.

Our core areas are:
 
  • Integration of dry land natural resource management and development; 
  • Integration of wetlands, including coastal and marine zones, management and development; 
  • Forest utilisation, management and biodiversity conservation; 
  • Institutionalising sustainable development with effective monitoring; 
  • Raising skills and awareness through environmental training and education; 
  • Integration of environment into poverty reduction strategies; 
  • Support to the implementation of national and international policies and conventions.
Examples of our consultancy services include:

  • Protected Area and NATURA 2000 - facilitation, planning and management, incl. land use plans for buffer zones and inter-connected areas/corridors; 
  • Cleaner technology - aquaculture, fisheries development and marketing of derived products; 
  • Forest management – implementation of conservation strategies and tools; 
  • National, regional and local planning and monitoring tools, incl. adaptive IT-systems for decision support; 
  • Training, education programmes, awareness raising and participatory approaches and processes; 
  • Biodiversity strategies, action plans – facilitation and design; 
  • Harmonization and approximation, environmental policy and legislation; 
  • Program and project formulation, management and back-up.