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The Role of Agricultural Education in Improving the Performance of Support Services for the Renewable Natural Resources Sector
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997Whilst recent research (mainly in sub-Saharan Africa) has indicated a number of successful innovations in agricultural education and training (AET), it has generally been unresponsive to changing patterns of demand for trainees, which are influenced by the changing roles of public and private sectors.DocumentTragedy of the Commons for Community-based Forest Management in Latin America?
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997This 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 evidence shows that there have been both positive and negative experiences, with a number of policy implications.DocumentAncestor Spirits and Land Reforms: Contradictory discourses and practices on rights on land in South India
Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, 1999This paper is about Untouchable ancestors' strong emotional attachment to their ancestral land. Ancestrors of Untouchables remain in their ancestral land at the margin of the village, whereas ancestors of high castes leave for the abode of ancestors, after expiating their sins by transferring them to Untouchables.DocumentGlobal desertification dimensions and costs
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, 1992DocumentHuman face or human facade: adjustment and the health of mothers and children
Centre for International Child Health, London, 1994Report considers the effects of strutucal adjustment programmes on the health sector . Includes an annotated bibliographyDocumentUsing indigenous knowledge, remote sensing and GIS for sustainable development
Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 1994Information describing the natural resources of any region (e.g. soil, water and vegetation) forms the base upon which sustainable development must be built. The twin challenges of providing information that can lead to sustainable development are to keep acquisition costs low and utility high.DocumentWater resources managment: IISD resource guide
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999List of important document (with abstract) and related WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information CentreDocumentDirectory of European Tropical Forest Research Institutions
European Tropical Forest Research Network, 1999The ETFRN Directory lists participants in the European Tropical Forest Research Network. It includes over 500 entries of organisations in EU member states which are involved in forest research in the Tropics, Subtropics and Mediterranean.Pages