Natural resource management
- Case studies, resource guides and management guide for fisheries planners and managers.
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2002
- This report is one of eight thematic reviews prepared for the Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP), a programme created to help countries strengthen national capacity to prepare and implement National Biodiversity Strategies...
- A manual for resource mapping with coastal communities
- G. Rambaldi; M. L. Fernan; S.V. Siar / International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, 1998
- A practical manual outlining the concept of this methodology and giving clear, step by step instructions on how to carry out the activity in a coastal community. The aims of resource mapping are: to provides a vi...
- How does decentralization contribute to environmentally and socially sustainable development?
- M. Dupar; N. Badenoch / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
- This report provides an overview of the decentralisation of natural resources decision-making and management in mainland Southeast Asia during the past 20 years. It is based upon seven in-depth case studies from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodi...
- Good forest governance should be a key strategy for implementing Agenda 21
- Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2002
- A draft position paper prepared as part of Indonesian People’s Forum during PREPCOM IV of WSSD to stimulate dialogue and interest in good forest governance. The paper argues that the promotion of good forest governance should be ...
- Can ecological concerns be accomodated in rural development policies where conservation is not the primary aim?
- R. Grimble; M. Laidlaw / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- ODI briefing paper looking at biological resources and their management, for both conservation and people's livlihoods with a view to outlining a framework for best practice. The paper focusses on developments since the Rio Earth Summ...
- Has devolution in natural resource management really benefited local communities?
- S. Shackleton; B. Campbell; E. Wollenberg; D. Edmunds / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- This paper draws together evidence from a number of studies on the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. Devolution outcomes are assessed ...
- Can community forestry continue to build in its success?
- D. Brown; Y. Malla; K. Schreckenberg; O Springate-Baginski / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- Overview of the development of community forestry management techniques which examines their positive impact on local livlihoods and makes an assessment of future challenges. The report examines the rationale behind community f...
- 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...
- Openness, sustainability, and public participation in transboundary river-basin institutions
- L. Milich; R.G. Varady / Office of Arid Land Studies University of Arizona, 1998
- Existing analyses of water compacts fall short by ignoring place, a vital component when considering the viability of treaties. omprehensive examinations of how international river basins are managed are also markedly lacking. The thr...
- Community management of forests under pressure from economic and demographic changes
- M. Richards / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997
- This paper considers the evidence surrounding the popular view that common property management regimes (CPMRs) of forest management in Latin America must inevitably break down in the face of economic and demographic pressures. The evi...
- Desertification and drought - extent and consequences proposal for a participatory approach to combat desertification
- FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1995
- Key aspects of strategies for the sustainable development of drylands
- FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1993
- Halting degradation of natural resources: is there a role for rural communities?
- J. M. Baland; J. P. Platteau / FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1996
- Erosion de suelos en America Latina
- FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1994
- Community based conservation
- M.C.J. Cruz / American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1995
- This overview paper stresses what most of the authors believe: that in order to successfully manage biodiversity, local residents and resource users must be involved, and the people who are affected by conservation projects must be pa...
- A livelihoods review of projects in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India
- C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Reviews the design of two new DFID projects in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India. The projects aim to contribute to the Government of India’s efforts to eliminate poverty through support to its watershed development programme. Th...
- Why do households choose to invest in soil and water conservation?
- C. Boyd; C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Discusses the role of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices in sustainable livelihoods and presents preliminary findings from case studies conducted in Tanzania and Uganda. Describes the conditions under which households...
- 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.
