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  Bazaruto Archipelago National Park Mozambique: mid-term internal review of Bazaruto multiple resource use project, 2001-2005 and Bazaruto community based natural resource management project, 2003-2005

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005

  This report presents the findings of an internal progress review of two projects being implemented within the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (BANP) in Mozambique. The two projects under review are the Multiple Resource Use Project (MRUP) and the Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) project.
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  Communication for development: a medium for innovation in natural resource management

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2004

  This document presents, through stories and examples, the experience of many people and projects worldwide where communication methods and approaches have been applied to address natural resource management problems.Drawing on experiences in Africa, Asia and North America, the paper outlines differing working definitions of natural resource management, with particular emphasis on the role of co
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  Social and gender analysis in natural resource management: learning studies and lessons from Asia

  International Development Research Centre, 2006

  This on-line book documents and reflects on the steps that researchers are taking to implement social and gender analysis, including questions of class, caste, and ethnicity, into their everyday work.
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  Natural resource management in the Didinga hills: a baseline study from Budi county, South Sudan

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005

  Environmental degradation arising from the depletion of forest biodiversity and the resulting problems of soil erosion, water shortage, climate change and poverty, have become issues of global concern.
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  Participatory research and development for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management: a sourcebook. Volume 1: understanding participatory research and development

  International Development Research Centre, 2005

  This sourcebook promote access to systematised information on field-tested participatory research and development (PR&D) concepts and practices among field practitioners and their organisations.The book includes the following:emphasis on information applicable to research- and development-oriented activities, complementing existing publications/materials that primarily focus on the use
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  Sustainable drylands management: a strategy for securing water resources and adapting to climate change

  Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003

  This information paper illustrates sustainable dryland management practises in communities vulnerable to climate change with case studies in India and the Sudan.In both cases the adaptation programme is presented, including infrastructural strategy and social involvement, followed by results of the programme, subsequent impact on the community and examples of further achievements and successes
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  What's the catch: reducing bycatch in EU distant water fisheries

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2005

  This report considers the ecological, economic and livelihoods impact of the large quantities of non target fish (bycatch) caught and discarded by EU fishing fleets operating in developing countries fisheries. The EU currently has 17 agreements with developing countries allowing EU fishing vessels access to their waters.
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  The complex links between governance and biodiversity

  Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2005

  Although it might seem self-evident that corrupt politicians and bureaucrats in developing countries often exploit their positions of power, this document argues that there are two problems which weaken the claims of those who link corruption and the exploitation of natural resources.The first argument is conceptual, in that studies that use national level indicators of corruption fail to note
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  Meta-analysis to assess impact of watershed program and people’s participation

  Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, IWMI, 2005

  Watershed programs are recognized as a potential engine for agricultural growth and development in fragile and marginally rain-fed areas.
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  Conservation with social justice?: the role of community conserved areas in achieving the Millennium Development Goals

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  A great proportion of the world’s poor are vulnerable to the degradation of natural resources and ecosystems. The standard approach to the conservation of these resources (the establishment of “protected areas”) has in many cases actually exacerbated the poverty of local people by undermining traditional access and tenure rights.

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