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  Accounting for the ecological dimension in participatory research and development: lessons learned from Indonesia and Madagascar

  Ecology and Society, 2008

  At the interface of environmental and social issues, not enough is known about the links between policies, regionally important biophysical factors, local natural resource management sustainability,
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  Local governance institutions for sustainable natural resource management in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2008

  This paper reflects on experiences from research and interventions in the Sahel on management of renewable natural resources - soils, water, forests, and biodiversity - for the purpose of food and income generation. It focuses on local governance institutions in relation to natural resource entitlements, use and decision-making on management in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
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  A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management

  Ecology and Society, 2007

  A number of tools are available to elicit the knowledge, values, and preferences of communities. This paper provides a review of a selection of participatory tools in the analysis, synthesis, and decision making related to natural resource management and policy. A framework for analysis is established by identifying a set of criteria for evaluating each tool.
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  Water and the rural poor: interventions for improving livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

  Land and Water Development Division, FAO, 2008

  Insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This publication addresses the linkage between water and rural poverty in the region, in order to help decision-makers make informed choices on where and how to invest.
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  Gender and natural resource management: livelihoods, mobility and interventions

  International Development Research Centre, 2008

  This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment, and natural resource management.
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  Improving drought response in pastoral regions of Ethiopia

  Overseas Development Institute, 2008

  This study provides an overview of the timing, appropriateness and efficacy of interventions in response to the drought that affected the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia in 2005/2006. It identifies mechanisms to initiate more timely and appropriate interventions to protect and support pastoral livelihoods and explores donor interest in resourcing these changes.
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  Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people's access to land

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008

  The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food price hikes and social environmental impacts.
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  Poverty, pastoralism and policy in Ngorongoro: lessons learned from the Ereto I Ngorongoro pastoralist project with implications for pastoral development and the policy debate

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008

  Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to  livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable policies.
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  Navigating amidst complexity: a guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environment

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2006

  This guide looks at implementing effective research and development in improving livelihoods and the environment. The guide is mainly for researchers already involved in Natural Resource Management (NRM) but it will also be of interest to implementers of NRM projects, as many of the elements and strategies are common to research and implementation.
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  id21 natural resources highlights 6: Rural livelihoods

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  This bi-annual addition of id21 Natural Resources Highlights looks specifically at rural livelihoods. It contains the following three articles:

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