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  Institutionalising participation and people-centred processes in natural resource management: research and publications highlights

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  This report presents background and rationale for the IIED's action research on institutionalising participatory approaches and people centred processes in natural resource management.
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  Water for all: improving water resource governance in southern Africa

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  Assessing prospects for effective stakeholder participation in water resource management in southern Africa, this paper examines the experience of countries such as South Africa and Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Tanzania, to draw some important lessons.At a theoretical level, the paper concludes that:improved governance, rather than stakeholder participation, should be t
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  Land literacy improvement: key to sustainable natural resource management

  Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program, 2003

  This policy brief argues for the large scale implementation of land literacy programmes in order to address land degradation in rapidly changing societies.
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  Integrated marine and coastal area management approaches for implementing the convention on biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2004

  This report details the programme of work on marine and coastal biodiversity under the convention on biological diversity that aims to assist the implementation of the convention at the national, regional and global levels.The report specifically details the operational objectives and priority activities within five key programmes, including:implementation of integrated marine and coast
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  Do households gain from community-based natural resource management?: an evaluation of community conservancies in Namibia

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2004

  Community-based natural resource management is an important strategy to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and wildlife in Namibia. The authors examine the extent to which conservancies have been successful in meeting their primary goal of improving the lives of rural households.
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  The impacts of payments for watershed services in Ecuador: emerging lessons from Pimampiro and Cuenca

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  Payments for environmental services (PES) is a topic of increasing interest in Ecuador, particularly as a way to leverage funding for environmental protection.
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  Experimental economics and participative methodologies: looking for theoretical and methodological collective action in common use resources management

  Conference: Q-Squared in Practice: Experiences of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal, May 2004, 2004

  This paper analyses the extent to which rural communities can generate co-operation procedures based on individual rationality and collective action. It also examines the methodological possibilities of combininig analytical instruments and tools, that have previously been used separately.
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  Measuring the impacts of natural resource management activities in Mali's Upper Niger Valley

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  In visiting seven villages and holding discussions with farmers using natural resource management (NRM) practices, the author of this report, which examines the impacts of NRM activities in the Office of the Upper Niger Valley (OHVN) in Mali, found positive results.
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  Managing natural resources for sustainable livelihoods: uniting science and participation

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This book analyses and extends the premise that management of local resources has a greater chance of a sustainable outcome when there is partnership between local people and external agencies, and agendas relevant to their aspirations and circumstances.
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  Social capital and connectedness: issues and implications for agriculture, rural development and natural resource management in ACP countries

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This paper explores the role of social capital in the management of natural resources.

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