Natural resource management
- 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...
- 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
- Climate change adaptation for coral triangle communities: a guide for vulnerability assessment and local early action planning (LEAP guide)
- 2013
- This comprehensive set of scientific and social instruments helps local governments and communities to assess their vulnerability to climate change and form their own climate change adaptation plans to address local conditions. So far...
- Bringing people back into protected forests in developing countries: insights from co-management in Malawi
- L. Zulu / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- Focusing on Malawi, this study examines struggles to bring people back into protected forests to enhance sustainable forest management and livelihoods using insights emerging from a co-management project in Malawi. It uses mixed socia...
- Envisioning the future and learning from the past: adapting to a changing environment in northern Mali
- M. Brockhaus; H. Djoudi (ed); B. Locatelli (ed) / Elsevier, 2013
- In West Africa, rural livelihoods that dependon natural resources develop coping and adapting strategies to face climate variability or change, and economic or political changes. The former Lake Faguibine in northern Mali has experien...
- Water security and climate resilient development: investing in water security for growth and development
- Global Water Partnership, 2012
- This technical paper has been produced by the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) to support the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilience Development, developed by the African Union th...
- Scientific literature review on the roles of forests and trees in social vulnerability to climate change
- E. Pramova; B. Locatelli; H. Djoudi; O. A. Somorin / Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
- Ecosystems provide crucial services to help people adapt to climate change. In conducting a review of the scientific literature, this paper shows how ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate ...
- Study reviewing the comprehensiveness of REDD+ readiness proposals
- L. Goers Williams / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013
- The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness Fund and the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) are supporting capacity building efforts in preparation fro...
- Report on the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on electricity generation in Malawi
- C. S. Kaunda; F. Mtalo / International Energy and Environment Foundation, 2013
- This paper explores the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change on electricity generation in Malawi. Hydropower provides almost all of the country's electricity; a reliance on freshwater supply makes it a highly vulner...
- Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models
- W. Guoqing; R. Calow / Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme. This policy brief summarises the Adapting t...
- Carbon stocks of tropical coastal wetlands within the karstic landscape of the Mexican Caribbean
- M. F. Adame; J. B. Kauffman; I. Medina / PLoS ONE, 2013
- As one of the most carbon (C) rich ecosystems in the world, the conservation and restoration of tropical wetlands represent a priority for climate change mitigation. Deforestation, agri/aqua culture conversion, pollution and coastal d...
- Governing the forests: an institutional analysis of REDD+ and community forest management in Asia
- J. Puppim de Oliveira; T. Cadman; H. Ok Ma / International Tropical Timber Organization, 2013
- This report examines the history, structure and monitoring mechanisms of REDD+ to better understand how it impacts upon, and interacts with, Community Forest Management (CFM). It presents case studies of CFM and REDD+ governance from ...
- 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.
