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The purpose of this concept paper is to propose a methodology for enchancing the policy-making process in local forest management (LFM). Local forest management is defined here as the involvement of people living near a forest in activities intended to maintain or enhance the forest and improve l...


Wollenberg, Eva K.[Decision-making among diverse interests: the use of future scenarios in local forest management policy, a proposed methodology]Decision-making among diverse interests: the use of future scenarios in local forest management policy, a proposed methodology

Global temperatures have not been this high in at least 4,000 years. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today - 400 parts per million - has not been this high for three million years. Climate change has moved from an abstract concept to a basic fact of nature, and scientists ha...


Vermeulen, Sonja J.Challinor, Andrew J.[How farmers can adapt to a warming world]How farmers can adapt to a warming world
Krywkow, J.Kam, Suan PhengHoanh, Chu ThaiChijere, A.D.G.[Eliciting farming decisions of smallholders in response to water availability conditions in Chingale, southern Malawi. In R. Seppelt; A. A. Voinov; S. Lange; D. Bankamp (Eds.). Managing resources of a limited planet: proceedings of the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs), Sixth Biennial Meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 1 - 5 July 2012.]Eliciting farming decisions of smallholders in response to water availability conditions in Chingale, southern Malawi. In R. Seppelt; A. A. Voinov; S. Lange; D. Bankamp (Eds.). Managing resources of a limited planet: proceedings of the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs), Sixth Biennial Meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 1 - 5 July 2012.
Lubis, Z.[Repong Damar: Kajian tentang pengambilan keputusan dalam pengelolaan lahan hutan di Pesisir Krui, Lampung Barat]Repong Damar: Kajian tentang pengambilan keputusan dalam pengelolaan lahan hutan di Pesisir Krui, Lampung Barat
Autor: Ashby, J.A.

Although farmer participation is an important concept in farming systems programs, farmer participation is typically restricted to the management of on-farm trials and little information exists on alternative approaches. This paper evaluates three approaches to farmer participation differentiated...


Ashby, J.A.[Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials]Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials

Groundwater development across much of sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by a lack of knowledge on the suitability of aquifers for borehole construction. The main objective of this study was to map groundwater potential at the country-scale for Ghana to identify locations for developing new suppl...


Gumma, Murali K.Pavelic, Paul[Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems, and spatial modeling.]Mapping of groundwater potential zones across Ghana using remote sensing, geographic information systems, and spatial modeling.

Contemporary water management decisions use many sources and forms of data. The paper discusses the implementation results of data management activities in the water sector carried out in five countries of the Central Asia region. Geoinformation systems, remote sensing tools and databases have be...


Abdullaev, IskandarRakhmatullaev, S.Platonov, AlexanderSorokin, D.[Improving water governance in Central Asia through application of data management tools.]Improving water governance in Central Asia through application of data management tools.
Autor: Bullinger, C.

This case study report examines relevant factors influencing village life and household well-being since decentralization has been practiced in local government of Kutai in Indonesia. The principal aim is to understand the impacts of these processes and to compare local government’s policies on K...


Bullinger, C.[Comparison of local government’s policies on Kutai and Dayak Benuaq villages in Kutai Barat, Indonesia: factors influencing village life and household well-being since decentralization]Comparison of local government’s policies on Kutai and Dayak Benuaq villages in Kutai Barat, Indonesia: factors influencing village life and household well-being since decentralization

Research suggests that gender equity is a critical factor in the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices. If gender is not explicitly considered in climate-related interventions, the adoption of climate-resilient practices is unlikely to reach scale. Climate-resilient interventio...


Twyman, JenniferMwongera, CarolineLäderach, PeterAcosta, MariolaAmpaire, Edidah L.Eitzinger, AntonLamanna, ChristineMwungu, Chris MiyinziShikuku, K.M.Winowiecki, Leigh A.[Design climate-smart agricultural interventions to be gender inclusive]Design climate-smart agricultural interventions to be gender inclusive

This report presents the results of research on forest management decentralization and local governance conduted in Southern Cameroon in 2003 and 2004. The forest sector provides insights into the decentralization process writ large, since, as a source of national wealth, "green gold". The study ...


Oyono, P.R.Ribot, J.C.Larson, A.M.[Green and black gold in rural Cameroon: natural resources for local governance, justice and sustainability]Green and black gold in rural Cameroon: natural resources for local governance, justice and sustainability

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