The need for enhanced environmental planning and management for highland aquatic resources is described and a rationale for integrated action planning is presented. Past action planning initiatives for biodiversity conservation and wetland management are reviewed. A re ective account is given of ...
Bunting, S.W.
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Luo, S.
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Cai, K.
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Kundu, N.
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Lund, S.
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Mishra, R.
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Ray, D.
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Smith, K.G.
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Sugden, Fraser
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[Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China]
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Integrated action planning for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of highland aquatic resources: evaluating outcomes for the Beijiang River, China
Graefe, S.
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Dufour, D.
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Zonneveld, M. van
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Rodríguez, F.
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González, A.
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[Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) in tropical Latin America: implications for biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and human nutrition]
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Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) in tropical Latin America: implications for biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and human nutrition
Land grabbing has transformed rural environments across the global South, generating resistance or political reactions “from below”. In authoritarian countries like Laos, where resource investments are coercively developed and insulated from political dissent, resistance appears absent at first g...
Miles, K.-L.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Dwyer, M.B.
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[State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos]
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State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos
This paper examines the nature of community management of woodlots and investigates the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots, based on a survey of 100 villages in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. We find that collective management of woodlots generally functions ...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Pender, J.L.
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Tesfay, G.
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[Community natural resource management: The case of woodlots in northern Ethiopia]
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Community natural resource management: The case of woodlots in northern Ethiopia
In developing countries, access to and use of renewable natural resources are essential for rural livelihoods to thrive. Hence, cooperation in the management of natural resources is increasingly an important strategy that can enhance long-term socio-ecological resilience. In most cases, collectiv...
Kalibwani, R.M.
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Kakuru, M.
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Kamugisha, R.
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Twebaze, Jennifer
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Hilman, E.
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Tumuheirwe, H.
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Tenywa, M.M.
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Nyamwaro, Sospeter S.
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Mugabo, J.
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Buruchara, Robin A.
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Fatunbi, A.O.
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Adekunle, A.
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[Adoption of soil conservation through collective actions in Southwestern Uganda]
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Adoption of soil conservation through collective actions in Southwestern Uganda
The types of technology change catalyzed by research interventions in integrated natural resource management (INRM) are likely to require much more social negotiation and adaptation than are changes related to plant breeding, the dominant discipline within the system of the Consultative Group on ...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Haan, Nicoline C. de
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change]
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Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change
Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact ...
Gottret, María Verónica
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White, D.
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[Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences]
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Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences
Three case studies show that natural resource management (NRM) research aimed at sustainably improving the well-being of African small-holder farmers is complex, and that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an essential tool in coping with this complexity, supported by an ‘innovation systems’ view...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Delve, Robert J.
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Ekboir, Javier M.
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Twomlow, Stephen
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[Contending with complexity: The role of evaluation in implementing sustainable natural resource management]
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Contending with complexity: The role of evaluation in implementing sustainable natural resource management
Agricultural research and development organizations are increasingly under pressure to shift from enhancing productivity of food crops to improving profitability and competitiveness of small-scale farming, and linking smallholder farmers to more profitable markets. What is not obvious however, is...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Best, R.
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Chitsike, C.
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Delve, Robert J.
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Kirkby, Roger A.
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[Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor]
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Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor