This book, the first of its kind in the Indian context, will be found useful by researchers/users and curators engaged in plant genetic resources activities, by the teachers and post-graduate students in traditional and State Universities and equally so, by the policy-makers and conservationists ...
Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization seeking solutions to global issues through the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity.Bioversity International’s purpose is to investigate the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity in ...
Bioversity International es una organización de investigación para el desarrollo que busca soluciones a problemas globales mediante el uso y la conservación de la biodiversidad agrícola y forestal. El objetivo de la organización es investigar sobre el uso y la conservación de la biodiversidad agr...
This guide is the second volume of a series of three that deals with the conservation of forest (tree and shrub) genetic resources. It is focused on the conservation of forest genetic resources in situ. Its main aim is to demonstrate the benefits attainable through genetic conservation, and to pr...
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Forest genetic resources conservation and management: In managed natural forests and protected areas (in situ): Vol. 2]
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Forest genetic resources conservation and management: In managed natural forests and protected areas (in situ): Vol. 2
This guide is the first volume in a series of three booklets that deals with the conservation of forest (tree and shrub) genetic resources. This volume gives an overview of concepts and systematic approaches to conservation and management of forest genetic resources. It outlines the need to conse...
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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[Forest genetic resources conservation and management: overview, concepts and some systematic approaches: Vol. 1]
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Forest genetic resources conservation and management: overview, concepts and some systematic approaches: Vol. 1
The main objective of the Steering Committee meeting was to review the progress made since the establishment of the Programme in November 1994 and to outline future activities. EUFORGEN was developed as the implementation mechanism of Strasbourg Resolution S2 (Conservation of forest genetic resou...
Turok, J.
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Geburek, Th.
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European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
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[International collaboration on forest genetic resources: the role of Europe: Second EUFORGEN Steering Committee meeting, 26-29 November 1998, Vienna, Austria]
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International collaboration on forest genetic resources: the role of Europe: Second EUFORGEN Steering Committee meeting, 26-29 November 1998, Vienna, Austria
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
To meet the challenges of poverty and environmental sustainability, a more integrated approach to research is required. Such an approach must embrace the complexity of systems and redirect research towards the greater inclusion of issues such as participatory approaches, multi-scale analysis and ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Integrated natural resource management: linking productivity, the environment and development]
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Integrated natural resource management: linking productivity, the environment and development
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