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Management Options for Biodiversity Protection and Population
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1995This 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 partners in the projects, otherwise they will not succeed.DocumentDesertification and drought - extent and consequences proposal for a participatory approach to combat desertification
FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1995DocumentSupporting sustainable agriculture through extension in Asia
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997There are widespread concerns about the environmental impact of agricultural technologies and over the long-term sustainability of farming systems in Asia. Although the content of extension programmes includes sustainable technologies, extension approaches and methods in the public sector continue to reflect a technology transfer paradigm.DocumentDecentralization, Local Governance and The Democratic Transition in Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis
African Studies Quarterly, 1997This paper reports the results of a 1995-1996 comparative analysis of local government in the context of current political reforms in South Africa, Botswana, and Swaziland in an effort to arrive at the preconditions for efficient and effective local institutions of collective choice and of service delivery.DocumentParticipation in practice: Lessons from the FAO People's Participation Programme
People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1997Starting in the early '80s, the FAO People's Participation Programme (PPP) used small-scale projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop strategies for organizing grass roots rural people in small, informal, self-reliant groups. This Special has details of lessons learned from the PPP experience.DocumentGender Bias and the “Marriage Squeeze” in China, South Korea and India 1920-1990: The Effects of War, Famine and Fertility Decline
Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1997China, South Korea and Northern India have commonalities in their kinship systems which make for discrimination against female children. Discrimination was heightened by war, famine and fertility decline. During 1920-90, India has had the quietest history, while China experienced the most war and famine, with sharp rises in discrimination.DocumentCompensating local communities for conserving biodiversity: how much, who will, how and when
Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions, 1999Large 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. Many continue to share despite knowing that by withholding this knowledge they could receive pecuniary advantage.DocumentAn Assessment of European - aided Watershed Development Projects in India from the Perspective of Poverty Reduction and the poor
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The paper assesses four Watershed Development Projects in India supported by European donors, namely Karnataka Watershed Development Project (Danida), Doon Valley Integrated Watershed Management Project (European Commission), Karnataka Integrated Watershed Management Project (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) and Karnataka Watershed Development Project (Overseas Development Administration/DepartmentPages