Natural resource management
- Reducing the amount of freshwater withdrawals needed to feed the world's population
- International Water Management Institute, 2003
- This briefing demonstrates that agriculture currently consumes 70% of the world's developed fresh water supplies and that by improving the productivity of water used for agriculture by 40%, it is possible to reduce the amount of addit...
- Relationship between theory and practice in communication and natural resource management
- Communication Initiative, 2003
- This book is a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practice. The boo...
- Adaptive learning: management of small waterbodies in Southern Lao
- Marine Resources Assessment Group, 2002
- These guidelines share the experiences of applying an ‘adaptive learning’ approach to the management of small waterbodies in Southern Lao PDR. Adaptive learning is a management approach that explicitly recognises that...
- Ownership, control and access: land tenure and land degradation in Northern Togo
- Alinon Koffi Olulumazo / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Traditional land tenure systems in Togo have been undermined but not destroyed by the introduction of private property and ‘modern’ tenure reform. However, confusion over land tenure issues has proved to be an obstacle to ef...
- Rhetoric or reality? Joint management of natural resources in India
- Sharachchandra Lele / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Policies promoting joint management (between the state and the users) of natural resources such as forests or water are increasing in India and elsewhere: decentralised administration has advantages that are tempting. However, joint m...
- Reaching a watershed? Local government reform and water management in India
- Pari Baumann / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Recent guidelines issued by central government for watershed development in India fit awkwardly with local government or Panchayati Raj. While decentralisation of development planning and implementation are key objectives at both leve...
- Shedding light on watersheds. How to develop water resources and their use in drought- prone areas
- C. Turton; A. Bottrall / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Availability of water - and right of access to it - are key factors for survival in Drought Prone Uplands (DPUs). Competition for water is increasing. Which are the right technologies to pursue? What institutional change is needed to ...
- How to build succesful community based wildlife eco-tourism projects
- M. Rutten / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2002
- This paper provides an analysis of the Kenyan ‘Parks beyond parks’ programme which attempts to introduce a community based social component to their parks management policies by allowing locals to establish eco-tourism proje...
- How has private sector involvement in natural resource management affected communities in Southern Africa?
- A. Spenceley / Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003
- Looks at how changing institutional arrangements and policies affect poor people's livelihoods and access to natural resources. It addresses tourism in South Africa, and the growing role of the private sector in natural resourc...
- Impact on the poor of linkages between communities and the private sector in Southern African tourism
- C. Ashley; W. Wolmer / Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003
- In South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique there are a plethora of policy statements, approaches and initiatives that are seeking to commercialise tourism and forestry assets, while simultaneously incorporating some element of community...
- What does 'community' mean in community based approaches to resource management?
- A. Agrawal; C. C. Gibson / Mekonginfo, 1999
- The concept of community is rarely defined or carefully examined by those concerned with community based approaches to resource use and management. This paper seeks to redress this omission by investigating "community" in work concern...
- Using common property systems to manage forests
- J. E. M. Arnold / Forestry Department, FAO, 1998
- This comprehensive study brings together available information about the role of common property as a system of governance and its current relevance to forest management and use. A review of indigenous common property systems t...
- Why the poor benefit least from community forestry in Nepal
- Basundhara Bhattarai; Hemant R. Ojha / NepalNet, 2001
- Examines the distributional impact of community forest management on three economic groups (rich, medium and poor) in two selected forest user groups in the Koshi Hills of Nepal with the objective of assessing the costs and benefits o...
- Are community-based animal health systems a realistic option for improving primary veterinary services in Somalia?
- A. Catley / Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 1999
- This review is based on the question "are community-based animal health systems a realistic option for improving primary veterinary services in Somalia?" The article finds that: experience in Southern Sudan sugge...
- Land law and use right in African forests
- L.A. Wily; S. Mbaya / Land Rights in Africa, Oxfam, 2000
- Examines the relationship of people’s rights in land to the manner in which they may be involved in the management of forests in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and to...
- How sustainable livelihoods helps understand access by the poor to assets and entitlements
- P. Baumann; S. Sinha / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001
- This paper examines how far Sustainable Livelihoods analysis helps in understanding the complex power relations influencing the rightful access by the poor to assets and entitlements. Paper asserts that these power relations a...
- Community participation in traditional irrigation scheme rehabilitation projects in Tanzania: report of a collaborative research project
- J. Koopman; R. Kweka; M. Mboya; S.W. Wangwe / Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2001
- This research article looks at how participatory methods can be used in projects to rehabilitate tradtional irrigation schemes in Tanzania. The research aims at learning how government and NGOs can better support community participati...
- Effective management of the commons in Sahelian countries requires flexibility and decentralisation
- C. Hesse; P. Trench / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2000
- This article discusses what is the best means of managing the commons. The article stresses that these are critical questions in the current wave of decentralisation and tenure reform taking place in many Sahelian states. Although gov...
- Community-based participation represents the best option for woodland management
- L. Alden Wily; P.A. Dewees / World Bank, 2001
- This paper begins by discussing Tanzania's increasing recognition of the need to bring individuals, local groups, and communities into the policy, planning, and management process if woodlands are to remain productive in the coming de...
- Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa project
- Centre for Development Cooperation Services, Free University, Amsterdam, 1999
- Research project using participatory methods to improve the effectiveness of indigenous and modern soil and water conservation practices through a process of joint experimentation involving farmers, researchers, extension and NGO staf...
- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP)
- Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is a public institution with independent legal status. CAEP provides technical support and services such as environmental planning, environmental policy and consultation on environmental project selection management for the Chinese government and corporations.
- Global Land Project (GLP)
- The Global Land Project is a joint research project for land systems for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP).
- Asia-Pacific Water Forum
- The Asia-Pacific Water Forum is an independent network which supports the integration of water resources management into socio-economic development processes.
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD)
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD) is a regional alliance of peoples’ movements, community organisations, coalitions, NGOs and networks.
- Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
- The Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) helps to develop the capacity of the people and institutions of the Congo Basin to preserve and manage their forests.
- International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
- The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organisation promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its members represent about 80 per cent of the world's tropical forests and 90 per cent of the global tropical timber trade.
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
- AIDA is a non-profit environmental law organisation that works across international borders to defend threatened ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them.
- Oslo Climate and Forest Conference (OSFC)
- International conference on climate and forests held in Oslo, Norway, May 2010
- The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
- The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) is an international organisation with a vision of local communities actively managing forests in Asia and the Pacific to ensure optimal social, economic and environmental benefits.
