Natural resource management
- Combining spatial data on HIV/AIDS and CBNRM in South Africa
- P. H. Freeman / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- This paper documents an attempt to study the intersection of HIV/AIDS and community-based natural resources management (CBNRM) carried out in early 2002 in the Bushbuckridge area, South Africa. The study explored the possibility of us...
- Participatory 3D modelling can ease communication between stakeholders
- G. Rambaldi; J. Callosa-Tarr / Participatory Avenues : Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development, 2002
- This Publication (and enclosed multimedia resource kit) is intended to assist researchers, project managers, Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) and GIS practitioners in enhancing the capacities of marginalized, isolated, and freq...
- Themed issue considers the role of gender in managing marine protected areas
- J. Davis / Marine Protected Area News, 2002
- This issue of the newsletter looks at issues of gender for MPAs. The main article states that decisionmaking on the use of coastal and marine resources is often principally based on the input of men. Through interviews with key practi...
- Are transformations of tropical peatland through fire beneficial or detrimental to local livelihoods?
- U. Chokkalingam; L. Tacconi; Y. Ruchiyat / Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
- The biodiversity and carbon sequestration value of tropical peatlands is damaged by logging, burning, drainage and other activities. In many cases this may also damage local livelihood benefits such as fisheries support. This paper, h...
- Does community based fire management meet the dual goals of protecting forests and providing sustainable incomes?
- S. Suyanto; G. Applegate; L. Tacconi / Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
- In response to the many highly damaging fires that have occurred in Indonesia, destroying large tracts of forest and causing high levels of damaging carbon emissions, community based management is often recommended as the answer to fi...
- A 'how to' manual in co-management for natural resource managers
- G. Borrini-Feyerabend; M. T. Farvar; J. C. Nguinguiri; V. A. Ndangang / World Conservation Union, 2000
- A practical manual for natural-resource managers interested in negotiating multi-party agreements and institutions, and in learning by doing. The publication offers guidelines, checklists, concepts, ideas and a range of methods and to...
- How can international law be used to manage international oceans?
- L. Kimball / World Conservation Union, 2001
- This comprehensive document provides an overview of the array of international conventions and organizations governing ocean use. In the context of an increasing focus on regional and large scale oceans management, the book dis...
- A review of zoning as a management tool for Marine Protected Areas.
- J. Day / International Coral Reef Initiative, 2002
- Over the last 25 years a range of management ‘tools’, including zoning plans, permits, education, and more recently management plans, have been applied to regulate access and to control and mitigate impacts associated with h...
- Papers and discussion summaries of workshops on participatory monitoring
- A. Lawrence / Environmental Change Institute, 2002
- The site contains a number of documents relating to an e-conference and follow up workshop on participatory biodiversity assessment. The author defines the concept as follows: 'participatory monitoring and evaluation of biodive...
- Participatory methods in 3-D modelling brings the potential of Geographic Information Systems at grassroots level
- G. Rambaldi; J. Callosa-Tarr / Participatory Avenues : Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development, 2000
- The manual is intended to assist Participatory Learning and Action practitioners, non-governmental and other civil organizations, society or scientific institutions and others who would find "community-based 3-D modeling" a powerful t...
- FAO manual on methodologies for Participatory Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation (PAME).
- D'Arcy Davis Case / Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network, FAO - SLU, 1990
- This field manual provides a practical set of guidelines for many of the different approaches used in community forestry. It reassesses many of the conventional monitoring and evaluation methods and tools by emphasizing participatory ...
- Sustainable forest and wildlife management policies
- A. Inamdar; D. Brown; S. Cobb / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- Wildlife consumption is an integral part of the livelihood and trade patterns of many peoples in the developing world, and highly valued by them. Yet to date the dominant models of wildlife management in areas of high – and alleg...
- Water Insecurity and the Poor: Issues and Research Needs
- P. Webb; M. Iskandarani / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 1998
- The problems of water insecurity can be grouped under three main headings: availability, access and usage. In the framework of a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of water problems, the paper elaborates on these three element...
- Compensating local communities for conserving biodiversity: how much, who will, how and when
- A.K. Gupta / Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions, 1999
- Large number of local communities across the world have shared unhesitatingly their knowledge about local biodiversity and its different uses with outsiders including researchers, corporations, gene collectors and of course, activists...
- Rethinking Policy Options for Watershed Management by Local Communities: Combining Equity, Efficiency and Ecological-Economic Viability
- A.K. Gupta / Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions, 1999
- Argues for certain basic re-thinking in the policy options for viable watershed management by combining local knowledge with the formal science through rejuvenated or revitalized traditional institutions. Part one reviews the policy e...
- A holistic model for grassland improvement: can it help to halt the desertification process
- A. Savory / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1989
- It is clear from the failure of our efforts in many countries to halt the desertification process - deserts are now advancing at a rate of nearly 15,000,000 acres a year worldwide (Worrall 1984) (that something was missing in our know...
- Introducing community forestry: annotated listing of topics and readings (FAO)
- Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network, FAO - SLU, 1999
- A synthesis of experience within the arena of dryland management: exploring best practices
- R. Oygard; T. Vedeld; J. Aune / Dryland Program, World Bank, 1999
- The objectives of this study are to analyze and synthesize the experience of the World Bank and other agencies in dryland management, with special emphasis on Africa. Recommendations are provided on "good policies and practices...
- Increasing local management capacity and integrating livelihood enhancement with conservation goals
- D. Brown / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- Converting international interest in biodiversity conservation into a positive development strategy represents a major challenge for governments and the donor community. While defensive strategies in line with the ‘fines and fenc...
- Assessing the Need to Manage Conflict in Community-Based Natural Resource Projects
- M. Warner; P. Jones / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- Considers the role of ‘conflict management assessment’ in community-based natural resource projects. The importance of conducting an assessment of the potential for conflict and its management in relation to a project interv...
- 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.
