The Status of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Program in Environmental Management

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  • YAMAZAKI Kensuke
    Hiroshima University, Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation, Master of Science Course

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  • 環境管理分野での青年海外協力隊政策の現状
  • カンキョウ カンリ ブンヤ デノ セイネン カイガイ キョウリョクタイ セイサク ノ ゲンジョウ チュウベイ グアテマラ ニ オケル シンリン カンリ キョウリョク ジギョウ オ ジレイ ト シテ
  • A Case Study of Forest Management Projects at Guatemala
  • 中米グアテマラにおける森林管理協力事業を事例として

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Abstract

After obtaining the Msc in forest ecology, the author participated in forest managementcooperation in Guatemala as a 2-year volunteer in the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV).<BR>The present administration of JOCV in cooperation with Japanese ODA activity suffersfrom a number of problems, including sectional divisions among administrative organizations, lack of monitoring by specialists, a weak presence of Japanese civilian control, and absenceof Japanese political leadership. In this environment, JOCV environmental projects areunable to function effectively from the points of view of scientific accuracy, economic andfmancial efficiency, or political and cultural relations.<BR>The theme of the present analysis is to address these problems.

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