In 2006, the Tungurahua volcano began its latest eruption processes, affecting some 30,000 people. This document systematizes thegood practices at the community level for risk management of natural and man-made disasters that affect the food security ofcommunities vulnerable to the Tungurahua. This systematization is an analytical reconstruction process, both from an institutional perspective, as well as a socila perspective on the capacities of members of a society or community, in this case farmers, to faceshocks and hazards, preventing and minimizing the damage, mitigating the fects of adverse events to ensure the provision of foodand agricultural production.

The Guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases. The Guidelines take an inter-disciplinary approach to land, one that also brings together humanitarian emergency relief and early recovery perspectives. Throughout the text, readers will find many short cases illustrating practical aspects of bringing land issues into the post-disaster recovery process. Tools and other useful references are also included. The information provided in these Guidelines will be of interest and use to anyone directly working to support rapid yet sustainable recovery of human settlements following a natural disaster. The Guidelines were produced through a partnership between UN-HABITAT, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), FAO and the Early Recovery Cluster.

The use of renewable natural resources and watersheds in Ecuador can be characterized largely spontaneous or based on the needto use a particular resource, but not for a planned process, although this is changing now. In the Napo River Basin, which is the mostimportant means of transportation in the Ecuadorian Amazon, it is possible to identify concrete actions for land management with thepurpose optimizing planning and fostering development.

Climate change is a concern for small farmers who are in the Bolivian highlands, affecting their livelihoods. For this, practical measures are required for prevention and mitigation of damage caused by extreme climatic events (frost, drought, hailstorms and floods), a requirement which can be summarized as the need for an agricultural risk management, as these two activities are the basis for food security and incomes of small farmers living in daily risk. In this context, this document presents the systematization of the most successful local practices, presenting the economic and institutional frameworks I which they are implemented.

In 2006, the Tungurahua volcano began its latest eruption processes, affecting some 30,000 people. This document systematizes thegood practices at the community level for risk management of natural and man-made disasters that affect the food security ofcommunities vulnerable to the Tungurahua. This systematization is an analytical reconstruction process, both from an institutional perspective, as well as a socila perspective on the capacities of members of a society or community, in this case farmers, to faceshocks and hazards, preventing and minimizing the damage, mitigating the effects of adverse events to ensure the provision of foodand agricultural production.