| Zone |
Character |
Key environmental
technologies |
EC Environmental poverty reduction strategy |
| Tsunami |
Disaster
area with minimal livelihood potential, fishing tourism and agriculture.
Major donor funds available. |
Reconstruction
and rehabilitation works including production of cement concrete and other
building materials, Tourism and marine fisheries |
Training for construction employment using environmental sound approaches and roof top rainwater harvesting. Research and European links in eco-building approaches. Marine fishery development. Lagoon beach and other focused touristic development |
| Municipality |
Urban
sprawl with integral slums. Good infrastructure and high investment potential.
Access to labour and markets. Poor continuity of electricity supply. Second
highest poverty density. |
Electricity
from biomass, recycling and solid waste composting, non polluting vehicles.
Urban forestry |
Encourage investment in environmental technology by European links and reform of business environment. Slum led participatory development plans linked to waste as a resource |
| Coastal
non tsunami |
Tourism
especially cultural and nature, fishing |
Marine
fishery, Fish product processing |
Encourage European links in eco and cultural tourism, marine fisheries and fish/shell fish product development. |
| High
potential |
Very
high touristic potential, high value crop production. Low number of protected
areas. High investment and asset values. Water catchment is forest and
plantation crops. Highest poverty density |
Agro-tourism,
Bottled water from named catchment sources, biodiversity research and
commercial development, very high value crops eg orchids and medicines.
|
High intensity high value agroforestry. Encourage joint work in bottled water, rain forest products, medicines an restoration of forest function using high value fruit and nut trees. |
| Double
crop |
Major
irrigation schemes, minor tank based schemes, clear forest catchments |
Agricultural
and high value crop production, animal husbandry and animal products eg
milk |
Tank rehabilitation, improved marketing processing and sale of agricultural products |
| Low
population low rainfall |
Low
poverty density, high forest cover and denuded forest lands |
Extractive
reserves for bio-energy, insect products eg lac and silk, dendro energy
and biodiesel plantations |
Partnership approaches for extractive reserves. Not agricultural development as this is not cost effective. |