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    Inclusive Protected Area Management in the Amazon: The Importance of Social Networks over Ecological Knowledge

    SustainAbility, 2012
    In the Amacayacu National Park in Colombia, which partially overlaps with Indigenous territories, several elements of an inclusive protected area management model have been implemented since the 1990s. In particular, a dialogue between scientific researchers, indigenous people and park staff has been promoted for the co-production of biological and cultural knowledge for decision-making.
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    Sociological Approach to Research on Religion: Bangladesh Perspectives

    Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2011
    After brief comments on the launching of the Department of World Religions in the University of Dhaka, this paper reviews concisely the contributions of significant sociologists to comparative academic study of religion, in some cases having had foundational impact on how the field or discipline variously called ‘history of religion’ or ‘comparative religion’ or ‘science of religion’ came to defin
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    Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)

    Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) is a non-profit, independent research, policy and outreach organisation working towards achieving sustainable development in the Amazon region in a way t
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    Walking tall: a wildlife conservation success story. South Luangwa Area Management Unit (SLAMU)

    2012
    Norway and Zambia have been cooperating on wildlife conservation and community development for 27 years.
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    Forestry Nepal

    The Forestry Nepal website aims to facilitate online networking among Nepalese foresters, to provide a platform to share news and information and to promote forest science among the general public.
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    Joint Forest Management in Katanino, Zambia: Inappropriate Property Regime Change?

    The Open Forest Science Journal, 2012
    This research study reports on a Joint Forest Management (JFM) program in Katanino Area, Zambia. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey, unstructured group interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and field observations.
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    The riddle of the third sector: civil society, western aid and NGOs in Russia

    Anthropological Quarterly, 2004
    This article explores the forms and logic of political activism encouraged by international development agencies in Russia, by focusing on the project to promote civil society development. It argues that the version of civil society that has been brought into being by western design - the third sector - is far from what Russian activists desired and what donor agencies promised.
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    Mainstreaming community-based conservation in a transboundary mountain landscape: lessons from Kangchenjunga

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2012
    This paper draws recommendations for transboundary and participatory biodiversity conservation from the Kangchenjunga Conservation Landscape Initiative. This 'biodiversity hotspot' - shared by Bhutan, India and Nepal - is one of seven transboundary landscapes indentified by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) for regional cooperation development.
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    Of spices and silk: Sharing stories of technical support to Global Fund grants in Asia

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2012
    This publication is a collection of 11 case stories reflecting the experiences of technical support providers within real-life contexts. They demonstrate the rich and sometimes complex processes and contexts in which Global Fund grants operate.
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    Building climate change adaptation on community experiences: lessons from community-based natural resource management in southern Africa

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
    This publication examines how community based natural resource management (CBNRM) can inform and contribute to climate change adaptation at the community level, specifically to community based adaptation (CBA). It provides a framework for analysing the two approaches at conceptual and practical levels.

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