The Satoyama
Development
Mechanism (SDM)
The Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) is one of the collaborative activities of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI). It serves as a financing mechanism to facilitate the implementation of activities under IPSI.
The SDM was established jointly by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ).
News
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03 December 2021
Satoyama side event at International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) 2021
IGES and UNU-IAS organized an online session, “Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Co-benefits” as a side event of ISAP 2021 on 2 December 2021.
The session page at ISAP 2021 website and the video recording of the session: https://isap.iges.or.jp/2021/en/t10.html
There are two presentations from SDM projects by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) from SDM 2018 and Vicuñas, Camelidos y Ambiente (VICAM) from SDM 2020.Last year’s session at ISAP 2020 is also available here: https://isap.iges.or.jp/2020/en/tt11.html
There were two presentations from SDM projects by Community Entrepreneur Development Institute (CENDI) from SDM 2018 and University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) from SDM2019. -
21 September 2021
SDM 2021 project selection results
The SDM Secretariat received a total of 17 eligible applications and the following six were selected, which were deemed the most promising for the implementation and promotion of the concept of the Satoyama Initiative. We appreciate it to all the applicants for the fascinating project proposals. We look forward to more innovative proposals in the next opportunity.
- Community Based Environmental Conservation (COBEC), Kenya
- Culture Identity and Resources Use Management (CIRUM), Vietnam
- College of Natural Resources (CNR), Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan
- Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy (ISDS) Public Fund, Kyrgyz
- Small Action For Enterprise (SAFE GHANA), Ghana
- Daluhay Daloy ng Buhay, Inc. (DALUHAY), the Philippines
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18 June 2021
The SDM 2021 Call for Proposals (Closed)
The SDM Secretariat is pleased to announce that it has opened a call for proposals for the SDM 2021 projects. IPSI members are kindly invited to submit project proposals by Thursday 12 August 2021, by email to the SDM Secretariat (sdm@iges.or.jp).
Key messages from SDM projects
The SDM has been selecting six projects every year since its start in 2013, bringing the total number to 54 in 2021. The grant recipients have reported outstanding achievements. The followings are key messages shared by the organizations which recently completed their SDM projects:
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2019
Revitalizing the role of agroforestry parklands in conserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods in the sub-humid drylands of Uganda , Uganda
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2019
Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable management of Resources and Traditional Knowledge of Sacred Forest , Ghana
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2019
Paddy cum Fish Cultivation for Sustainable Livelihood and Biodiversity Conservation, Nepal
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2018
Community Implementation of Mixed Species Restoration for Livelihoods and Ecological Function, Vietnam
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2018
Conservation and management of biodiversity of cultural, spiritual and food sovereignty importance, and recovery of indigenous knowledge in the management of their territory, Panama
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2018
Establishment of Vetiver Grass Nursery and Hedgerows for control of Eutrophication in Lake Victoria , Uganda
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2017
Resilience Level Assessment of the Key Biodiversity Areas San Antonio Forest/KM 18 and Community Empowerment on Conservation, Colombia
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2013
Supporting and Promoting the Karen Indigenous Socio-ecological Production System in Northern Thailand, Thailand