Implementation of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment project (STEWMAP) in Santo Domingo’s National District, Dominican Republic
| Authors: | Tischa A. A. Munoz, Gerald Bauer, Michelle Johnson, Ana Beatriz Pou Espinal, Leonardo Cortés, Claudia Caballero, Olga Ramos |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Type: | Miscellaneous |
| Station: | International Institute of Tropical Forestry |
| Source: | USAID Technical Report |
Abstract
In cities across the world, urban environmental stewardship efforts are increasingly popular activities that citizens and non-governmental organizations take to address and improve the environmental health and quality of life of their urban environment. Urban environmental stewardship is defined as the act of civic groups of conserving, managing, monitoring, advocating for, and educating the public about a wide range of quality of life issues in urban area through, for example, tree planting, stream restoration, education campaigns, water quality monitoring, to name a few. Traditionally environmental groups pursue these goals, but increasingly other civic groups are taking on environmental issues as well (e.g. block associations that do tree plantings and maintenance, or youth groups that conduct neighborhood park clean-ups) (Fisher et al. 2012).