Recent approaches to community-based natural resource management appear as diverse as their varied implementing agencies and natural resource settings; yet they rest on a set of common assumptions about community, natural resources and the relationship between them. This paper focuses on power re...
Kajembe, G.C.
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Monela, G.C.
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[Empowering communities to manage natural resources: where does the new power lie?: a case study of Duru-Haitemba, Babati, Tanzania]
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Empowering communities to manage natural resources: where does the new power lie?: a case study of Duru-Haitemba, Babati, Tanzania
Efforts to link conservation and development have met with substantial challenge. Although integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) raised hopes that "win-win" outcomes were possible, experience has shown the many difficulties of protecting international and local agendas for cons...
Schelhas, J.
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Buck, L.
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Geisler, C.C.
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[Introduction: the challenge of adaptive collaborative management]
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Introduction: the challenge of adaptive collaborative management
Efransjah
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Gunarso, P.
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Hassan, Che Hashim
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Santosa, K.D.
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[Consultative planning for effective forest governance: case studies from Malaysia and Indonesia]
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Consultative planning for effective forest governance: case studies from Malaysia and Indonesia
Forest governance is now recognized as a critical factor for effective resource management and enhancing livelihood outcomes. This paper recognizes the need for having learning element in the governing process, for which there has to be a continuous monitoring process in place. Based on recent st...
Ojha, H.
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Pokharel, B.
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McDougall, C.
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Paudel, K.
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[Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?]
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Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?
There has been a move to decentralize natural resource management (NRM) throughout southern Africa but this has taken many forms, resulting in different organizational structures. Fourteen case studies from eight countries can be classed into four types: district-level organizations, village orga...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Shackleton, S.
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[Organizing for community-based natural resources management]
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Organizing for community-based natural resources management
Common property resource (CPR) management approaches are now thought to provide a viable alternative to natural resource management. This article contains result of the investigations on common property issues for woodlands in communal areas in Zimbabwe. It reveals numerous cases showing a breakd...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Jong, W. de
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Luckert, M.
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Mandondo, A.
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Matose, F.
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Nemarundwe, N.
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[Can common property resource system work in Zimbabwe?]
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Can common property resource system work in Zimbabwe?
This chapter seeks to address the apparent tensions that have arisen between ‘traditional’ and ‘participatory’ research approaches in natural resource management research. It does so not only by exploring the relative strengths and weaknesses of these approaches, but also by underscoring the comp...
McDougall, C.
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Braun, Ann R.
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[Navigating complexity, diversity and dynamism: reflections on research for natural resource management]
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Navigating complexity, diversity and dynamism: reflections on research for natural resource management
This chapter draws on case studies and literature to generate a number of ‘principles of good practices’ in participatory research in natural resource management. The intention is that these principles may be useful in the planning and assessment of the rigour of research methodologies.
Vernooy, Ronnie
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McDougall, C.
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[Principles for good practice in participatory research: reflecting on lessons from the field]
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Principles for good practice in participatory research: reflecting on lessons from the field
After decades of central government control, the recent decentralization laws devolved authority in many areas, including natural resource management, to local governments. This article examines the initial process of decentralization in Indonesia within the context of forestry. Preliminary analy...
Resosudarmo, I.A.P.
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[Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people]
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Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people
Criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable resource management were generated under a facilitated community-driven approach where villagers took active roles, not only in the generation of the indicators but also in their subsequent assessment. The general procedure followed a two-stage proces...
Mendoza, G.A.
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Prabhu, R.
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Nyirenda, R.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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Mutimukuru, T.
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[A community-driven multi-criteria approach to developing indicators of sustainable resource management]
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A community-driven multi-criteria approach to developing indicators of sustainable resource management