Assessing the performance of management is central to natural resource management, in terms of improving the efficiency of interventions in an adaptive-learning cycle. This is not simple, given that such systems generally have multiple scales of interaction and response; high frequency of non-lin...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Frost, P.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Prabhu, R.
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[Assessing the performance of natural resource systems]
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Assessing the performance of natural resource systems
Community-based management of natural resources is a priority in Mozambique's policy on forestry and wildlife resources. In essence the government’s policy is to manage the natural resources in partnership with the rural communities and the private sector. This represents a change in policy in th...
Nhantumbo, I.
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Dent, J.B.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Goal programming: application in the management of the Miombo woodland in Mozambique]
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Goal programming: application in the management of the Miombo woodland in Mozambique
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
The Central Africa region (CAfR), generally known as the Congo Basin, is an “eco-region” representing the World’s largest rainforest after Amazonia. Its importance for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, human well-being, research and policy-making is already well known. This paper documents ...
Mala, W.A.
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Oyono, P.R.
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[Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region]
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Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region
This paper places forestry in the larger context of rural development and therefore in the current debates on poverty and inequality. While Africa has high levels of natural and human capital it is the poorest and most unequal region in the world. In order for natural assets to contribute to envi...
Anderson, J.
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Benjamin, C.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Tiveau, D.
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[Forests, poverty and equity in Africa: new perspectives on policy and practice]
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Forests, poverty and equity in Africa: new perspectives on policy and practice
To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with measuring the effort expended on agricultural activities in three communities of the lower Caqueta, Colombian Amazon. By measuring the energy expended by people dur...
Durán H., Zulma
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Arguello A., Heliodoro
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Tapasco, Jeimar
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[A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon = Una aproximación metodológica para la valoración no monetaria de servicios ecosistémicos en tres comunidades de la Amazonia Colombiana]
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A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon = Una aproximación metodológica para la valoración no monetaria de servicios ecosistémicos en tres comunidades de la Amazonia Colombiana
In the past, environmental managers could behave as if they were managing a “natural” system to which they were external; criteria for successful management could be derived from historical data or from current pristine systems elsewhere in the world. With a few localized exceptions, this approac...
Waltner-Toews, D.
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Kay, J.J.
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Neudoerffer, C.
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Gitau, T.
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[Perspective changes everything: Managing ecosystems from the inside out]
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Perspective changes everything: Managing ecosystems from the inside out
The cycling of biomass through livestock into manure and urine that fertilise the soil is important linkage between livestock and soil productivity in semi-arid West Africa. This study was conducted to determine the effects of different forage leaves on the amounts and forms of nutrients excreted...
Powell, J.M.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hofs, S.
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[Effects of sheep diet on nutrient cycling in mixed farming systems of semi-arid West Africa]
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Effects of sheep diet on nutrient cycling in mixed farming systems of semi-arid West Africa
Reviews various approaches and techniques used in a number of sub-Saharan African countries to collect and analyze data on large-scale ecological changes with particular reference to remote sensing and monitoring techniques in resource inventory; suggests ways to build more effective data bases.
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Milligan, K.
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[L'utilisation des enquetes integrees pour le recensement des ressources et le suivi de l'evolution des systemes pastoraux en Afrique au sud du Sahara]
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L'utilisation des enquetes integrees pour le recensement des ressources et le suivi de l'evolution des systemes pastoraux en Afrique au sud du Sahara