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One of the challenges the communities face when managing forests is the lack of a systematic and transparent monitoring system that can be used to monitor their resource management strategies and to communicate their successes to outsiders. This paper argues that monitoring efforts will be sustai...


Hartanto, H.Lorenzo, M.C.B.Frio, A.L.[Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system]Collective action and learning in developing a local monitoring system

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.Pokharel, B.McDougall, C.Paudel, K.[Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?]Learning to govern: how to improve monitoring system in community forestry in Nepal?

The main challenge that the Amazon region poses is what should be done to avoid that the region will follow the fate of other tropical regions: forest destruction and poverty. The fact that most of 80 percent of the region remains as forest leaves us the opportunity to build the way towards susta...


Alencar, A.Nepstad, D.C.McGrath, D.Moutinho, P.Pacheco, P.Carmen Vera Diaz, M. delSoares Filho, B.[Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"]Desmatamento na Amazonia: indo alem da "emergencia cronica"

A resource book that includes concepts and terms in participatory monitoring; synthesis of the lessons learned, organized along two broad themes: planning and implementing participatory monitoring and the main impacts of participatory monitoring; and a table of publications organized by theme: fo...


Gonsalves, Julian[Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons]Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons

Following the decline of investments in government extension services in the 1980s and 1990s, community- based extension approaches have become increasingly important. One such approach is farmer-to-farmer extension (F2FE), which is defined here as the provision of training by farmers to farmers,...


Franzel, StevenDegrande, AnnKiptot, EvelyneKirui, JosephineKugonza, JanePreissing, JohnSimpson, Brent[Farmer-to-Farmer Extension]Farmer-to-Farmer Extension

Global Climate Models (GCMs) have been the primary source of information for constructing climate scenarios, and they provide the basis for climate change impacts assessments of climate change at all scales, from local to global. However, impact studies rarely use GCM outputs directly because err...


Navarro-Racines, Carlos E.Tarapues JE[Bias-correction in the CCAFS-Climate Portal: A description of methodologies]Bias-correction in the CCAFS-Climate Portal: A description of methodologies

Monitoring water stored in lakes and reservoirs is much needed in various countries for energy generation, food security and mitigating floods, among recurrent global issues. Natural and human-made open water bodies do not all have monitoring systems, this lack of regular information generates un...


Chemin, Yann H.[A new methodology for virtual water level Gauges]A new methodology for virtual water level Gauges
Dickens, ChrisRebelo, Lisa-MariaNhamo, Luxon[Guidelines and indicators for Target 6.6 of the SDGs: “change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time”]Guidelines and indicators for Target 6.6 of the SDGs: “change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time”

The apportionment of waters of the Indus River System between the provinces of Pakistan is widely hailed as a historic agreement. This agreement (herein referred to as the Accord) was signed into effect in 1991, just over 25 years ago. The Accord lacks a clearly stated objective and hence it is d...


Anwar, Arif A.Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif[Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond]Pakistan’s Water Apportionment Accord of 1991: 25 years and beyond

Describes the organization, objectives and results of the aerial survey programme of the Kenyan Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit from 1976 to 1979, with particular reference to the methodology used, animal population estimates, esp. herbivores, and reliability of aerial survey data in terms o...


Stelfox, J.G.Peden, Donald G.[The aerial survey programme of the Kenya rangeland ecological monitoring unit: 1976-79]The aerial survey programme of the Kenya rangeland ecological monitoring unit: 1976-79

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